It’s been seven long months since we last saw Ike Evans and Ben Diamond battle it out over the business of high-end hotels and mob dealings on Magic City on TV. But if you were in South Beach or downtown during December, there’s a good chance you got to see…
Cynics will think they know everything about Texas Chainsaw 3D solely from its title. To that, we say, “Maybe, but do you know which three dimensions it’s in?” (Okay, fine. Unless you’re Buckaroo Banzai, it’s probably the three you were suspecting.) Which isn’t to say there aren’t surprises in the…
For most people, wrestling deadly swamp-dwellers is the stuff nightmares are made of, but for the Gator Boys, it’s all in a day’s work. These South Florida-based wranglers are famous for capturing nuisance alligators in the Everglades, and last year the antics of Paul Bedard, Jimmy Riffle and team became…
If you whip out your dictionary and turn to the word “reunion,” you will find a definition that reads: the act of uniting again. Please note that that definition includes no mention of Andy Cohen, Bravo, or bitches acting as though they are on bath salts in a ball gown…
Even with all the guts, chainsaws, and shapely rumps thrust in the audience’s face during Texas Chainsaw 3D, the film could have very nearly taken on a wholly different tone. The effects were so realistic, according to star Alexandra Daddario, because “they were the same special effects [used by] people…
It’s senior year of high school, and all any kid is thinking about is making it to graduation, the first real milestone for a young adult. These years require, in essence, survival of the most awkward and angsty times of your life. But tough titties, because sometimes a lightning bolt…
To most viewers, the celebrity-studded “Demand a Plan” public service announcement video released in the wake of the Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, was just an instance of Hollywood adding its voice to the nationwide cry for change. But at least one person, a YouTube user calling himself…
Tyra Banks groupies and Giselle wannabes, start boning up on your catwalk strut.America’s Next Top Model is looking for few runway hotties in South Florida, and for the first time ever, that includes dudes. The reality TV standby, which has been on the air a whopping 10 years as of…
2012 Village Voice Film Critics’ Poll
Zero Dark Thirty Review: A Thrilling Manhunt
Best Film: The Master Best Actress: Rachel Weisz, The Deep Blue Sea Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, The Master Best Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, The Master Best Supporting Actor: Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike Best Undistributed Film: Everybody in Our Family Best Documentary: This Is Not a Film Best First Feature: Beasts…
A Dark Truth Movie Review: Heart but No Brain
Chasing Ice: A Beautiful yet Sobering Documentary About the World’s Rapidly Melting Ice Caps
The Impossible Movie Review: Absorbing Performances Undermined by a Surfeit of Sentiment
My Worst Nightmare Movie Review: Middle-Aged Pratfalls
Hyde Park on Hudson Review: It’s Patriotic to Pleasure a President
Ah, here it is again: that special time we experience every two to six years when Quentin Tarantino makes a new movie, and people dig out the old “Tarantino just steals everything from such-and-such” arguments. You’ve heard them. Reservoir Dogs is a scene-for-scene rip-off of Ringo Lam’s City on Fire,…
Not Fade Away Lays Bare David Chases’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Heart
Texas Chainsaw 3-D Review: Gory, Mildly Surprising
The holidays are finally over, and not a moment too soon. Remember how excited you were to spend time with your family, eat fattening foods, and have nothing to do during the holidays this year? Now, you’re just stressed out after spending time with your family, eating fattening foods, and…
If you’re a Florida State fan, congrats to you and your Seminoles for winning last night’s Orange Bowl as expected. (And our sympathies for your morning-after hangover.) If you were rooting for Northern Illinois, on the other hand, your Cinderella story is over. And you’re probably feeling a little crushed…
2012 was a good year for Sofia Vergara, with her show, Modern Family, continuing its popularity and a marriage proposal from then-boyfriend Nick Loeb in August. But if yesterday’s New York Post story is accurate, 2013 might be a little rockier. The Post reports that Loeb got into fights with…
