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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: Bald eagles will weep

Milking the CBS cash cow since 2000, the 24th installment of Survivor premieres in less than a month. Earlier today, the network unveiled the show’s 18 contestants — nine women, nine men — who’ll be vying for a million-dollar grand prize. Among them is a dude who survived “a brief…

‘Tis the season for fantastic films. Not only are awards shows highlighting the best in worldwide cinema, but the folks at the Miami International Film Festival are gearing up to showcase over 100 films during its 29th run.From March 2 to 11, the MIFF will show off films from dozens…

The best part of fall is not leaves changing and throwing on your favorite wool sweater. Let’s be honest — we are still having Sunday Fundays at the beach way into December. For us, autumn is all about the end of summer reruns and the return of NBC Thursdays; it…

​”Drunk and a movie” is the new “dinner and a movie,” says Rony M., an Elite Yelper as indicated by his “Elite 12′ ” status to the right of his mini profile pic. Starting Wednesday, the new Yelp Beret Cinema Club will host its first ever filmophile event at O…

The Sundance Film Festival is ’round the corner. In less than a week, thousands of movie industry folks will turn Park City, Utah, into an indie flick auction house, outbidding one another in name of independent film, binge-drinking their way from invite-only party to invite-only party, and collecting swag along…

Carnage: Roman Polanski’s transparent look at parental rage

Silent film The Artist at Coral Gables Art Cinema January 12

My Piece of the Pie at Tower Theater through January 19

At first glace, Young Goethe In Love seems like Germany’s version of Shakespeare In Love. The parallels of the two men and their literary works of genius are certainly there. Much like Shakespeare In Love, Young Goethe portrays the literary giant as a young man, listless, wandering, his genius untapped…

Attention, Human Beings! We have some news that is cool, cool, cool. We’ve been worried that the critically adored, genre-defying, pop-culture-skewering show Community would never return from the purgatory of “indefinite hiatus” imposed by NBC last year. But on Friday, the network’s entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt told reporters that Community…

Tina Fey. Not only is she a Bossypants, but the Philadelphia-born comedian, writer, and producer is also a hater — according to fellow Philadelphian and NBC co-worker Questlove. The afro-picked drummer went on Bravo’s new late night show, Watch What Happens: Live, and called Fey out for not showing his…

During last night’s triple overtime showdown between the Miami Heat and Atlanta Hawks, NBA Hall of Famer-turned-broadcaster Charles Barkley opened up about his new gig as Weight Watchers’ celebrity spokesperson. During a first quarter commercial break, Barkley told his TNT comrades Reggie Miller and Marv Albert that Weight Watchers is…

Greed. Corruption. Mountains of cocaine. If you read those three words and the image that pops to mind is of Emma Stone, we are genuinely concerned for you. But we also know you’re not alone. Stone recently signed on to play a wild child who travels to Miami to sell…

When we were given the task of reviewing Tough Love Miami back in October, we were more than excited. We won’t lie; we love ourselves some reality TV. But what would come of these write-ups is something we never expected. Along the way, we have actually become friendly with a…

John le Carré’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, the 1974 spy novel generally regarded as the writer’s finest, is predicated on a pair of enigmatic personalities: the colorless bureaucratic master-spook George Smiley and the double agent the Soviets have planted near the top of British intelligence whom Smiley must unmask.Although not…

Spielberg, Scorsese, Wenders, Herzog: 3-D films of 2011 transcend the gimmick

Actors and filmmakers to watch in 2012

Elite Squad: The Enemy Within at Tower Theater through January 19

Ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States… Donald Trump. “Hail to the Chief” begins blaring over the loudspeaker, and in walks President Trump with first lady and third wife Melania on his arm. Both wave stiffly at a crowd of supporters — rich, white, middle-aged men in knitted…

​Who knew the film of the New Year would be one that’s (gasp) both silent and black-and-white? Even while everyone is running out to slap on their 3-D glasses and peep Hugo, they’re keeping their eyes on the past with the surprise hit The Artist.The drama captures a potential romance…

If you are anything like us, you watched this season of Tough Love Miami every single week … and you recapped it every Monday morning to relive the glory. So, when the finale came on December 11th, we were more than pleased to find out that for the first time,…