Back in 1990, CBS’s The Flash was a favorite of young comic book fans. Growing up as a young comic book fan in the ’80s and ’90s was not easy. All you current comic fans have it so easy. I grew up in the dark times, my friends. We were glad when anything comic book related was on movies and TV. We were so desperate that we would make excuses for anything.
Superman III? Hey, he gets to fight an evil Superman.
Generation X? Look they’re in the X-mansion!
Howard the Duck? Yeah….I got nothing.
But every once in a while someone would get it right. Richard Donner’s Superman started it but it was Tim Burton’s Batman film in 1989 that started to change things. Sure we would eventually get duds like Batman & Robin, but we also had Batman The Animated Series and Blade. Yet for a long time,...
Superman III? Hey, he gets to fight an evil Superman.
Generation X? Look they’re in the X-mansion!
Howard the Duck? Yeah….I got nothing.
But every once in a while someone would get it right. Richard Donner’s Superman started it but it was Tim Burton’s Batman film in 1989 that started to change things. Sure we would eventually get duds like Batman & Robin, but we also had Batman The Animated Series and Blade. Yet for a long time,...
- 5/22/2023
- by David Arroyo
- JoBlo.com
Remember the shelves of your local video store? Of course you do. Announced today, Arrow Video is tapping back into that nostalgic experience with a brand new Blu-ray release.
“Freshly restored for the digital era with a wealth of new and archival extras, these films have never looked better,” Arrow Video teases the set this morning, which is loaded with a collection of retro films from Charles Band’s Empire International Pictures.
Arrow explains, “In 1983, entrepreneurial producer and director Charles Band founded Empire International Pictures, which would go on to make some of the most memorable and beloved genre movies of the 1980s. Empire became a mainstay of video stores across the world with their catchy titles, outlandish art and Band’s wholehearted belief in giving audiences a good time.”
In The Dungeonmaster, computer programmer Paul Bradford is sucked into a fantasy world by Mestema, a demonic sorcerer in search of a worthy opponent.
“Freshly restored for the digital era with a wealth of new and archival extras, these films have never looked better,” Arrow Video teases the set this morning, which is loaded with a collection of retro films from Charles Band’s Empire International Pictures.
Arrow explains, “In 1983, entrepreneurial producer and director Charles Band founded Empire International Pictures, which would go on to make some of the most memorable and beloved genre movies of the 1980s. Empire became a mainstay of video stores across the world with their catchy titles, outlandish art and Band’s wholehearted belief in giving audiences a good time.”
In The Dungeonmaster, computer programmer Paul Bradford is sucked into a fantasy world by Mestema, a demonic sorcerer in search of a worthy opponent.
- 3/31/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Dave Stevens: Drawn to Perfection is an authorized documentary of The Rocketeer and its late creator, marking the 40th anniversary of the character's comic-book debut as a backup strip in Pacific Comics' Starslayer #2. Influenced by classic adventure serials, Golden Age comics, and 1950s pin-up Bettie Page, The Rocketeer was a retro-futuristic story of 1930s stunt pilot Cliff Secord who discovers a rocket pack.
The 99-minute movie features 35 interviews with friends, collaborators, and admirers including director Joe Johnston, whose 1991 Rocketeer movie prefigured the similarly styled Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Batman: The Animated Series creator Bruce Timm, Punisher actor Thomas Jane, and others.
Already filmed, the Kickstarter is purely to fund the physical release.
You can receive the Blu-ray with a pledge of $35 or more, and an exclusive Rocketeer one-shot comic is available for the higher pledges. This is based on an unmade comic-book script by the 1991 screenwriters Danny Bilson and...
The 99-minute movie features 35 interviews with friends, collaborators, and admirers including director Joe Johnston, whose 1991 Rocketeer movie prefigured the similarly styled Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Batman: The Animated Series creator Bruce Timm, Punisher actor Thomas Jane, and others.
Already filmed, the Kickstarter is purely to fund the physical release.
You can receive the Blu-ray with a pledge of $35 or more, and an exclusive Rocketeer one-shot comic is available for the higher pledges. This is based on an unmade comic-book script by the 1991 screenwriters Danny Bilson and...
- 11/10/2022
- by James Hoare
- The Companion
There’s a scene in “The Rocketeer,” Disney’s big budget would-be blockbuster from the summer of 1991, that ranks among the most profoundly strange and transfixing moments in the studio’s storied history.
The scene, which takes place in 1938, unfolds right before the movie’s big, fiery climax at L.A.’s Griffith Observatory. Our hero, L.A. stunt pilot-turned-makeshift-superhero Cliff Secord (Billy Campbell) is in the office of Howard Hughes (a perfectly cast Terry O’Quinn). Hughes, it turns out, is the inventor of an experimental rocket pack that Secord has happened upon and utilized in a series of exciting action sequences. The FBI is there too. Hughes wants his rocket back, stressing how potentially dangerous it is, especially if it fell into the wrong hands. Secord wants to keep it.
To underline his point, Hughes shows Secord a film. “Keep watching, kid. It cost a man’s life to get this out of Germany,...
The scene, which takes place in 1938, unfolds right before the movie’s big, fiery climax at L.A.’s Griffith Observatory. Our hero, L.A. stunt pilot-turned-makeshift-superhero Cliff Secord (Billy Campbell) is in the office of Howard Hughes (a perfectly cast Terry O’Quinn). Hughes, it turns out, is the inventor of an experimental rocket pack that Secord has happened upon and utilized in a series of exciting action sequences. The FBI is there too. Hughes wants his rocket back, stressing how potentially dangerous it is, especially if it fell into the wrong hands. Secord wants to keep it.
To underline his point, Hughes shows Secord a film. “Keep watching, kid. It cost a man’s life to get this out of Germany,...
- 8/31/2022
- by Drew Taylor
- The Wrap
Eric Brevig and Greg Butler have been hired as visual effect supervisors at VFX and animation studio Dneg, the studio announced Thursday.
Both Brevig and Butler come to the studio as winners of the Academy Award winners for best visual effects. Brevig won for “Total Recall” in 1991, while Butler won and Oscar and a BAFTA for “1917” in 2020. In addition, Brevig received Oscar nomination for “Hook” and “Pearl Harbor” along with a BAFTA nomination for “Men in Black,” while Butler received a BAFTA for “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” and a Visual Effects Society Award for best character animation for his work on the character of Gollum on “The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.”
“I am proud to have both Eric and Greg, two highly accomplished industry veterans each with their own incredible legacy of breathtaking work, join Dneg’s creative ranks,” Namit Malhotra,...
Both Brevig and Butler come to the studio as winners of the Academy Award winners for best visual effects. Brevig won for “Total Recall” in 1991, while Butler won and Oscar and a BAFTA for “1917” in 2020. In addition, Brevig received Oscar nomination for “Hook” and “Pearl Harbor” along with a BAFTA nomination for “Men in Black,” while Butler received a BAFTA for “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” and a Visual Effects Society Award for best character animation for his work on the character of Gollum on “The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.”
“I am proud to have both Eric and Greg, two highly accomplished industry veterans each with their own incredible legacy of breathtaking work, join Dneg’s creative ranks,” Namit Malhotra,...
- 6/23/2022
- by Jazz Tangcay, Wilson Chapman, Shalini Dore and Carson Burton
- Variety Film + TV
Jennifer Connelly is flying high these days on the big screen, both literally and figuratively. Starring opposite Tom Cruise in one of his signature roles, Connelly is the second lead in Top Gun: Maverick, a film which just shattered the Memorial Day box office record with a 160 million haul. The film also features an astonishing flying sequence in which Cruise takes Connelly up in what appears to be a World War II-era single-engine plane.
When we sat down with the Oscar winner last month, she told us that really was her up there in the clouds with Cruise at the controls. It was an extraordinary moment for Connelly, but not her first in a movie about pilots and their daredevil ways. Indeed, for audience members of a certain age, one of their first memories of Connelly may very well be her starring role in Disney’s cult classic, The Rocketeer.
When we sat down with the Oscar winner last month, she told us that really was her up there in the clouds with Cruise at the controls. It was an extraordinary moment for Connelly, but not her first in a movie about pilots and their daredevil ways. Indeed, for audience members of a certain age, one of their first memories of Connelly may very well be her starring role in Disney’s cult classic, The Rocketeer.
- 6/1/2022
- by David Crow
- Den of Geek
Producer Charles Band discusses a few of his favorite films with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Re-Animator (1985) – Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
Citizen Kane (1941) – John Landis’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Puppet Master (1989)
Dollman (1991)
Trancers (1984)
Corona Zombies (2020)
Cannibal Women In The Avocado Jungle of Death (1989)
Frankenstein (1931) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Sixth Sense (1999)
The Wolf Man (1941) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Alex Kirschenbaum’s Wolf Man power rankings
I Bury The Living (1958) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
Face of Fire (1959)
Hercules (1958)
The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad (1958) – Brian Trenchard-Smith’s trailer commentary
Jason And The Argonauts (1963) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary
King Kong (1933)
King Kong (1976) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Exorcist (1973) – Oren Peli’s trailer commentary
Star Wars (1977)
The Omega Man (1971)
Castle Freak (1995)
Tourist Trap (1979) – David DeCoteau’s trailer commentary
Laserblast (1978)
Crash!
Show Notes: Movies Referenced In This Episode
Re-Animator (1985) – Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
Citizen Kane (1941) – John Landis’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
Puppet Master (1989)
Dollman (1991)
Trancers (1984)
Corona Zombies (2020)
Cannibal Women In The Avocado Jungle of Death (1989)
Frankenstein (1931) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Sixth Sense (1999)
The Wolf Man (1941) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Alex Kirschenbaum’s Wolf Man power rankings
I Bury The Living (1958) – Joe Dante’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review
Face of Fire (1959)
Hercules (1958)
The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad (1958) – Brian Trenchard-Smith’s trailer commentary
Jason And The Argonauts (1963) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary
King Kong (1933)
King Kong (1976) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Exorcist (1973) – Oren Peli’s trailer commentary
Star Wars (1977)
The Omega Man (1971)
Castle Freak (1995)
Tourist Trap (1979) – David DeCoteau’s trailer commentary
Laserblast (1978)
Crash!
- 3/22/2022
- by Kris Millsap
- Trailers from Hell
The Rocketeer celebrated its 30th anniversary earlier this summer. The 1991 film starred Bill Campbell as Cliff Secord, a young stunt pilot who ends up in possession of an experimental jetpack and ends up embroiled in a crossfire between Nazi spies (led by Timothy Dalton), and the mafia (led by Paul Sorvino). It’s a terrific, charming action-adventure film, effectively paying homage to the movie serials of the 1930s and other Hollywood flicks of the era, all set to one of James Horner’s very best scores. But despite positive reviews, The Rocketeer wasn’t quite the Batman-sized blockbuster that studio Buena Vista Pictures hoped for at the time, and there were never any sequels produced.
While based on a gorgeous comic by Dave Stevens (who worked closely with the film’s writers Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo to adapt the character to the screen), there weren’t a whole...
While based on a gorgeous comic by Dave Stevens (who worked closely with the film’s writers Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo to adapt the character to the screen), there weren’t a whole...
- 8/31/2021
- by Mike Cecchini
- Den of Geek
Da 5 Bloods Netflix Reviewed for Shockya.com & BigAppleReviews.net linked from Rotten Tomatoes by: Harvey Karten Director: Spike Lee Writer: Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo, Kevin Willmott Cast: Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis, Isiah Whitlock Jr. Screened at: Critics’ link, NYC, 12/14/20 Opens: June 13, 2020 Spike Lee’s testosterone picture is no […]
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- 3/13/2021
- by Harvey Karten
- ShockYa
Since the academy expanded the Best Picture category at the Oscars in 2010, Best Original Screenplay has gone to writers of a wide-range of genres: dramas; comedies (“Midnight in Paris”); biopics; true-life stories (“Spotlight”); period pictures (“Django Unchained”); war movies (“The Hurt Locker”); sci-fi (“Her”), thrillers (“Parasite”) and horror (“Get Out”). (Scroll down for the most up-to-date 2021 Oscars predictions for Best Original Screenplay and be sure to check out our predictions for Best Adapted Screenplay.)
Regardless of the type of film, a nominee needs broad academy support to win this race. Indeed, all 11 of these most recent Best Original Screenplay winners were, at the least, Best Picture nominees. And six of them won the big prize, bringing the total number of Best Picture champs with Oscar-winning original screenplays to 18. By comparison, 41 films have done this on the adapted side.
In 2019, all five nominees for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards...
Regardless of the type of film, a nominee needs broad academy support to win this race. Indeed, all 11 of these most recent Best Original Screenplay winners were, at the least, Best Picture nominees. And six of them won the big prize, bringing the total number of Best Picture champs with Oscar-winning original screenplays to 18. By comparison, 41 films have done this on the adapted side.
In 2019, all five nominees for Best Original Screenplay at the Academy Awards...
- 2/26/2021
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
“The Trial of the Chicago 7,” “One Night in Miami,” “Da 5 Bloods,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “Minari” are among the top nominees from AARP The Magazine’s annual Movies for Grownups Awards, which were announced on Monday.
Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7” and Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods” led all films with six nominations in the 15 film categories, followed by Regina King’s “One Night in Miami” and George C. Wolfe’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” with five. But of those films, only “Chicago 7” and “One Night” were nominated in the top category, Best Movie for Grownups, along with “Minari,” “Nomadland” and “The United States vs. Billie Holiday.”
The six nominations for “Da 5 Bloods” included best director for Lee, best actor for Delroy Lindo, best supporting actor for Clark Peters and best ensemble.
Other films that were conspicuously missing from the Best...
Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7” and Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods” led all films with six nominations in the 15 film categories, followed by Regina King’s “One Night in Miami” and George C. Wolfe’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” with five. But of those films, only “Chicago 7” and “One Night” were nominated in the top category, Best Movie for Grownups, along with “Minari,” “Nomadland” and “The United States vs. Billie Holiday.”
The six nominations for “Da 5 Bloods” included best director for Lee, best actor for Delroy Lindo, best supporting actor for Clark Peters and best ensemble.
Other films that were conspicuously missing from the Best...
- 2/8/2021
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
“Minari,” “Nomadland,” “One Night in Miami,” “The Trial of the Chicago 7” and “The United States vs Billie Holiday” are vying for the Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups Award announced Monday by AARP The Magazine. AARP’s Movies for Grownups have for the past two decades promoted films for grownups by grownups, fighting for the 50-plus audience and industry ageism. The Movies for Grownups Awards also celebrate television.
“Each year at Movies for Grownups, we spotlight the films that feature today’s crucial issues and top grownup talents,” said Tim Appelo, AARP film and TV critic, in a statement. “In this pandemic year, when movies loomed larger than ever in our lives, we are excited to have a bumper crop of masterworks-and to recognize achievements on TV for the very first time.”
The Mfg Awards winners will be announced on March 4; Hodo Kotb of NBC’s “The Today Show...
“Each year at Movies for Grownups, we spotlight the films that feature today’s crucial issues and top grownup talents,” said Tim Appelo, AARP film and TV critic, in a statement. “In this pandemic year, when movies loomed larger than ever in our lives, we are excited to have a bumper crop of masterworks-and to recognize achievements on TV for the very first time.”
The Mfg Awards winners will be announced on March 4; Hodo Kotb of NBC’s “The Today Show...
- 2/8/2021
- by Susan King
- Gold Derby
The envelope, please. No, not the one inviting your aging bones to join the AARP. The one announcing the nominees for the upcoming Movies for Grownups Awards. This year, Minari, Nomadland, One Night in Miami, The Trial of the Chicago 7 and The United States vs. Billie Holiday are contending for the Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups category. The awards have also added categories in television/streaming for the first time.
For two decades, AARP’s Movies for Grownups program has championed what it calls “movies for grownups, by grownups.” It claims to advocate for the 50-plus audience, fighting industry ageism and encouraging films that resonate with older viewers. AARP’s Movies for Grownups continues its commitment to celebrate quality content by expanding to honor standout TV programs in new categories.
Hoda Kotb, NBC News’ Today coanchor and cohost of Today with Hoda & Jenna, will host the awards ceremony...
For two decades, AARP’s Movies for Grownups program has championed what it calls “movies for grownups, by grownups.” It claims to advocate for the 50-plus audience, fighting industry ageism and encouraging films that resonate with older viewers. AARP’s Movies for Grownups continues its commitment to celebrate quality content by expanding to honor standout TV programs in new categories.
Hoda Kotb, NBC News’ Today coanchor and cohost of Today with Hoda & Jenna, will host the awards ceremony...
- 2/8/2021
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
While there are still months to go in the Oscars race, many of the frontrunners seem to be falling into place. Variety’s experts took a look at the Circuit Contenders — films that have a shot at two or more nominations in categories including: picture, director, screenplay, foreign film and all acting races.
Ammonite
(Neon)
Over the course of Francis Lee’s period movie, Kate Winslet’s Mary Anning slowly lets down her guard with Saoirse Ronan’s sickly Charlotte, teaching the forlorn wife of a fellow fossil hunter how to unearth hidden artifacts along a forbidding English seaside as a mutual attraction grows. Winslet could land another Oscar nomination for her fierce performance, and Ronan could as well in supporting actress. Lee directed from his own original screenplay and could score in either category; a best picture nomination is also a possibility.
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
(Amazon)
While comedies don...
Ammonite
(Neon)
Over the course of Francis Lee’s period movie, Kate Winslet’s Mary Anning slowly lets down her guard with Saoirse Ronan’s sickly Charlotte, teaching the forlorn wife of a fellow fossil hunter how to unearth hidden artifacts along a forbidding English seaside as a mutual attraction grows. Winslet could land another Oscar nomination for her fierce performance, and Ronan could as well in supporting actress. Lee directed from his own original screenplay and could score in either category; a best picture nomination is also a possibility.
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
(Amazon)
While comedies don...
- 1/6/2021
- by Tim Gray and Jenelle Riley
- Variety Film + TV
The original The Flash TV series celebrated its 30th anniversary back in September of 2020. While the show only ran for a single season on CBS, it made quite an impression on fans who weren’t accustomed to seeing DC superheroes other than Superman, Batman, or Wonder Woman on their screens, and over the years it has maintained a devoted cult following. Adding to its legacy, star John Wesley Shipp keeps returning to the Speed Force, whether as the voice of Professor Zoom on Batman: The Brave and the Bold, as Dr. Henry Allen, the father of the current TV Barry Allen on the CW’s The Flash, as original speedster Jay Garrick on that same show, and finally as his version of Barry from the ’90s as part of Crisis on Infinite Earths.
Not bad for a show that only ran one season, right?
While there were a number of...
Not bad for a show that only ran one season, right?
While there were a number of...
- 1/5/2021
- by Mike Cecchini
- Den of Geek
The North Carolina Film Critics Association has announced this year’s winners, with A24’s “Minari” nabbing best picture — its first prize of the awards season. The film took four awards overall, including best supporting actress (Youn Yuh-jung), original screenplay (Lee Isaac Chung) and the Ken Hanke Memorial Tarheel Award for actor Will Patton.
“Nomadland” filmmaker Chloé Zhao continued her winning streaking, taking best director, in addition to adapted screenplay. At this current state, the Searchlight Pictures feature is the one to beat in the top categories, including best picture, although there are many other movies that could rival it down the line.
Sacha Baron Cohen won his first award for best supporting actor for his work in Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7.” Although fellow nominee Paul Raci leads in critics’ prizes for “Sound of Metal,” five different actors have picked up supporting actor statuettes from the 10 awards announced thus far.
“Nomadland” filmmaker Chloé Zhao continued her winning streaking, taking best director, in addition to adapted screenplay. At this current state, the Searchlight Pictures feature is the one to beat in the top categories, including best picture, although there are many other movies that could rival it down the line.
Sacha Baron Cohen won his first award for best supporting actor for his work in Aaron Sorkin’s “The Trial of the Chicago 7.” Although fellow nominee Paul Raci leads in critics’ prizes for “Sound of Metal,” five different actors have picked up supporting actor statuettes from the 10 awards announced thus far.
- 1/4/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Another critics group has weighed in today, as the precursor season continues. This one is the North Carolina Film Critics Association, and their nominees highlighted a contender that’s currently doing a bit better than expected. It’s Spike Lee’s movie Da 5 Bloods, which some worried would get lost in the shuffle among Netflix awards contenders. In fact, it’s arguably doing better than any, showing up enough so far to give Delroy Lindo a boost in Best Actor and Chadwick Boseman a potential double nomination with a citation in Best Supporting Actor. It’s early days still, but Lee’s flick is doing very well. Read on below for all of the nominees out of North Carolina… Here now are the Ncfca nominations: Best Narrative Film Da 5 Bloods Minari Nomadland Promising Young Woman The Trial of the Chicago 7 Best Documentary Film All In: The Fight for...
- 12/28/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
The Chicago Film Critics Association has named Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland” as this year’s big winner, netting five prizes, including best picture, director, actress (Frances McDormand), adapted screenplay and cinematography. Leading the Cfca nominations with seven, the Searchlight Pictures drama has performed astoundingly with the half dozen critics awards that have been announced thus far. Zhao is currently 6/6 for critics wins.
With two awards, Focus Features’ “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” walked away with best original screenplay for writer Eliza Hittman and most promising performer for Sidney Flanigan.
The rest of the honorees won a single mention for their respective films. Chadwick Boseman won best actor for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” while Paul Raci netted another trophy for “Sound of Metal.” Maria Bakalova’s work in “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” was also rewarded, marking her third win this season thus far.
The full list of winners are below:
Best Picture
“Da 5 Bloods...
With two awards, Focus Features’ “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” walked away with best original screenplay for writer Eliza Hittman and most promising performer for Sidney Flanigan.
The rest of the honorees won a single mention for their respective films. Chadwick Boseman won best actor for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” while Paul Raci netted another trophy for “Sound of Metal.” Maria Bakalova’s work in “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” was also rewarded, marking her third win this season thus far.
The full list of winners are below:
Best Picture
“Da 5 Bloods...
- 12/22/2020
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
One of the bigger critics groups gave out their citations today, with the New York Film Critics Circle announcing award winners for 2020. After doling out a Best Picture win last year for The Irishman, they went decidedly smaller this time around, citing First Cow with Picture. Da 5 Bloods (Best Actor for Delroy Lindo and Best Supporting Actor for Chadwick Boseman) and Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Best Actress for Sidney Flanigan and Best Screenplay for Eliza Hittman) tied for the most wins with two apiece. Nyfcc spread things out, also giving the thumbs up to Chloé Zhao and Nomadland, as well as something as off the wall as Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (Best Supporting Actress for Maria Bakalova). If this is how awards season is going to be throughout, we’re in for something pretty fun… Here is who and what took the Nyfcc prizes: Best Picture: First Cow Best Director: Chloé Zhao,...
- 12/18/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland” has earned seven nominations for 2020 honors from the Chicago Film Critics Association, followed by six each for Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods,” Kelly Reichardt’s “First Cow” and Charlie Kaufman’s “I’m Thinking of Ending Things.”
David Fincher’s “Mank” and Emerald Fennell’s “Promising Young Woman” took five nominations each. With 28 nominations, Netflix is the most recognized studio, followed by Amazon with 16 and and A24 with 15. Zhao and Fennell each earned three nominations.
The Best Director category is comprised entirely of women and people of color with Fennell, Lee, Steve McQueen, Reichardt and Zhao. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross achieved a double nomination in the same category, earning Best Original Score nominations for their work in both “Soul” and “Mank.” The late Chadwick Boseman earned nominations for Best Actor in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and Best Supporting Actor in “Da 5 Bloods.”
The...
David Fincher’s “Mank” and Emerald Fennell’s “Promising Young Woman” took five nominations each. With 28 nominations, Netflix is the most recognized studio, followed by Amazon with 16 and and A24 with 15. Zhao and Fennell each earned three nominations.
The Best Director category is comprised entirely of women and people of color with Fennell, Lee, Steve McQueen, Reichardt and Zhao. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross achieved a double nomination in the same category, earning Best Original Score nominations for their work in both “Soul” and “Mank.” The late Chadwick Boseman earned nominations for Best Actor in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and Best Supporting Actor in “Da 5 Bloods.”
The...
- 12/18/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Editor’s note: Judging from last year’s positive response to our Read the Screenplay series, Deadline is kicking off a new season of publishing the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race. Stay tuned for more, but Spike Lee is a pretty good place to start.
Spike Lee struck gold in 2019 when he and collaborator Kevin Willmott, along with Charlie Watchel and David Rabinowitz, took home the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for BlacKkKlansman — Lee’s first-ever Academy Award. With Da 5 Bloods, that movie’s follow-up has already garnered awards-season buzz.
Set more than 30 years after the end of the Vietnam War, Da 5 Bloods follows four African American vets — played by Delroy Lindo, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis and Isiah Whitlock Jr — who return to Vietnam and its mine-ridden jungles to retrieve a hidden stash of gold and pay tribute to their...
Spike Lee struck gold in 2019 when he and collaborator Kevin Willmott, along with Charlie Watchel and David Rabinowitz, took home the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for BlacKkKlansman — Lee’s first-ever Academy Award. With Da 5 Bloods, that movie’s follow-up has already garnered awards-season buzz.
Set more than 30 years after the end of the Vietnam War, Da 5 Bloods follows four African American vets — played by Delroy Lindo, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis and Isiah Whitlock Jr — who return to Vietnam and its mine-ridden jungles to retrieve a hidden stash of gold and pay tribute to their...
- 12/9/2020
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Original
“Da 5 Bloods”
(Netflix)
Written by: Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee
Lee and Willmott won the
Oscar for adapted screenplay for 2018’s “BlacKkKlansman” and their examination of Ptsd and the aftermath of the fallen from Vietnam in “Da 5 Bloods,” encompassing the final performance of Chadwick Boseman, was deeply felt. Netflix is positioning the film to be a strong awards player and Lee is one of those familiar names that the branch will rec-
ognize and likely check off.
“Judas and the Black Messiah”
(Warner Bros.)
Written by: Will Berson and Shaka King (screenplay); Keith Lucas and Kenneth Lucas (story by)
The script’s narrative digs into government corruption and betrayal in such an acute way that has not been portrayed on screen before. While Black Lives Matter and civil unrest are still prominent in the news media and on the streets of our cities,...
“Da 5 Bloods”
(Netflix)
Written by: Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee
Lee and Willmott won the
Oscar for adapted screenplay for 2018’s “BlacKkKlansman” and their examination of Ptsd and the aftermath of the fallen from Vietnam in “Da 5 Bloods,” encompassing the final performance of Chadwick Boseman, was deeply felt. Netflix is positioning the film to be a strong awards player and Lee is one of those familiar names that the branch will rec-
ognize and likely check off.
“Judas and the Black Messiah”
(Warner Bros.)
Written by: Will Berson and Shaka King (screenplay); Keith Lucas and Kenneth Lucas (story by)
The script’s narrative digs into government corruption and betrayal in such an acute way that has not been portrayed on screen before. While Black Lives Matter and civil unrest are still prominent in the news media and on the streets of our cities,...
- 11/19/2020
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Sometimes it’s a question of who shows up. Awards shows are the drum beat that builds to a crescendo at Oscar time. This year, with a long way to go until theaters reopen in major markets and Oscar nominations are announced on March 15, 2021, would-be contenders need every honor, tribute, and prize they can get.
On the campaign trail is Oscar-winner Aaron Sorkin (“The Social Network”), the writer-director of well-reviewed Netflix courtroom drama “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” about the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention riots as well as the subsequent trial, who is participating in various virtual conversations and tributes from the safety of his home office, from my recent Writers Guild Foundation interview and recent awards in Mill Valley, Middleburg, and Montclair, to the upcoming Sffilm Awards Gala on December 9.
The Oscar races for Adapted and Original Screenplay are coming into focus as well. Sorkin is among several honorees...
On the campaign trail is Oscar-winner Aaron Sorkin (“The Social Network”), the writer-director of well-reviewed Netflix courtroom drama “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” about the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention riots as well as the subsequent trial, who is participating in various virtual conversations and tributes from the safety of his home office, from my recent Writers Guild Foundation interview and recent awards in Mill Valley, Middleburg, and Montclair, to the upcoming Sffilm Awards Gala on December 9.
The Oscar races for Adapted and Original Screenplay are coming into focus as well. Sorkin is among several honorees...
- 11/18/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Sometimes it’s a question of who shows up. Awards shows are the drum beat that builds to a crescendo at Oscar time. This year, with a long way to go until theaters reopen in major markets and Oscar nominations are announced on March 15, 2021, would-be contenders need every honor, tribute, and prize they can get.
On the campaign trail is Oscar-winner Aaron Sorkin (“The Social Network”), the writer-director of well-reviewed Netflix courtroom drama “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” about the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention riots as well as the subsequent trial, who is participating in various virtual conversations and tributes from the safety of his home office, from my recent Writers Guild Foundation interview and recent awards in Mill Valley, Middleburg, and Montclair, to the upcoming Sffilm Awards Gala on December 9.
The Oscar races for Adapted and Original Screenplay are coming into focus as well. Sorkin is among several honorees...
On the campaign trail is Oscar-winner Aaron Sorkin (“The Social Network”), the writer-director of well-reviewed Netflix courtroom drama “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” about the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention riots as well as the subsequent trial, who is participating in various virtual conversations and tributes from the safety of his home office, from my recent Writers Guild Foundation interview and recent awards in Mill Valley, Middleburg, and Montclair, to the upcoming Sffilm Awards Gala on December 9.
The Oscar races for Adapted and Original Screenplay are coming into focus as well. Sorkin is among several honorees...
- 11/18/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
A flash of lightning. An iconic red and gold costume. Weird sci-fi villains and blockbuster special effects. We could only be talking about the beloved The Flash TV series, right?
Ah, but this isn’t Grant Gustin and Team Flash from the CW’s The Flash. No, this is The Flash TV series from 1990, the one starring John Wesley Shipp and boasting a theme song by none other than superhero movie maestro Danny Elfman.
The Flash was an expensive gamble for CBS and ultimately only lasted one season, but its legacy lives on and it remains an important part of superhero TV history. The show has crept back into the pop culture consciousness in recent years, with every major cast member making appearances on the current show, and it was even acknowledged as part of official DC canon thanks to recent TV crossover Crisis on Infinite Earths, a fitting bookend...
Ah, but this isn’t Grant Gustin and Team Flash from the CW’s The Flash. No, this is The Flash TV series from 1990, the one starring John Wesley Shipp and boasting a theme song by none other than superhero movie maestro Danny Elfman.
The Flash was an expensive gamble for CBS and ultimately only lasted one season, but its legacy lives on and it remains an important part of superhero TV history. The show has crept back into the pop culture consciousness in recent years, with every major cast member making appearances on the current show, and it was even acknowledged as part of official DC canon thanks to recent TV crossover Crisis on Infinite Earths, a fitting bookend...
- 9/22/2020
- by Mike Cecchini
- Den of Geek
For screenplay Oscars, auteurs have the advantage. Academy voters give creators extra points for controlling their visions. That’s why “The French Dispatch” (Searchlight) — written by three-time screenplay nominee Wes Anderson and collaborators Roman Coppola, Hugo Guinness, and Jason Schwartzman — is a strong contender in this race.
Anderson’s latest European ensemble threads three storylines about the French outpost of a Kansas newspaper. The comedy stars Anderson regulars Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, and Adrien Brody, plus newcomers Benicio del Toro, Jeffrey Wright, Elisabeth Moss, Léa Seydoux, and Timothée Chalamet. In 2015, Anderson’s “The Grand Budapest Hotel” scored nine Oscar nominations and won four tech Oscars after playing Berlin, a likely February launch pad for this movie with global appeal.
After winning Adapted Screenplay for “BlacKkKlansman,” Spike Lee was supposed to head the jury at Cannes 2020 and premiere his intense Vietnam drama “Da 5 Bloods” out of competition. Instead the movie,...
Anderson’s latest European ensemble threads three storylines about the French outpost of a Kansas newspaper. The comedy stars Anderson regulars Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, and Adrien Brody, plus newcomers Benicio del Toro, Jeffrey Wright, Elisabeth Moss, Léa Seydoux, and Timothée Chalamet. In 2015, Anderson’s “The Grand Budapest Hotel” scored nine Oscar nominations and won four tech Oscars after playing Berlin, a likely February launch pad for this movie with global appeal.
After winning Adapted Screenplay for “BlacKkKlansman,” Spike Lee was supposed to head the jury at Cannes 2020 and premiere his intense Vietnam drama “Da 5 Bloods” out of competition. Instead the movie,...
- 8/5/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
For screenplay Oscars, auteurs have the advantage. Academy voters give creators extra points for controlling their visions. That’s why “The French Dispatch” (Searchlight) — written by three-time screenplay nominee Wes Anderson and collaborators Roman Coppola, Hugo Guinness, and Jason Schwartzman — is a strong contender in this race.
Anderson’s latest European ensemble threads three storylines about the French outpost of a Kansas newspaper. The comedy stars Anderson regulars Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, and Adrien Brody, plus newcomers Benicio del Toro, Jeffrey Wright, Elisabeth Moss, Léa Seydoux, and Timothée Chalamet. In 2015, Anderson’s “The Grand Budapest Hotel” scored nine Oscar nominations and won four tech Oscars after playing Berlin, a likely February launch pad for this movie with global appeal.
After winning Adapted Screenplay for “BlacKkKlansman,” Spike Lee was supposed to head the jury at Cannes 2020 and premiere his intense Vietnam drama “Da 5 Bloods” out of competition. Instead the movie,...
Anderson’s latest European ensemble threads three storylines about the French outpost of a Kansas newspaper. The comedy stars Anderson regulars Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, and Adrien Brody, plus newcomers Benicio del Toro, Jeffrey Wright, Elisabeth Moss, Léa Seydoux, and Timothée Chalamet. In 2015, Anderson’s “The Grand Budapest Hotel” scored nine Oscar nominations and won four tech Oscars after playing Berlin, a likely February launch pad for this movie with global appeal.
After winning Adapted Screenplay for “BlacKkKlansman,” Spike Lee was supposed to head the jury at Cannes 2020 and premiere his intense Vietnam drama “Da 5 Bloods” out of competition. Instead the movie,...
- 8/5/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on Wbgr-fm on June 11th, 2020, discussing new VOD releases “The King of Staten Island” and “Working Man.”
Rating: 3.5/5.0
7500 An unusual co-production from three countries … USA, Austria and Germany … explores the ongoing terrorism threat on international airlines. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is the main character, a co-pilot of an airline in which the captain has been killed and hijackers are trying to infiltrate the cockpit. Available on Amazon Prime. 3.5/5 stars.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Da 5 Bloods Spike Lee takes on the Vietnam War, through four black veterans of that conflict returning to Saigon to try and find the body of their dead comrade (portrayed in flashback by Chadwick Boseman), and a cache of lost gold. Also featuring Delroy Lindo in a searing performance, as well as Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis and Isiah Whitlock, Jr. Available on Netflix. 4/5 stars.
“7500” features Joseph Gordon-Levitt,...
Rating: 3.5/5.0
7500 An unusual co-production from three countries … USA, Austria and Germany … explores the ongoing terrorism threat on international airlines. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is the main character, a co-pilot of an airline in which the captain has been killed and hijackers are trying to infiltrate the cockpit. Available on Amazon Prime. 3.5/5 stars.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Da 5 Bloods Spike Lee takes on the Vietnam War, through four black veterans of that conflict returning to Saigon to try and find the body of their dead comrade (portrayed in flashback by Chadwick Boseman), and a cache of lost gold. Also featuring Delroy Lindo in a searing performance, as well as Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis and Isiah Whitlock, Jr. Available on Netflix. 4/5 stars.
“7500” features Joseph Gordon-Levitt,...
- 6/23/2020
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
After Spike Lee made a triumphant 2018 return to Cannes with “BlacKkKlansman,” which later won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar, he was meant to premiere Vietnam drama “Da 5 Bloods” at Cannes 2020: It would have played out of competition as he presided over the Competition jury. Instead, the movie went straight to a June 12 Netflix release — but that low-key bow won’t keep him out of Oscar contention. While Covid-19 pushed back the Oscars 2021 calendar, this early contender is strong enough to last the next 10 months.
Cinephiles and critics (81 Metascore), hungry for a movie of substance, are praising Lee’s rip-roaring fable about four Big Red One infantrymen (led by Lee alumnae Delroy Lindo and Clarke Peters) who return to Saigon to dig up not only the remains of a fallen colleague (Chadwick Boseman), but also buried treasure. The movie references “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,” “Scarface,” and “Apocalypse Now,...
Cinephiles and critics (81 Metascore), hungry for a movie of substance, are praising Lee’s rip-roaring fable about four Big Red One infantrymen (led by Lee alumnae Delroy Lindo and Clarke Peters) who return to Saigon to dig up not only the remains of a fallen colleague (Chadwick Boseman), but also buried treasure. The movie references “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,” “Scarface,” and “Apocalypse Now,...
- 6/16/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
After Spike Lee made a triumphant 2018 return to Cannes with “BlacKkKlansman,” which later won the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar, he was meant to premiere Vietnam drama “Da 5 Bloods” at Cannes 2020: It would have played out of competition as he presided over the Competition jury. Instead, the movie went straight to a June 12 Netflix release — but that low-key bow won’t keep him out of Oscar contention. While Covid-19 pushed back the Oscars 2021 calendar, this early contender is strong enough to last the next 10 months.
Cinephiles and critics (81 Metascore), hungry for a movie of substance, are praising Lee’s rip-roaring fable about four Big Red One infantrymen (led by Lee alumnae Delroy Lindo and Clarke Peters) who return to Saigon to dig up not only the remains of a fallen colleague (Chadwick Boseman), but also buried treasure. The movie references “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,” “Scarface,” and “Apocalypse Now,...
Cinephiles and critics (81 Metascore), hungry for a movie of substance, are praising Lee’s rip-roaring fable about four Big Red One infantrymen (led by Lee alumnae Delroy Lindo and Clarke Peters) who return to Saigon to dig up not only the remains of a fallen colleague (Chadwick Boseman), but also buried treasure. The movie references “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,” “Scarface,” and “Apocalypse Now,...
- 6/16/2020
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Stars: Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Mélanie Thierry, Paul Walter Hauser, Jasper Pääkkönen, Johnny Nguyen, Lam Nguyen, Jean Reno, Chadwick Boseman, Van Veronica Ngo | Written by Spike Lee, Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo, Kevin Willmott | Directed by Spike Lee
Powerful, beautiful, violent and emotional. Spike Lee has continued his great run by crafting a film that can be enjoyed as an exciting piece of cinema as well as delivering a complex look at the world.
I can’t remember the last time I watched a film that was so relevant and hit home so hard, in fact I don’t think I’ve ever seen one as relevant as Da 5 Bloods. When you think back to 1989 and what Spike Lee had to say about the current times in Do The Right Thing it can only make you sad, heartbroken and angry to think...
Powerful, beautiful, violent and emotional. Spike Lee has continued his great run by crafting a film that can be enjoyed as an exciting piece of cinema as well as delivering a complex look at the world.
I can’t remember the last time I watched a film that was so relevant and hit home so hard, in fact I don’t think I’ve ever seen one as relevant as Da 5 Bloods. When you think back to 1989 and what Spike Lee had to say about the current times in Do The Right Thing it can only make you sad, heartbroken and angry to think...
- 6/15/2020
- by Alex Ginnelly
- Nerdly
Spike Lee hits a new career peak with this game-changer about four, emotionally damaged African-American veterans who return to Vietnam in the Trump era to recover the body of their fallen brother-in-arms —n and maybe a semblance of their former selves. Debuting on Netflix on June 12th, Da 5 Bloods speaks urgently to our current moment. Lee had no idea that his movie would be released as the killing of George Floyd would inspire people to take to the streets in protest, but he’s known in his bones how...
- 6/10/2020
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
With “Da 5 Bloods,” Spike Lee follows his long overdue Oscar win for “BlacKkKlansman” by revealing a side of the Vietnam story that’s seldom told. Through the Trojan horse of a treasure-hunt adventure movie, the director explores the mindset of Black soldiers who fought for their country at a time when African Americans were being oppressed at home. to claim the loot they were ordered to retrieve decades earlier, but stashed for themselves instead. The result is overlong and erratic, but also frequently surprising for a contemporary riff on the classic greed-doesn’t-pay parable “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.”
Entertainment journalists have taken to describing “Da 5 Bloods” as “timely” because its release coincides with the nationwide protests that spontaneously arose following the murder of George Floyd. That is true, but let’s be clear: Lee has always been ahead-of-his-timely. He reminded us of that a week ago...
Entertainment journalists have taken to describing “Da 5 Bloods” as “timely” because its release coincides with the nationwide protests that spontaneously arose following the murder of George Floyd. That is true, but let’s be clear: Lee has always been ahead-of-his-timely. He reminded us of that a week ago...
- 6/10/2020
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Spike Lee fans, get ready: “Da 5 Bloods” takes the filmmaker’s familiar obsessions to an extreme, douses them in wartime grief and bloody jungle showdowns, all without an iota of compromise. In Lee’s lively, discursive look at a quartet of black Vietnam vets searching for their old squad leader’s remains (and the gold that was lost with him), the filmmaker’s voice permeates each scene with such mighty force it’s a wonder he never pulls a Porky Pig and bursts into the center of the frame.
“Da 5 Bloods” doesn’t always gel as it careens through overstuffed plot twists and disparate tones, with some big moments better executed than others. Still, that freewheeling energy is in short supply, and
Unfolding across an unusual pace for two and a half hours, “Da 5 Bloods” feels like a pair of intriguing movies jammed together. For its first 90 minutes or so,...
“Da 5 Bloods” doesn’t always gel as it careens through overstuffed plot twists and disparate tones, with some big moments better executed than others. Still, that freewheeling energy is in short supply, and
Unfolding across an unusual pace for two and a half hours, “Da 5 Bloods” feels like a pair of intriguing movies jammed together. For its first 90 minutes or so,...
- 6/10/2020
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Spike Lee’s “Da 5 Bloods,” his first feature since the Oscar-winning “BlacKkKlansman,” is an angry, incendiary and extraordinarily timely film that surveys decades of racism in the United States with a sharp, unflinching eye.
And “Da 5 Bloods” is also an adventure story about a quartet of Vietnam vets who return to the country where they once fought to find the remains of their squad leader, and also dig up some buried treasure that they left behind in 1968.
One of those things is significantly more involving than the other, and you probably don’t need much help figuring out which one it is. The in-country trek at the heart of the film is pretty routine by Lee’s standards; it’s the way he tells that story, the asides and the history lessons and the cutaways and the tricks that have become the director’s singular cinematic vocabulary, that...
And “Da 5 Bloods” is also an adventure story about a quartet of Vietnam vets who return to the country where they once fought to find the remains of their squad leader, and also dig up some buried treasure that they left behind in 1968.
One of those things is significantly more involving than the other, and you probably don’t need much help figuring out which one it is. The in-country trek at the heart of the film is pretty routine by Lee’s standards; it’s the way he tells that story, the asides and the history lessons and the cutaways and the tricks that have become the director’s singular cinematic vocabulary, that...
- 6/10/2020
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
After the Oscar-winning success of BlacKkKlansman, what filmmaker Spike Lee opted to follow it up with always always going to be inherently fascinating. After all, that movie had won Lee his first Academy Award. Would that move him in a more mainstream direction? If so, would any of his creative forces be blunted? Well, if any of that worried you, fear not. Da 5 Bloods, hitting Netflix on Friday, is certainly poised to be one of his most widely seen efforts, but it retains everything that makes him such a special and unique storyteller. Crafting an essential bit of cinema for our times, this is something that absolutely needs to be seen. The film is a drama, mixing in war elements. A quartet of African American Army veterans in Paul (Delroy Lindo), Otis (Clarke Peters), Eddie (Norm Lewis), and Melvin have returned to Vietnamese soil, decades after the war. During the Vietnam War,...
- 6/10/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
All eyes were going to be on Spike Lee’s follow up to his Oscar winning effort BlacKkKlansman. After all, it not just was a hit, getting nominated for Best Picture and Best Director, it got Lee his first Academy Award, taking home the prize for Best Adapted Screenplay. Well, Lee has chosen his next movie to be a wholly unique project, and today, Netflix debuted the First Trailer for Da 5 Bloods, a mix of war, drama, and a meditation on how America has treated black soldiers. You can see the Trailer below, but it looks great. Netflix could have a definite awards player here with this one, if all goes well… The film is combination of genres, as is Lee’s predilection. Here is the official Netflix synopsis: “From Academy Award® Winner Spike Lee comes a New Joint: the story of four African-American Vets — Paul (Delroy Lindo), Otis...
- 5/18/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Da 5 Bloods trailer has arrived, previewing director Spike Lee’s intense, pathologically-potent Netflix feature following four African-American Vietnam War veterans who return to their former battlefield several decades later to recover a cache of gold and quell personal demons.
The events of the film unfurl through the time periods of the Vietnam War—in which our quartet of Paul (Delroy Lindo), Otis (Clarke Peters), Eddie (Norm Lewis) and Melvin (Isiah Whitlock Jr.) are young men—and a contemporary period in which they—joined by Paul’s adult son, David (Jonathan Majors)—return to the jungles to reclaim their gilded prize and recover the remains of their fallen squad leader—a flashback role provided by Black Panther himself, Chadwick Boseman.
Check out the trailer for Da 5 Bloods just below!
The trailer, brilliantly accompanied by The Chamber Brothers’ epochal 1967 hit, “Time Has Come Today,” is a monumental montage of powerful imagery of the Vietnam War-era,...
The events of the film unfurl through the time periods of the Vietnam War—in which our quartet of Paul (Delroy Lindo), Otis (Clarke Peters), Eddie (Norm Lewis) and Melvin (Isiah Whitlock Jr.) are young men—and a contemporary period in which they—joined by Paul’s adult son, David (Jonathan Majors)—return to the jungles to reclaim their gilded prize and recover the remains of their fallen squad leader—a flashback role provided by Black Panther himself, Chadwick Boseman.
Check out the trailer for Da 5 Bloods just below!
The trailer, brilliantly accompanied by The Chamber Brothers’ epochal 1967 hit, “Time Has Come Today,” is a monumental montage of powerful imagery of the Vietnam War-era,...
- 5/18/2020
- by Joseph Baxter
- Den of Geek
Spike Lee turns his sights on Vietnam in his next film Da 5 Bloods, premiering June 12th on Netflix. The first trailer, released on Monday, doesn’t disappoint: Set to The Chamber Brothers’ signature 1967 single “Time Has Come Today,” it’s an adrenaline-fueled clip that cuts together archival footage from the Vietnam War with two parallel stories concerning a group of aging veterans.
The four African-American vets, played by Delroy Lindo, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis and Isiah Whitlock, Jr., have returned to Vietnam in the present day to search for...
The four African-American vets, played by Delroy Lindo, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis and Isiah Whitlock, Jr., have returned to Vietnam in the present day to search for...
- 5/18/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
“Time has come today,” barks the first trailer for the latest movie from Spike Lee, “Da 5 Bloods,” a war film that tells the story of the “soul brothers” who fought in the Vietnam War.
“Da 5 Bloods” is Lee’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning film “BlackKklansman,” and this first look, all scored to the Chambers Brothers song “Time Has Come Today,” has the energy, color and political spark of any Spike Lee joint.
It’s an original story about how four African American veterans return to Vietnam in search of their fallen squad leader’s remains, played by Chadwick Boseman, as well as a chest full of buried gold treasure left there during the war. But along the way they battle the forces of man and nature and confront the lasting ravages of “the immorality of the Vietnam War.”
“We’ve been dying for this country from the very beginning,...
“Da 5 Bloods” is Lee’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning film “BlackKklansman,” and this first look, all scored to the Chambers Brothers song “Time Has Come Today,” has the energy, color and political spark of any Spike Lee joint.
It’s an original story about how four African American veterans return to Vietnam in search of their fallen squad leader’s remains, played by Chadwick Boseman, as well as a chest full of buried gold treasure left there during the war. But along the way they battle the forces of man and nature and confront the lasting ravages of “the immorality of the Vietnam War.”
“We’ve been dying for this country from the very beginning,...
- 5/18/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Spike Lee’s next film, “Da 5 Bloods,” will debut on Netflix next month, the director announced Thursday on Twitter.
The movie — starring Chadwick Boseman, Jonathan Majors and Paul Walter Hauser — will launch on the streaming service on June 12.
Lee co-wrote the film with Danny Bilson, Paul Demeo and Kevin Willmott. It follows four African American war veterans returning to Vietnam to search for their dead squad leader’s body and the promise of buried treasure.
“Da 5 Bloods” will be Lee’s first feature film for Netflix, though he previously worked with the streamer on “She’s Gotta Have It,” a TV adaptation based on Lee’s classic movie.
Here Iz Da Teaser Poster For Da 5 Bloods. The New Spike Lee Joint Will Drop Globally On Netflix-Friday June 12th. Please Check It Out. Peace And Love,Spike @strongblacklead @netflixfilm pic.twitter.com/C832EkGorS
— Spike Lee (@SpikeLeeJoint) May 7, 2020
His last film,...
The movie — starring Chadwick Boseman, Jonathan Majors and Paul Walter Hauser — will launch on the streaming service on June 12.
Lee co-wrote the film with Danny Bilson, Paul Demeo and Kevin Willmott. It follows four African American war veterans returning to Vietnam to search for their dead squad leader’s body and the promise of buried treasure.
“Da 5 Bloods” will be Lee’s first feature film for Netflix, though he previously worked with the streamer on “She’s Gotta Have It,” a TV adaptation based on Lee’s classic movie.
Here Iz Da Teaser Poster For Da 5 Bloods. The New Spike Lee Joint Will Drop Globally On Netflix-Friday June 12th. Please Check It Out. Peace And Love,Spike @strongblacklead @netflixfilm pic.twitter.com/C832EkGorS
— Spike Lee (@SpikeLeeJoint) May 7, 2020
His last film,...
- 5/7/2020
- by Mackenzie Nichols
- Variety Film + TV
Da 5 Bloods, Spike Lee’s follow-up movie to his Oscar-nominated BlacKkKlansman, will be released June 12 on the streaming service. Lee made it official on his social channels Thursday.
Chadwick Boseman, Jean Reno, Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors and Paul Walter Hauser lead the cast of the drama, which follows the story of four African American vets who return to Vietnam searching for the remains of their fallen squad leader (Boseman) and the promise of buried treasure. They battle forces of man and nature while confronted by the lasting ravages of the immorality of the Vietnam War.
The cast also includes Clarke Peters, Isiah Whitlock Jr, Norm Lewis, Mélanie Thierry and Jasper Pääkkönen. Lee directed and wrote the script with Danny Bilson, Paul DeMeo, Matt Billingsly and Kevin Willmott, the latter of whom co-wrote with Lee and Charlie Wachtel the Oscar-winning script for BlacKkKlansman.
Producers of Da 5 Bloods are Lloyd Levin,...
Chadwick Boseman, Jean Reno, Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors and Paul Walter Hauser lead the cast of the drama, which follows the story of four African American vets who return to Vietnam searching for the remains of their fallen squad leader (Boseman) and the promise of buried treasure. They battle forces of man and nature while confronted by the lasting ravages of the immorality of the Vietnam War.
The cast also includes Clarke Peters, Isiah Whitlock Jr, Norm Lewis, Mélanie Thierry and Jasper Pääkkönen. Lee directed and wrote the script with Danny Bilson, Paul DeMeo, Matt Billingsly and Kevin Willmott, the latter of whom co-wrote with Lee and Charlie Wachtel the Oscar-winning script for BlacKkKlansman.
Producers of Da 5 Bloods are Lloyd Levin,...
- 5/7/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Predicting the Best Picture winner is often the toughest among the 24 categories at the Oscars. We learned this at the 2020 Academy Awards. We were certain the top prize would go to “1917” but it was “Parasite” that prevailed. When making our Best Picture Oscar predictions, we weigh many factors, the most important of which is the effect of the preferential ballot that is used only for this race (voters rank all the nominees with the winner being the one that is the consensus choice.)
We also take into account the pedigree of the filmmakers, the critical reception to their previous films, the box office tally and the track record of the studios. We’ve taken all of these into consideration again as we look ahead to the 2021 Academy Awards. (Scroll down for the 2021 Oscars predictions for Best Picture.)
Early contenders were launched at the Sundance Film Festival in January and others...
We also take into account the pedigree of the filmmakers, the critical reception to their previous films, the box office tally and the track record of the studios. We’ve taken all of these into consideration again as we look ahead to the 2021 Academy Awards. (Scroll down for the 2021 Oscars predictions for Best Picture.)
Early contenders were launched at the Sundance Film Festival in January and others...
- 3/5/2020
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Spike Lee’s anticipated Netflix film Da 5 Bloods has rounded out cast, we can reveal. Clarke Peters (The Wire), Isiah Whitlock Jr. (BlacKkKlansman), stage star and singer Norm Lewis (Sex And The City 2), Mélanie Thierry (The Zero Theorem) and Vikings and BlacKkKlansman actor Jasper Pääkkönen are joining previously announced Chadwick Boseman, Jean Reno, Delroy Lindo, Jonathan Majors and Paul Walter Hauser.
Drama Da 5 Bloods, currently in pre-production, will follow the story of four African American vets who return to Vietnam. Searching for the remains of their fallen squad leader (Boseman) and the promise of buried treasure, the heroes battle forces of man and nature while confronted by the lasting ravages of the immorality of the Vietnam War.
Script comes form Danny Bilson, Paul DeMeo, Matt Billingsly, Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee. Producers are Lloyd Levin (Hellboy), Beatriz Levin, Jon Kilik (The Hunger Games) and Spike Lee. Cinematographer is...
Drama Da 5 Bloods, currently in pre-production, will follow the story of four African American vets who return to Vietnam. Searching for the remains of their fallen squad leader (Boseman) and the promise of buried treasure, the heroes battle forces of man and nature while confronted by the lasting ravages of the immorality of the Vietnam War.
Script comes form Danny Bilson, Paul DeMeo, Matt Billingsly, Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee. Producers are Lloyd Levin (Hellboy), Beatriz Levin, Jon Kilik (The Hunger Games) and Spike Lee. Cinematographer is...
- 3/12/2019
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Paul Walter Hauser is the latest actor to join Spike Lee’s forthcoming Netflix film Da 5 Bloods. This marks a reunion between the two as Hauser appeared in Lee’s Oscar-winning BlaKkKlansman.
Da 5 Bloods is about a group of vets who attempt to put their broken selves back together in a story about the redemption of one’s soul. Hauser is set to play Simon, a working man who sets out to locate and remove forgotten land mines in Vietnam before he’s taken hostage. He joins previously announced cast members Chadwick Boseman, Jean Reno, Delroy Lindo, and Jonathan Majors.
Lee penned the script with his BlacKkKlansman co-scribe Kevin Willmott based on an original screenplay by Danny Bilson & Paul DeMeo and rewrite by Matthew Billingsly. The film will be produced by Beatriz Levin, Lloyd Levin, Jon Kilik and Lee.
In addition to BlaKkKlansman, Hauser was a scene stealer in I,...
Da 5 Bloods is about a group of vets who attempt to put their broken selves back together in a story about the redemption of one’s soul. Hauser is set to play Simon, a working man who sets out to locate and remove forgotten land mines in Vietnam before he’s taken hostage. He joins previously announced cast members Chadwick Boseman, Jean Reno, Delroy Lindo, and Jonathan Majors.
Lee penned the script with his BlacKkKlansman co-scribe Kevin Willmott based on an original screenplay by Danny Bilson & Paul DeMeo and rewrite by Matthew Billingsly. The film will be produced by Beatriz Levin, Lloyd Levin, Jon Kilik and Lee.
In addition to BlaKkKlansman, Hauser was a scene stealer in I,...
- 3/5/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: We hear that Jonathan Majors is in talks to join Spike Lee’s Netflix movie Da 5 Bloods, which centers around Vietnam veterans who return to the jungle to find their lost innocence. The drama is Lee’s next movie. His BlacKkKlansman is nominated for six Oscars this Sunday including Best Director and Best Picture.
Da 5 Bloods is about a group of vets who attempt to put their broken selves back together in a story about the redemption of one’s soul. Majors’ role is being kept under wraps. Already starring in the film are Chadwick Boseman, Jean Reno and Delroy Lindo.
Lee penned the script with his BlacKkKlansman co-scribe Kevin Willmott based on an original screenplay by Danny Bilson & Paul DeMeo and rewrite by Matthew Billingsly. The film will be produced by Beatriz Levin, Lloyd Levin, Jon Kilik and Lee.
Majors is on quite a roll: He received...
Da 5 Bloods is about a group of vets who attempt to put their broken selves back together in a story about the redemption of one’s soul. Majors’ role is being kept under wraps. Already starring in the film are Chadwick Boseman, Jean Reno and Delroy Lindo.
Lee penned the script with his BlacKkKlansman co-scribe Kevin Willmott based on an original screenplay by Danny Bilson & Paul DeMeo and rewrite by Matthew Billingsly. The film will be produced by Beatriz Levin, Lloyd Levin, Jon Kilik and Lee.
Majors is on quite a roll: He received...
- 2/19/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
After earning his first Best Director and Best Picture nomination with BlacKkKlansman, the prolific Spike Lee is showing no signs of slowing down. He’s already expected to begin production on his next film as early as next month and he’ll be reteaming with Netflix following his She’s Gotta Have It TV show.
Variety reports the film is Da 5 Bloods, which finds Lee returning to the war film after Miracle at St. Anna, this time the Vietnam War. Rather than actually depict the period of the war, it will follow veterans who return to the jungle fifty years later in search of the remains of a soldier left behind as well as gold. Leading the film will be Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman, along with Delroy Lindo and Jean Reno. There are also rumors that Samuel L. Jackson, Giancarlo Esposito, and Don Cheadle would join the cast, but...
Variety reports the film is Da 5 Bloods, which finds Lee returning to the war film after Miracle at St. Anna, this time the Vietnam War. Rather than actually depict the period of the war, it will follow veterans who return to the jungle fifty years later in search of the remains of a soldier left behind as well as gold. Leading the film will be Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman, along with Delroy Lindo and Jean Reno. There are also rumors that Samuel L. Jackson, Giancarlo Esposito, and Don Cheadle would join the cast, but...
- 2/13/2019
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Kirsten Howard Feb 13, 2019
Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman will lead Da 5 Bloods at Netflix for BlacKkKlansman director Spike Lee...
Spike Lee's next move after the success of his critically acclaimed awards-guzzling hit BlacKkKlansman? Netflix. The iconic director is reportedly looking to start filming his next project for the streaming service in March, after all the Oscar campaign shenanigans are over.
Variety reports that Chadwick Boseman will star in the film, called Da 5 Bloods. The story follows a group of Vietnam veterans who return from the war to "find their lost innocence." Delroy Lindo and Jean Reno are also eyeing roles in the new flick, alongside Black Panther star Boseman.
“To quote my brother Jay-z from Da People’s Republic of Brooklyn ‘On to Da Next One,'” Lee said of the news, which broke last night.
Netflix is splashing its seemingly never-ending supply of cash around to attract plenty of...
Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman will lead Da 5 Bloods at Netflix for BlacKkKlansman director Spike Lee...
Spike Lee's next move after the success of his critically acclaimed awards-guzzling hit BlacKkKlansman? Netflix. The iconic director is reportedly looking to start filming his next project for the streaming service in March, after all the Oscar campaign shenanigans are over.
Variety reports that Chadwick Boseman will star in the film, called Da 5 Bloods. The story follows a group of Vietnam veterans who return from the war to "find their lost innocence." Delroy Lindo and Jean Reno are also eyeing roles in the new flick, alongside Black Panther star Boseman.
“To quote my brother Jay-z from Da People’s Republic of Brooklyn ‘On to Da Next One,'” Lee said of the news, which broke last night.
Netflix is splashing its seemingly never-ending supply of cash around to attract plenty of...
- 2/13/2019
- Den of Geek
Chadwick Boseman, Delroy Lindo and Jean Reno will star in Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods, a movie about Vietnam veterans who return to the jungle to find their lost innocence. The drama will serve as the next film for Lee, whose BlacKkKlansman is nominated for six Oscars including Best Director and Best Picture.
Lee penned the script with his BlacKkKlansman co-scribe Kevin Willmott based on an original screenplay by Danny Bilson & Paul DeMeo and rewrite by Matthew Billingsly. The film will be produced by Beatriz Levin, Lloyd Levin, Jon Kilik and Lee.
The film is about a group of vets who attempt to put their broken selves back together in a story about the redemption of one’s soul.
Boseman is also in the Oscar conversation this year, starring in fellow Best Picture nominee Black Panther. He’s up next in Stx’s action thriller 17 Bridges which hits theaters...
Lee penned the script with his BlacKkKlansman co-scribe Kevin Willmott based on an original screenplay by Danny Bilson & Paul DeMeo and rewrite by Matthew Billingsly. The film will be produced by Beatriz Levin, Lloyd Levin, Jon Kilik and Lee.
The film is about a group of vets who attempt to put their broken selves back together in a story about the redemption of one’s soul.
Boseman is also in the Oscar conversation this year, starring in fellow Best Picture nominee Black Panther. He’s up next in Stx’s action thriller 17 Bridges which hits theaters...
- 2/13/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Spike Lee has set his eyes on his next project, a Vietnam War veteran drama titled “Da 5 Bloods” starring “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman.
The film follows Vietnam veterans who go back to the jungle to find their lost innocence and put their broken selves back together.
“To quote my Brother Jay-z from Da People’s Republic of Brooklyn ‘Onto Da Next One,'” Lee said in a statement.
Also Read: Spike Lee on the New Wave of Hit-Making Black Filmmakers: 'I Hope This Is Not a Trend'
Lee is directing the film from a screenplay written by him and collaborator Kevin Willmott, based on an original screenplay by Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo and a rewrite by Matthew Billingsly.
Delroy Lindo and Jean Reno are also in talks to star. Netflix is in negotiations to land the project. Lee will produce the film with Beatriz Levin & Lloyd Levin,...
The film follows Vietnam veterans who go back to the jungle to find their lost innocence and put their broken selves back together.
“To quote my Brother Jay-z from Da People’s Republic of Brooklyn ‘Onto Da Next One,'” Lee said in a statement.
Also Read: Spike Lee on the New Wave of Hit-Making Black Filmmakers: 'I Hope This Is Not a Trend'
Lee is directing the film from a screenplay written by him and collaborator Kevin Willmott, based on an original screenplay by Danny Bilson and Paul De Meo and a rewrite by Matthew Billingsly.
Delroy Lindo and Jean Reno are also in talks to star. Netflix is in negotiations to land the project. Lee will produce the film with Beatriz Levin & Lloyd Levin,...
- 2/13/2019
- by Trey Williams
- The Wrap
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