How about that Magic City season finale? The little premium cable show that could (the one about our fair city, anyway) wrapped up quite nicely, by which we mean everyone is miserable. Good job, very dramatic. Sure the Miramar may be saved by its new investor Meg, but can it…
Tony Stark belongs in Miami. There’s just no argument — what better place for a stupidly rich playboy from New York? He’d be among his peers. He’d be surrounded by beautiful women. That pasty Pepper Potts might even get herself a tan.It’s only a matter of time before Stark Industries…
If you like your movies with stunted dialogue, big hair, plenty of fight scenes, and a Florida setting, we have good news for you. Austin, Texas-based film distribution company Drafthouse Films has acquired the rights to Miami Connection, a so-bad-it’s-good movie first released in 1987.Directed by “black belt philosopher/author/inspirational speaker”…
It’s an amazing time to be a cinephile in South Florida. What was once an all-but-ignored town for anything that wasn’t coming out of Hollywood now boasts a robust art house cinema scene of five theaters dedicated to indie, foreign and art films- each with a distinct character, audience, and…
Screw big-budget superhero movies. Forget bland rom-coms. Fairy tale remakes and vampire epics? Yawn.If you want truly original film this summer, it looks like you’re going to have to make it yourself.The Museum of Contemporary Art is once again giving you the perfect excuse to dive into that freaky experimental…
Yesterday, motorists on Biscayne Boulevard around 59th Street who saw a burly, tattooed guy in MC Hammer pants wielding a baseball bat might have thought it was just another day in pimp city. But that dude was The Rock, and he was on the set of the New Times article-based…
How Many Film Festivals Does Miami Really Need?
Snow White and the Huntsman Is a Tale Overtold
Headhunters at Tower Theater June 1-14
The Day He Arrives at Cosford Cinema June 1-3
Let us begin by saying we are whip-smart, college-educated smartypantses. But damn, do we love ourselves some reality television. Keeping Up With the Kardashians? You betcha. The Amazing Race? We have never missed a season. And if the program happens to take place in Miami, you can bet your 305…
It’s episode 15, which means we’ve been watching this show for over three months now. God help us.We know most reality tv is staged. And we know that producers often edit footage to make things look more dramatic than they actually are. But after last night’s episode, we’re pretty convinced…
Just over a year ago, we told you about a film in the works from Precious director Lee Daniels. Sophia Vergara of Modern Family fame was set to star in the story of a Miami Times reporter who gets wrapped up in a homicide case.That film, titled The Paperboy, debuted…
Next week, Miami Beach’s Colony Theatre will play home to the second Turkish Film Festival.Surprised? So was I. The news that there is a Turkish Film Festival in Miami is a shock — this town is not exactly known for its large Turkish community.It seems like every week there’s a…
There are probably about a million secret histories hiding in Miami. With so many different cultures and communities coexisting in one place, no two people’s versions of the events of the past are likely to match up perfectly. It’s beautiful, in a way, but it also means that many of…
Here, for your perusal, are 18 surprising things we learned this afternoon, courtesy of a press release sent to us from FilmOn.TV:1. FilmOn.TV is a website that exists.2. Andy Dick is still alive.3. Andy Dick has his own weekly, live TV show on the Internet. 4. Pauly Shore is still…
Magic City’s first season on the small screen hasn’t been an easy one. Critics have raved about the sets, and the Miami Herald even called it “irresistible television.” But with the good, comes the bad. The New York Times had this to say: “The acting for the most part, is…
2012 Summer Movie Preview
Turn Me On, Dammit! at Coral Gables Art Cinema May 25-31
4:44 Last Day on Earth Finds a Middle Ground Between Fiction and Non
Sound of My Voice: Brit Marling Preaches End Times
Men in Black 3: Bummer of ’69
