“You know what I love about Miami? Everybody’s dirty. And if you want to make any money, you gotta get dirty too.” This line of dialogue, from Jokes Yanes’ screenplay to his intense Miami-shot directorial debut Eenie Meenie Miney Moe, may as well be the film’s thesis statement. At more…
Identity theft sucks. But it sucks even worse when your pretty face is stolen by a known prostitute who’s wanted by the cops. That’s the crappy storyline for former reality TV personality and Bad Girls Club Miami star Tasha Malek this week. Malek, who turned in her bad girl ways…
It’s a bittersweet time to be a geek. On one hand, mainstream media is finally wising up to our beloved stories and giving them life through films at an unprecedented rate. On the other hand, mainstream media is wising up to our beloved stories and is “giving them life” through…
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Dark Blood: River Phoenix’s Last Movie Premieres in Miami 20 Years After His Death
Like the phoenix of his name, River has risen again, exhumed for one last movie. The James Dean of Generation X, actor River Phoenix died in 1993 at age 23 from a drug overdose. Now, 20 years later, the movie he was shooting at the time of his passing, Dark…
When River Phoenix died in October 1993, he was three weeks away from completing his performance in Dark Blood, an $8 million indie film making its North American premiere at the Miami International Film Festival March 6. The production had already done five weeks of shooting on location in southern…
Last night, the 85th Academy Awards celebrated the art of filmmaking. Just kidding! As usual, the Oscars gave us all a chance to gawk at celebrities talking while wearing shiny things, in the hopes that we might see their jokes fail, watch them fall down, or at least spot a…
The Academy Awards are just two days away. Maybe you’ve seen some of the films. Maybe you’ve seen none at all. Either way, you’ll end up at your film buff friend’s house on Sunday, and you’re going to want to sound smart when you talk about the nominated movies. But…
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An obstructive, agitprop style detracts from the important, singularly American story buried in Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary, director Stephen Vittoria’s account of the life and imprisonment of writer and activist Mumia Abu-Jamal. With more passion than persuasion, Vittoria tells of an exceptional black Philly kid growing up in the days…
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Escape From Planet Earth Movie Review: Sugary and Dim-Witted
Depending on your perspective, Zooey Deschanel is either the cutest, funniest, most adorable little retro-kookster on earth, or she’s an irritating try-hard with zero comedy chops. The only thing the world seems able to universally agree on is that Deschanel has nice bangs. As such, her sitcom — New Girl, now nearing the…
