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LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA  

Spike Lee criticized Clint Eastwood for not including black soldiers in his two movies about Iwo Jima, resulting in a series of verbal jabs between the two. What is the truth behind this debate?

Film director Spike Lee, of Do the Right Thing and She's Gotta Have It, has picked a fight with fellow film director Clint Eastwood, of Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima. It seems like a bold thing to do, but as with anything Spike Lee does it's all about race.

Spike Lee has taken issue with Clint Eastwood's non-use of African Americans to tell the story of the Battle of Iwo Jima.

President Jacques Chirac awarded the Legion d'Honneur order to actor and director Clint Eastwood.

The Globes are thought to be the precursor to the Academy Awards but that is sometimes not the case. Last year, for instance, Academy Award winning Best Picture "Crash" was not even nominated for the Globe in the same category.

Completing my rundown of the 2007 Golden Globe Award nominees...

Reactions to the first half of the 2007 Golden Globe nominees in the Motion Picture category...

The nominations are in. Now, all we have to do is wait and see.

Reactions to the nominees of the 6 major categories in the 2006 Academy Awards...

While the budget was less than "Flags of our Fathers," "Letters" achieves an impressionable take on the Japanese who fought at Iwo Jima in World War II.

"Letters from Iwo Jima", Clint Eastwood's film companion to "Flags of Our Fathers", is destined to be a war classic. But "Letters from Iwo Jima" is much more than "Flags" from a different point of view.

The Battle for Iwo Jima was a 36 day long assault by US Marines on Japanese soil to gain a foothold in the Pacific. Clint Eastwood's films are poignant recreations of those days.

Based on the book by James Bradley and Ron Powers, the film tells the story of the men in the photo who raised the flag at Iwo Jima

Flags of Our Fathers, Clint Eastwood's 26th film as director, has just been released and with its glowing reviews it is safe to say that the 76 year old actor-director can be placed on the list as one of our great current American film directors.

Clint Eastwood's epic war films are making a stir, but only with Spike Lee it seems.

Hollywood has always been reluctant to tell the story of how African-American soldiers played an enormous and pivotal role in battling Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich.

A list of five favorite Clint Eastwood-directed movies with brief analysis of each.

2006 was a very good year for movies. As I looked over the list of movies I saw this year I was struck by how many of them (22) I considered well above average.

There were plenty of competitors for both lists....

Predictions of who will be nominated for the Academy Awards....

The 79th Academy Award Nominations are unveiled starting the race to Oscar gold

It is that time again, The Golden Globes will kick off the award season on January 15, 2007.

A brief yet very informative review of this WWII era movie.

Ken Watanabe stars in a movie nominated for many Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Screenplay.

Letters from Iwo Jima takes place entirely on the island during WWII. That was where US forces waged a decisive battle against the Japanese and won.

Retired Marine Sergeant Vincent Fitzgerald Brown reacts to the news of Iwo Jima's renaming.

Flags of Our Fathers is a moving character study of the men who raised the American flag on Iwo Jima. It also explores how the politics driving the war bonds campaign badly distorted the real story of that epic battle.

This is a paper for my history class. It reviews the usage of propaganda from the Soviet's side as well as the United States side. I used the books Ivan's War by Catherine Merridale and Flags of our Fathers by James Bradley.

The verbal jousting between Spike Lee and Clint Eastwood has merit once you get beyond the childishness of some of the comments

A picture is worth 1000 words, but what those words are is often different to different people and rarely the whole truth.

It was a busy month for show biz. Don't believe me? Have a look.

A List of the Movies releasing May 22 and a description of them.

Spike Lee criticized Clint Eastwood this week for ignoring black soldiers in his World War II film Flags of Our Fathers. In their public feud, Eastwood said Lee should "shut his face," and Lee then reminded Eastwood that "we are not on a plantation."

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Nominations for the 79th Annual Academy Awards were announced early this morning. There are Golden Globe repeats and newcomers as well. Find out just how many films made the cut and how you can win a trip to L.A. with your predictions.

Films I never got to see in a movie theater.

Old Hollywood vs. New Disney-Wood

Cold and gray but the fans are screaming. Pale green gowns, beaded chiffon, ice and up swept or straight hair is the fashion.

My goal here is to produce a series of columns giving thoughts, predictions, commentary and information on the movie awards season leading up to the Academy Awards

Part two of my BIG four part series called Jetlag Democracy's BIG Fall Movie Preview.

Many questions abound as Oscar Night nears. Will Martin Scorsese finally win? Is Eddie Murphy really nominated for an award? Can any host be worse than Jon Stewart? Allow me answer these questions and more.

Dreamgirls and Elizabeth I get the most total Golden Globes this year. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is thanked for introducing a new category to the ceremony.

Want to know what movies to watch to be ready for the Oscars in March. Here's 10 movies you should check out.

Saturday, Martin Scorsese won the DGA award for his mob drama "The Departed." The DGA award has gone to the Oscar recipient for Best Director in 52 out of the past 58 years, making it a strong predictor for a Scorsese victory at the Academy Awards later this month.

African-Americans, Hispanics,and Asian winners shine brightly amid the old Caucasion guard at high profile event.

Come and join me in publishing your own predictions. Let's make it an unofficial AC contest.

The Academy Awards are just around the corner on February 24th. For the first time in many years it appears that the acting categories may be easy to predict but there is no clear-cut front-runner to win Best Picture.

he Oscar nominations have been announced and, as usual, there were surprises and sure things. But now that the dust has settled, who has the best shot of taking home the coveted trophy?

The time is 1944. The place is a little island off the coast of mainland Tokyo called Iwo Jima. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi has been appointed to take over the preparation to defend Iwo Jima against the invading Allies.

James Bradley has written (with Ron Powers) an extremely revealing and entertaining biography about his father and the other five men that raised the American flag on Iwo Jima.

This is a short review of Flags of Our Fathers to give readers a slight heads up on the basics of the movie that is out in theatres now.

Flags of Our Fathers is a great war movie. I am just not so sure if it is a good movie overall though.

Charles Lindberg, 86, spent much of his life explaining that it was his patrol, not the one in the famous Iwo Jima flag-raising photo, that actually placed the first flag on the island.

. Eve of World War II In 1931 Japan attacked Manchuria and pounding the Chinese defense. Italy started to attack Ethiopia, while Germany, where Hitler organized Nazis, undertook a large rearmament.

These items have been culled from nearly a thousand items in the writer's 1982 tome "The World War II Quiz & Fact Book" published by Harper & Row

Charles W. Lindberg, the man who spent the better part of his life setting the record straight on the flag raising at Iwo Jima, has died.

Hollywood produced just as much propaganda during WWII as Germany; fortunately, they were more concerned with making a profit, resulting in movies that have stood the test of time.

Jacklyn Lucas was so determined to fight in W W II that he lied about his age and stowed away twice to get close to the action. This is the story of how he became the youngest MOH winner since the Civil War.

Enjoy right-wing cops, ugly apes and Sondra Locke? Then Netflix Clint Eastwood to your Roku and pretend you're Dick Cheney.

Elisha Cuthbert is perhaps the hottest woman of all time. Honestly. Bradford had been under the radar until starring in "Flags of Our Fathers," directed by Clint Eastwood.

Of the few films to actually depict the Vietnam War as it raged in the 1960s, The Green Berets is the worst.

You've probably noticed a continuing thread through just about all of Ken Burns' outstanding historical documentaries for PBS since "The Civil War" in 1990. No matter the subject within America's history--racism always fits into the picture...

Pirates of the Caribbean A Dead Man's Chest is nominated for 4 Academy Awards

Ohio has been the birthplace of some of the most notable names in Hollywood today.

"Zodiac" is the latest film from David Fincher whose movies so far have been great examples of brilliant filmmaking. David definetly has a style all his own.

Filming of "Shanghai" was suddenly blocked from being filmed in the actual city of Shanghai.

The second part of my series on the 2007 Oscars details the top candidates to be nominated for Best Director.....

Only at the Academy Awards could we learn that Al Gore really does have a sense of humor, and that penguins, cars and three animated kids are allowed inside the Kodiak Theatre.

Is your office running an Oscar pool? If so, here are a few flick picking pointers culled from years of boozing it up with critics, executives, actors and waitresses on the finer points of guessing the cinematic golden children.

A brief look at where some Oscar contenders stand at this early point in the year.

Steven Spielberg will add another award to his list of achievements.

A quick look at today's directors' most infuriating practice. Subtitled movies.

There aren't too many Japanese celebrities in America these days, but their influence is growing with the influx of cultural export. Here a few names you've probably heard and if not, will soon enough.

Joel Siegel, film critic for "Good Morning America" died of colon cancer on Friday. He was 63.

I am happy to inform all that "300" does not disappoint.

Yes, I watched the whole thing. Every agonizing minute so you didn't have to.

Combat films are a type of war film which deals intensively with the combat itself.

DVDs that make perfect Father's Day gifts

Last night, after having gone zero for five in prior Academy Award nominations, acclaimed director Martin Scorsese finally got the gold.

Oscars have some surprises, some dull thuds instead of gongs.

"Shanghai" is reported to co-star American actor John Cusack, and Japan's illustrious Ken Watanabe of "The Last Samurai".

The movie Shanghai's second relocation reflects the latest aftermath wrought by China's censorship organs and international film artists.

War is a part of our society, whether we want to accept it or not.

Movies often go through several title changes before the right one is found. Here are some of the original titles for well-known movies before they were changed.

How much weight do you put in a film review

The video-rental chain Hollywood Video/Movie Gallery has set a new standard for their liquidation sales. Learn more inside.

Before the awards go out, see if you agree for the best movies of 2006

Which of the following celebrities do NOT have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame -- Clint Eastwood, Mel Gibson, Jane Fonda or Robert Redford? Find the answer inside!

Paul Greengrass' emotional but factual recreation of the flight of United Air Lines United 93 makes gripping, relevant viewing.

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly is the greatest movie of all time. The plot is ingenious, the music is sublime. The actors deliver unforgettable performances, and it is directed by an Italian who had never been to America, but knew how to transform its film.

There's lots to see and do while visiting Hollywood but planning your itinerary ahead of time will not only get you to the main sites and attractions but also save you time.

What constitutes the quintessential Hollywood hero? There are common denominators that define the really great ones no matter what their time or place.

Hollywood loves to pat itself on the back for making strides in its portrayal of women and minorities. Too bad the pat on the back is harder than it deserves to be.

This article outlines why Meryl Streep should be considered the "Top Hollywood Actress of All Time."

Tthe "open-minded" Hollywood community is, in reality, closed to independent political thinking. I take them to task!

Here's range of summer movies for every occasion. Check out the old classics and new favorites, all with summer as the common denominator.

Like Icarus reaching for the sun, the gangster must pay the price for wanting everything.

This is guaranteed to help you find your true soul-mate and make them fall in love with you within the next eleven days.

With his shock of white hair, McDonough is instantly recognizable from another similar WWII television mini series "Band Of Brothers". He also scored big at the box office in 2004's Walking Tall, taking on wrestler-turned-actor The Rock as the sneering Jay Hamilton.