Film, TV & Streaming

Corpo Celeste: A Cinematic Antidote to the Dummer Doldrums

Elles: Student-Prostitutes and a Haute Housewife

Hysteria: The Origin Story of a Beloved Bedroom Gadget

Madea’s Witness Protection: Tyler Perry Tackles the Global Financial Crisis

Bill W. at O Cinema July 5 to 8

See The Amazing Spider-Man’s Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone Talk Responsibility and Their Roles.According to Spider-Man movies, the greatest triumph that Spider-Man ever achieves is finding it within himself to arachnid up every day. Has any other hero ever moped so much about being gifted with superstrength, -agility, and -love…

“I’m not gonna move to LA!” It’s a sentiment echoed by many a devoted Miami resident trying to break into the film industry. The West Coast center of the film world may have nice weather and beautiful people, but it is no Miami. And as Miami’s film industry continues to…

See Balls Out; New Times’ review of Magic Mike.Joe Manganiello, who stars in the male stripper flick Magic Mike, opening this weekend, is a multidimensional guy. He’s a classically trained actor, graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA before joining the cast of True Blood as werewolf Alcide. He’s…

There are few things more quintessentially New York than Woody Allen. No matter how many reruns of Sex and the City I watch, or how many visits to the MET, the city that never sleeps always brings to mind Woody Allen, arguably America’s greatest living filmmaker.I’m hardly alone in associating…

Read Cultist’s review of Bill W.Dan Carracino and Kevin Hanlon were friends who played with the idea of making a movie for years. But when they actually sat down and got to it, the result was far from playful screenplay.Instead, they spent eight years creating Bill W., a documentary that…

Miami is known for many things: hurricanes, nightlife, our beaches, hot people, etc. But just a few years back, we were named the fattest city in America. Pretty sad, especially for a town where you can’t walk two blocks without hearing LMFAO’s “Sexy and I Know It.”Being large and in…

The Real Housewives, Snooki, and the Kardashians have plenty in common. They’re stars of the small screen. They’re women that much of America loves to hate. And yes, they have their own clothing lines. But can you really take them seriously as fashion designers? Not while they’re still making out…

In Magic Mike, Joe Manganiello Gets Naked. Surprise!

Elizabeth Banks on Comedy, Motherhood, and People Like Us

Seth McFarlane’s Ted Is Stuffed With More of the Same

I Wish at O Cinema June 28-July 1

For many, especially black people who see in her a mockery of our own grandmothers, Tyler Perry’s Madea is little more than a mammy—an insult to the matriarchal community figure that Perry claims to celebrate. And unforgivably, when compared to Flip Wilson’s Geraldine or even Martin Lawrence’s Big Momma, his…

People Like Us: A Certifiable Adult Drama Infected With the “Life-Affirming” Pox

Dogtooth at Miami Beach Cinematheque June 30

Magic Mike Reveals Its Cast but Is No Revelation

With the death of Nora Ephron, the rom-com genre loses a rock star. Ephron, who passed yesterday at age 71, was the queen of snappy wit and tear-jerking chick flicks.From the spot-on gender dichotomy of Harry and Sally to the starry-eyed sweetness of Sleepless in Seattle, her all-too-apt portrayals of…

There’s something weird going on in Greece. No, we’re not referring to its people’s decision to vote for austerity measures after overstretching the EU’s credit. We’re talking about the country’s cinema. For a country known as a source of theatrical drama, several filmmakers are breaking the rules of the art…