Remember the TV game show where contestants pick between unmarked doors? The Sundance Film Festival can feel that way. Despite the program notes and pre-festival buzz, you can’t easily predict what you’ll find. Attending the 2012 edition last week, I uncovered these highlights:…
At the end of this week, two hordes of men who have suffered, bled, and fought for five months will meet on a neutral site to bash each others’ heads in, to test the limits of their physical strength and stamina, all in the name of sport, conquest, and achieving…
Our fellow Floridians, another round of primary elections is upon us and with it comes the usual sleazy political drama. Attack ads clog our airwaves; politicians deliver lofty promises they can’t keep; and national news organizations have another chance to bring up the “hanging chad” incident.This time around, the Republican…
A young woman in the act of adultery is dragged out of the local hotel by her disgusted family members. A gap-toothed ex-wife who’s owed a hefty sum of alimony rubs her hands in glee as she talks about her scheme to land her deadbeat baby daddy behind bars. And…
Tomboy at Miami Beach Cinematheque through February 1
Red Tails: George Lucas’s big-budget, adrenalized take on the Tuskegee Airmen
Albert Nobbs: Glenn Close brings her Obie-winning character to the big screen
A Separation: Iranian legal drama lets you be the judge
The City Dark hawks the specious science of societal collapse by streetlight
Man on a Ledge goes thud
The Grey: Liam Neeson doesn’t punch enough CGI wolves
News is scurrying across the world about this morning’s 2012 Oscar nominations.That means it’s crunch time.Your inner cinephile has been slacking and you haven’t seen as many of the lesser-known films as per your usual yearly standards.Catch these flicks at our local independent cinemas, but hurry — some are ceasing…
…almost exactly as we predicted, as it turns out.Announced just this morning, The Academy has recognized the best films of the past year with its award nominations, and the surprises are few. Martin Scorcese’s Hugo is the big winner, with 11 nominations in everything from Best Picture to Sound Mixing…
We can’t say we’re surprised. If you’ve seen even part of Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke, the home-grown film starring Miami’s most famous rapper-turned-columnist, then you know it’s impossible to look away. And judging from the response it’s getting at the Sundance Film Festival, the film has that…
Cultist is getting its jazz hands ready; Dance Moms are in our midst! Lifetime has ordered a Miami-based spin-off of its hit show about talented torjeting tykes and their snide-remark-spewing stage moms that will be appropriately titled Dance Moms: Miami.In lieu of Abby Lee Miller, the show will feature Stars…
In these very serious and not at all snarky Oscar nominations predictions, I wanted to begin by criticizing AMPAS for being conservative, self-serving and too politically correct, singling out members that double as nominees. I also wanted to discuss how demanding it is to watch an absurdly long and lackluster…
Are you “captivated by the real-life drama of the Costa Concordia disaster?” Well, brace yourself for springtime, when Discovery Channel’s diving head first into the Mediterranean with a documentary. The Hollywood Reporter says that the special will “dissect the devastating disaster that wreaked havoc on a luxury cruise ship off…
When we asked Ellen Wedner, director of the Miami Jewish Film Festival, how this year’s fest will compare with its predecessors, she put it bluntly: “Having movies will be the same.” Wedner was joking, of course, but this year’s festival does have a remarkably different look to it, compared to…
Just in case you haven’t been keeping up, we have had a crazy couple of weeks. It all began when we were given the task to review Tough Love Miami on Vh1. We thought all was over when the reunion ran on December 18th. Oh, but how wrong we were.Since…
A Dangerous Method: Keira Knightley dominates
The Other F Word at O Cinema through January 22
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: Bald eagles will weep
