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Review: Blood Diamond
"Dream selling retailers such as Tiffany and Cartier need not to worry - whatever deep social message that could possibly have been intended with Blood Diamond is lost because of its overly simplistic discourse of the diamond trade..."
Lee to Revisit ‘L.A. Riots’
No stranger to controversy, director Spike Lee has signed on with Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment to helm a feature length retelling of the April 29, 1992 riots that threatened to destroy Los Angeles. The riots followed the acquittal by an all white jury of LAPD officers who were videotaped beating motorist Rodney King. The revisit will bring Lee further into the realm of pseudo-documentary, following his film for HBO Pictures “When the Levees Broke” which chronicled the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the devastation of New Orleans. Brian Grazer (“Friday Night Lights”, “24”(TV)) is set to produce the flick, which will be penned by John Ridley (“Third Watch”(TV)).
National Board of Review Winners
Surprise surprise! The first critic’s year-end best list is out via the National Board of Review and it looks like an Eastwood/Scorsese duel might unfold yet again. Letters From Iwo Jima tops the chart as Best Picture, but Marty picks up Best Director honors. I imagine that more West coast circles and associations might give higher grades for Dreamgirls, while the bizarre omission of Little Children in all of the categories will be compensated by east coast critics.
‘Bunny Lake’ Not Missing Carnahan Lead
Hot on the heels of his ensemble pic Smokin' Aces director Joe Carnahan has entered into talks to bring back the 1965 thriller Bunny Lake Is Missing. Carnahan is said to be working with Spyglass Entertainment and producer Mark Gordon to renew the Otto Preminger film with the style and zing that punctuates all of the director's works.
