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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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
Wim Winders’s Pina premieres at Coral Gables Art Cinema February 17
Thin Ice: Greg Kinnear steps out of do-gooder to play a low-level sociopath
In The Vow, Rachel McAdams gets the sense knocked out of her
This past weekend’s news about R&B and pop icon Whitney Houston’s death still seems unbelievable to us. But even with all the demons that seemed to haunt her until her untimely passing, we’d still like to remember her as The Voice.So let’s take a look back at a bit of…
