If you disagree with Spike... fine. But to disrespect and disregard him in the expression of that disagreement is wholly unacceptable. Spike Lee has earned better. Spike Lee doesn't need my help, but he does deserve our gratitude and respect.

One of the more interesting, though hardly unexpected developments to accompany Django Unchained's release has been the peculiar predicament it has created for blacks who like to think of themselves as progressive or forward-thinking.

BERLIN -- Quentin Tarantino says the brutal abuse of black slaves shown in his latest movie "Django Unchained" pales in comparison to the violence tha...

I didn't need to see Jewish people tortured in Inglorious Basterds to know I wanted the Nazis to pay. Tarantino seemed to know that too, so we didn't see any Jewish characters tortured. So why in Django Unchained did Tarantino depict black men being tortured in such graphic, gory, and yes, gratuitous ways?

Within the first fifteen minutes, I felt guilty for watching the movie. All I could think about and feel were Spike Lee's sentiments -- who refused to see the movie "out of respect" for his ancestors.