High-Def Digest: The Bonus ViewSpike Lee Archives - High-Def Digest: The Bonus View https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/tag/spike-lee/ A High-Def Digest Blog Wed, 13 May 2020 15:26:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 2019 Oscar Winners https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/2019-oscar-winners/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/2019-oscar-winners/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2019 06:30:37 +0000 Josh Zyber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=96731 Now that the ceremony is finally over, it’s evident that the theme of the 2019 Oscars was that nobody knows anything. All the traditional logic behind predicting the awards went out the window this year. The evening ended with a couple of major upsets, including Best Picture, and one of the least acclaimed of all...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/2019-oscar-winners/feed/ 6 Weekend Roundtable: Worst Movies by 2019 Oscar Nominees https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-worst-movies-by-2019-oscar-nominees/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-worst-movies-by-2019-oscar-nominees/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2019 20:00:26 +0000 Josh Zyber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=96242 As they bask in all the acclaim and recognition, let’s not forget that many of this year’s Oscar nominated filmmakers and thespians are also responsible for some genuine cinematic garbage. What’s the worst movie made by one of this year’s nominees? David Krauss The same year Bradley Cooper made his breakout film The Hangover, he...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-worst-movies-by-2019-oscar-nominees/feed/ 3 Cannes Journal: ‘BlacKkKlansman’ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/cannes-2018-blackkklansman-movie-review/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/cannes-2018-blackkklansman-movie-review/#respond Tue, 22 May 2018 19:00:25 +0000 Jason Gorber https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=91668 Spike Lee has made a career demonstrating a fearlessness in talking truth to power. While his recent narrative films have been a mixed bag (while simultaneously his non-fiction work has been deeply underappreciated), this latest punch in the gut, ‘BlacKkKlansman’, is a welcome return to form for the Brooklyn native. Based on the true story...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-may-26-2015/feed/ 10 Blu-ray Highlights: Week of June 8th, 2014 – Shadows and Light https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-jun-8-2014/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/bluray-highlights-jun-8-2014/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2014 13:00:41 +0000 Josh Zyber http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=62944 What do you call the reboot of a franchise that has already been rebooted once unsuccessfully? A re-reboot? That’s one of the questions we have to ponder when looking over this week’s new Blu-ray releases. New Releases ‘Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit‘ – I suppose it can be argued that this is actually the third reboot...

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/weekend-movies-nov-27-2013/feed/ 4 The Trailer Park: Old Wolves, New Tricks https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/trailers-old-wolf-jobs/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/trailers-old-wolf-jobs/#comments Thu, 25 Jul 2013 19:00:25 +0000 M. Enois Duarte http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=53556 This set of trailers for some potentially great upcoming movies leaves me feeling a little hesitant. The films all have potential, but the previews aren’t very convincing. I think that the success of these movies will definitely ride on the casts, directors and interest in the stories, rather than how well the trailers sell them....

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]]> https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/roundtable-belated-sequels/feed/ 33 Weekend Movies: Spies & Politicians vs. Old Folks & Goats https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/weekend-movies-aug-10-2012/ https://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/weekend-movies-aug-10-2012/#respond Fri, 10 Aug 2012 17:00:48 +0000 Luke Hickman http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/?p=38958 This weekend marks one of the last big pushes for summer. We get another ‘Bourne’ sequel and a Will Ferrell comedy that feels like an endless ‘SNL’ political sketch. I don’t think there’s any doubt as to which of these will draw a bigger audience. In ‘The Bourne Legacy‘, Jeremy Renner plays Aaron Cross, another...

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