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The Oranges Movie Review: Inoffensive and Forgettable

Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You Movie Review: Flat, Trite Pile of Serene Aphorisms

Airport 24/7: Miami is the Travel Channel’s latest reality send-up, following a rag-tag bunch of airport employees at our very own MIA.& The series premiere introduces us to the cast of characters and laid down a good framework for a season which is certain to be rife with “only in…

As South Florida’s film industry continues to develop, locals have more and more chances to see a slice of Miami on their tv screens each night. Two made-in-Miami projects debut tonight, in fact: Rakontur’s 30 for 30 documentary Broke, and Travel Channel’s reality series Airport 24/7: Miami.See also:- Billy Corben…

Oh, Gallery Girls. We hardly knew ye. In just eight episodes, you wowed us with your hipsterness, entertained us with your twisty mouths and your bird couture, and annoyed us with your French press coffee and your senses of entitlement.See also:- Angela Pham on “Blonde Drama”- Last week’s Gallery Girls…

For fans of bloodthirsty murderers, noirish narration, and vigilante justice, last night was a long-awaited holiday. Dexter, Showtime’s drama about a serial killer who kills serial killers, returned with a season seven premiere that might foreshadow one of the best seasons yet.Past seasons of the show have dragged a bit…

Tonight, we say goodbye to Gallery Girls. It’s show we love to hate to secretly really love. (If our alma mater finds out we’re fans, we’re pretty sure they’ll take back our diploma.)See also:- Liz Margulies: “Amy is Her Own Worst Enemy”- Last week’s Gallery Girls recapFor us, the show,…

Good news for local indie film fans: Miami is flooded with a plethora of choices for the coming months. See also:- Samsara: A Stunning Film Meditation- Miami Connection: The Best Trailer You’ll See All DayIf you love cinema, the fall and early winter can be both the most rewarding and…

He garnered national attention at a young age playing an alien posing as teen in 3rd Rock from the Sun and infiltrated the human subconscious as a dream architect in Inception. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is no stranger to science fiction, and he’s put on one of his most interesting performances to…

Shows about Miami are notorious for misrepresenting the city’s look and layout. But if ever there were a show that got Miami right, Dexter would be it. The equatorial light streams in hard through partially opened shutters. Touches of saturated color–blood reds, hot pinks–make white, otherwise boring rooms pop. Neon…

If Bravo wanted to lure in straight male viewers to Real Housewives of Miami, they did a pretty good job Thursday night. We think capturing a lingerie-wearing Joanna Krupa in bed will always do the trick.See also:- Joanna Krupa: “Where’s the Vodka?”- Last week’s RHOM recapWe then go from disrobed…

Here in Miami, the city-wide nightmare that was Rock of Ages, the movie, is over. The film crews long ago packed up and left the facsimile of the Sunset Strip they built downtown. The movie opened with a South Beach premiere, and pretty much tanked. Critics — including our own…

When Mariachi Gringo made its world premiere at the Miami International Film Festival earlier this year, it did more than introduce Miami audiences to another lineup of exciting cinema from around the world. It may have also helped to forge a new partnership between MIFF and the Guadalajara Film Festival…

The Ambassador Movie Review: Mads Brugger Channels Borat in a Risky and Committed Performance

17 Girls Movie Review: “Pregnancy Pact” Flick Has a Lot of Style, Not Much Substance

Looper Director Rian Johnson on the Best and Worst of Sci-Fi

Looper Movie Review: Joseph Gordon-Levitt Time Travel Is Thrilling Again

Hotel Transylvania Movie Review: A Comic Dracula Still Kills

Solomon Kane Movie Review: Action Is Meticulously Humorless

The Myth of the American Sleepover Movie Review: Feeling That Last Night of Summer

Grand Illusion Movie Review: Jean Renoir Just Got Grander

Neighboring Sounds Movie Review: Arresting but Long