The Miami International Film Festival, which kicks off Friday, is celebrating its 29th year. It’s no longer just a highbrow affair at the Gusman Center downtown, but a ten-day festival showing films selected exclusively for Miami’s diverse, culture-hungry audience. The 11 venues hosting the 2012 edition — including the Olympia…
The Miami International Film Festival is bringing plenty of big names to South Florida this year. But you could argue that the biggest star is Miami itself. The 2012 lineup features plenty of movies associated with Miami, whether using the city as a beautiful backdrop or featuring Miami natives on…
The good news first: You won’t have to watch Tim Tebow shake his bon-bon on TV this year. (Not until football season starts, anyway.)The bad news: You will, however, be subjected to mediocre shimmying and shaking by a whole roster of D-list celebrities on Dancing With the Stars’ new season,…
Within just a few minutes of Basketball Wives episode numero dos, we knew for sure that the love that once was between Jennifer Williams and Evelyn Lozada was over. As our mother would say, it’s gone to hell in a handbasket. Or, as Evelyn would and did say, Jennifer is…
Remember when watching the Oscars was just that — watching the ceremony without any distractions, except for playing drinking games and tracking your Oscars pool? Man, did that ever suck.Thank god Twitter came along and changed things forever. These days, the real show is online, where everybody hates everything and…
You’ve gotta laugh at the Oscars red carpet sometimes. All the stars are out to make a big splash, but unlike the Grammys, none of them want to be too wacky. The Academy takes itself seriously (just ask Sasha Baron Cohen), and on the red carpet, its attendees do the…
The 84th Academy Awards are just around the corner, and that can only mean one thing: socially acceptable Sunday night boozin’. After all, real film fans don’t casually sip champagne as Hollywood’s biggest night winds its way to its inevitable conclusion sometime around midnight. They pound their drinks to dull…
When it comes to movies, right now all eyes are on this weekend’s Oscars ceremony. But when the little golden men have been handed out in Hollywood and the West Coast calls it a season and goes home, South Florida’s film fanatics are just getting started.One week from today, the…
It’s a question that’s never been definitively answered. But on April 7, we’ll know for sure.That’s when the film Comic Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope takes over the Fillmore Miami Beach, creating an approximation of geek mega-conference Comic Con inside the otherwise hip theater. If all goes as planned,…
Witty banter: It’s what keeps Bruce Vilanch employed annually, and the rest of us entertained during awards shows between our own snide remarks about the stars’ hideous fashion choices. But presenters don’t always stick to the script, and some winners can get a bit too excited. Before you know it,…
With the 84th annual Academy Awards coming up on Sunday, there are so many things to look forward to: Brad Pitt walking down the red carpet with his cane, George Clooney doing, well, just about anything, and, of course, the never-ending acceptance speeches.Unfortunately, there are few actors who keep their…
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Wanderlust: Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd go searching for a lifestyle that fits
Crazy Horse screens at O Cinema February 23-26
Declaration of War at Miami Beach Cinematheque and Cosford Cinema
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia at Tower Theater through March 1
If you read all three Hunger Games books in as many days, follow the Capitol Couture blog, and have a “Hunger Games” alert set up in Google News (not that we do any of those things), prepare to be very excited.If, on the other hand, you’re not a fan of…
The month of February is an exciting one. There’s Valentines Day, the Super Bowl, Black History Month, and yesterday was the oh-so-exciting Presidents Day. But last night, just nine days before the month comes to an end, we got our best reason to celebrate yet: Basketball Wives is back. And…
It’s Cultist’s favorite February holiday: The Oscars! (Sorry, Presidents Day.) And boy have we been getting prepared. Because no Academy Awards season is complete without a stellar viewing party, we have been racking our movie-lovin’ brains for the best dishes, clothing, and party favors for you to foist upon your…
Maya Rudolph is returning to Studio 8H to host Saturday Night Live this weekend. It’s the first time the Bridesmaids star will host since her run as a cast member — and the first time she’ll appear on the show since the death of Whitney Houston. And plenty of people…
Have you wondered what J Lo is up to lately?Of course you haven’t. The woman is everywhere: judging American Idol contestants, shilling for Fiat, posing for naked photos with her boyfriend on Twitter. But if you think we’ve hit the Jenny From the Block saturation point, think again. FOX has…
This Means War: Good premise, but it panders to the audience
