Miracle at St. Anna follows four black soldiers of the all-black 92nd Infantry Division who get trapped near a small Tuscan village on the Gothic Line during the Italian Campaign of World War II after ...

It’s easy to first enlist in today’s World War II picture. It spins a decent yarn as adapted by James McBride from his own novel about a small squad of the so-called “Buffalo Soldiers,” which was a ...

In Spike Lee’s long and eclectic career, “Miracle at St. Anna” is easily his most technically ambitious film. After acclaimed character dramas (“Malcolm X,” “Do the Right Thing”), some ill-fated ...

Much like the four soldiers at its center, there's a taut wartime thriller caught behind enemy lines in "Miracle at St. Anna." But unlike the African American GIs pinned between German troops and the ...

You’ve got to hand it to Spike Lee for managing to secure the financing for this big-budget, three-hour World War II epic, performed largely in Italian and German with English subtitles, and lacking ...

ROME -- It's early autumn in 1944, and the Nazis are advancing on the Italian front. Four American soldiers deployed to fight Hitler's notorious 16th SS Panzer Grenadier Division are separated from ...

Spike Lee's "Miracle at St. Anna" contains scenes of brilliance, interrupted by scenes that meander. There is too much, too many characters, too many subplots. But there is so much here that is ...

In Spike Lee's long and eclectic career, "Miracle at St. Anna" is easily his most technically ambitious film. After acclaimed character dramas ("Malcolm X," "Do the Right Thing"), some ill-fated ...