Tag: BlacKkKlansman
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‘Meg’ Grabs Number One at Box Office as ‘BlacKkKlansman’ Scores Wide
The box office is upbeat on a mid-August weekend that is usually a down period. Original actioner “The Meg” (Warner Bros.), a non-franchise film, opened to $44 million domestic and $91 million foreign. That’s way beyond industry expectations.Opening more narrowly (1512 screens) and performing ahead of predictions was Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman” (Focus) at just under…
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How the Stars of ‘BlacKkKlansman’ Got Into Character: Watching ‘Soul Train’ and a Walk Through Brooklyn
Laura Harrier really want to keep the afro wig that she wore in Spike Lee’s new real-life drama “BlackKklansman.”“I tried to steal it,” Harrier joked with Variety on Thursday at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s Grants Banquet. “But Spike was like, ‘No, you can’t take that.’ We’ll see if I can get my hands on…
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‘BlacKkKlansman’ Clips: John David Washington Prepares to Infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan
Alongside the giant shark swimming into theaters this weekend in the form of The Meg, director Spike Lee is coming back to the big screen with what many have called his best and most accessible film in over a decade (though our own review finds the film to be a little clumsy while also enjoyable…
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‘The Meg’ to Challenge ‘Mission: Impossible’ for Weekend Top Spot
The strong second weekend hold for Mission: Impossible – Fallout last weekend says a lot about how much audiences are enjoying the sixth installment in the franchise and should make for an interesting weekend this week. Warner Bros. is going big with the debut of The Meg, which appears to be riding a wave of…
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Topher Grace Recut ‘The Hobbit’ Trilogy as a 2-Hour Movie to Clear His Head After Playing David Duke
In Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman,” John David Washington plays the real-life African-American Colorado detective who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan by impersonating a white man on the telephone, but Topher Grace is on the receiving end. As Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke, the former “That ‘70s Show” star was saddled with portraying the most…
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Does Cannes Have a Future? Yes, But the Festival Needs to Change
The red carpet, in America, is a flat expanse of star-studded glamour, a VIP corral. At the Cannes Film Festival, the red carpet starts off as an expanse but then, as it approaches the Grand Palais, it ascends, in 24 Cinderella steps — a literal stairway to heaven. The meaning of that stairway isn’t stardom.…
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Cannes Winners: ‘Shoplifters’ Takes Palme D’Or; Spike Lee’s ‘BlacKkKlansman’ Is Grand Prize – Full List
Update: Jane Campion is still the only woman to have won the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or. Although Nadine Labaki’s lauded Capernaum was a strong contender and scooped the Jury Prize tonight, it was Japanese veteran Hirokazu Kore-Eda who took the top honor with his family story Shoplifters. The Grand Prize went to Spike Lee’s…
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Watch the 2018 Cannes Awards: Live Stream Who Won the Palme d’Or
After more than a week of screenings, the time has come to find out which films will win the major prizes at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, including the prestigious Palme d’Or. The awards will be decided by this year’s official jury, led by president Cate Blanchett. Other jury members include Lea Seydoux, Denis Villeneuve,…
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‘A blemish on America’: Spike Lee denounces Trump for Charlottesville response
Director of BlacKkKlansman calls president a ‘motherfucker’ and explains how he spoke to Heather Heyer’s mother to clear use of footage of last August’s attackSpike Lee has heavily criticised Donald Trump for his response to the violent events that took place at the white supremacist march in Charlottesville, Virginia last year, which the director described…
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Spike Lee Says ‘Motherf**ker’ 6 Times During ‘BlacKkKlansman’ Cannes Presser And With Good Reason
Cannes – It was no surprise the first question at the official Cannes Film Festival press conference for “BlacKkKlansman” went to director Spike Lee. The fact he spoke for over 10 minutes before any of his cast on the dias were asked a question was slightly unexpected. But Lee simply had a lot to say…