The success of Quentin Tarantino’s Django: Unchained has sparked, what some movie critics are calling, “slave movie fever.” There seems to be a new trend of slave-themed films that are popping up left and right — seven more are scheduled to premiere this year. After the releases Case départ, Django, and Lincoln, our nation engaged…
Looks like controversy has struck the film Django Unchained yet again. After a few celebs like Spike Lee spoke out against the portrayal of slavery in the film, things seemed to quiet down for a bit. That was until the Weinstein Company decided to produce Django Unchained dolls featuring the main characters of the film….
Filmmaker Spike Lee made national headlines when he decided to publicly boycott fellow director Quentin Tarantino’s latest film Django Unchained. Lee called the slavery revenge flick disrespectful to his ancestors and said he refused to watch it. However, Lee’s comments are clearly not the view of all Black America as civil rights activist Dick Gregory has spoken out…
It’s that time of year again! Awards season brings much excitement to the entertainment world and this year’s Oscars nominations has everyone buzzing. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has recognized the work of Denzel Washington, Quentin Tarantino, and Quvenzhané Wallis for the 2013 ceremony. Washington is nominated for best actor in a…
My mouth dropped open when I read on the Daily Beast that the co-stars from box office hit Django Unchained — Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Leonardo DiCaprio, and others — have been immortalized as eight-inch dolls that are currently on sale at Amazon.com. I think I was supposed to be upset about…
Though “Django Unchained” is doing extraordinary well at the box office, not everyone took kindly to Director Quentin Tarantino’s decision to turn slavery into a Western film. Many thought the movie’s witty dialogue, comic relief by way of chatty Ku Klux Klan members and sensationalist ending trivialized one the most traumatic period in American history….
Quentin Tarantino’s Western epic Django Unchained opened to impressive box-office numbers despite what many called a controversial abuse of the n-word. The repeated use of the contentious word threatened to derail the slave redemption/love story, as respected African-American director Spike Lee called for a full-scale boycott of Tarantino’s passion project, claiming the film was disrespectful…
Quentin Tarantino’s much-talked about film “Django Unchained” starring Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson and Leonardo DiCaprio, opened on Christmas day. While the movie has its supporters, several have spoken out in criticism of the slavery-inspired film. Spike Lee is the latest to add his voice to the conversation around “Django” in a recent…
Last year when the script for Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained was leaked, many black bloggers and writers were concerned. The film was called a “dark buddy comedy” and a “slavery revenge epic” and most folks just weren’t sure how Tarantino would handle a script that dealt with the horrors of pre-civil war America. Back then,…
Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained is making waves in the film industry for its eerie look at America’s dark past with slavery and legacy of racism. Tarantino colors scenes poignantly with vivid action and heart-wrenching script. With Jamie Foxx and Leonard DiCaprio playing the roles of a freed slave and an evil plantation owner respectively, Django Unchained is a film…
