Catching up on the movies

Now that the season finale’s have all taken place I’m catching up on my movie watching. I watched two of Spike Lee’s films that I hadn’t seen in quite some time. Do The Right Thing and Mo Better Blues. It’s interesting that as we get older and we go back and see things we’ve seen before we have a different view on them. Things we didn’t like we seem to appreciate and things we were so crazy about don’t have the same impact. Spike Lee has done a lot for film and the way blacks are depicted and can experience the medium. He’s also been an inspiration for other film makers. Spike will be honored at this years Seattle International Film Festival.

I watched Pinero and Capote in hopes that it would inspire me to write and it did. Both films are unique in their telling of these two different writers.

Body Shots is an interesting film of dating and did something happen or didn’t it? The film stars Sean Patrick Flannery, Emily Proctor, Ron Livingston, Amanda Peet and Brad Rowe. It has moments and is worth a look.

“O” was an interesting retelling of the Shakespeare tale of Othello. The film stars Josh Harnett, Mekhi Pfifer, Martin Sheen, Andrew Keegan, Julia Stiles and Rain Phoenix. The story is set inside a school and the rivalry on the basketball court takes center stage. It’s definitely worth a look to see these talented actors shine.

Bringing Down the House stars Steve Martin and Queen Latifah in a laugh out loud comedy about a tax lawyer who meets a woman online and finds out she isn’t who he thought she was. Steve Martin and Queen Latifah are at their best as well as Eugene Levy.

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