By Michael Janusonis It's clear to see why Spike Lee chose to make the screen version of James McBride's novel, Miracle at St. Anna. The plot revolves around four heroic African-American soldiers who are trapped behind Nazi lines in the Italian countryside during World War II.

U.S. filmmaker Clint Eastwood said he didn't feature African-American characters in Flags of Our Fathers because he wanted to be historically accurate. Filmmaker Spike Lee recently criticized Eastwood for the racial makeup of Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima.

By Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune May 23--CANNES, France--Around the world to a wide variety of cinephiles, the name "Clint Eastwood" symbolizes classical Hollywood craftsmanship as very few practice or preach it anymore.

Halloween came early at movie theaters as "Saw III" sliced up the competition with a $34.3 million debut, the best opening yet for the gory horror franchise. Lionsgate's "Saw III" easily took over as No.

By DAVID GERMAIN LOS ANGELES - Halloween came early at movie theaters as "Saw III" sliced up the competition with a $34.3 million debut, the best opening yet for the gory horror franchise. Lionsgate's "Saw III" easily took over as No.