Spike Lee is awkwardly caught between nobility and pulp with his latest, Miracle at St. Anna. The film plays minute to minute like a Sam Fuller-esque two-fister, but those minutes add up, ...

It’s easy to brush off Spike Lee’s “Miracle at St. Anna” upon first viewing. Pitched as the first prestige piece about African-American soldiers and their involvement in World War II, “Anna” is ...

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Director Spike Lee's latest movie, Miracle at St. Anna, is about the sometimes forgotten contribution of African-American soldiers during World War II. It's based on James McBride's novel of the same ...

Disney won't find "Miracle" an easy film to market. Spike Lee's own name may be the best marketing tool, but the film lacks the discipline the director has shown in his recent efforts. It hits every ...

Spike Lee has reached into his arsenal of heavy hitters with yet another story of Black Americans enforcing truth and justice on the powers that be in Miracle at St. Anna. This time, it’s a fictional ...

Never one to soft-pedal his ambitions, Spike Lee opens his grandiosely garish World War II epic Miracle at St. Anna with an old black man watching John Wayne in The Longest Day and muttering, “We ...

Spike Lee loses the battles and the war in "Miracle at St. Anna," a poorly constructed drama designed to spotlight the role of black American soldiers in World War II. Pic is a particular ...

Directed by Spike Lee from a screenplay written by James McBride, the author of the acclaimed novel of the same name, the film chronicles the story of four African-American soldiers who are members of ...

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