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, ...

On some level, you’ve got to hand it to Spike Lee. There is probably less than a handful of directors working in Hollywood today who could put together the financing for a three-hour war movie lacking ...

In Spike Lee's long and eclectic career, "Miracle at St. Anna" is easily his most technically ambitious film. After acclaimed character dramas ("Malcolm X," "Do the Right Thing"), some ill-fated ...

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 ...

It’s easy to first enlist in today’s World War II picture. It spins a decent yarn as adapted by James McBride from his own novel about a small squad of the so-called “Buffalo Soldiers,” which was a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. It remains a wonder that no one, ...

Miracle at St. Anna follows four black soldiers of the all-black 92nd Infantry Division who get trapped near a small Tuscan village on the Gothic Line during the Italian Campaign of World War II after ...