Film, TV & Streaming

In Magic Mike, Joe Manganiello Gets Naked. Surprise!

Elizabeth Banks on Comedy, Motherhood, and People Like Us

Seth McFarlane’s Ted Is Stuffed With More of the Same

I Wish at O Cinema June 28-July 1

For many, especially black people who see in her a mockery of our own grandmothers, Tyler Perry’s Madea is little more than a mammy—an insult to the matriarchal community figure that Perry claims to celebrate. And unforgivably, when compared to Flip Wilson’s Geraldine or even Martin Lawrence’s Big Momma, his…

People Like Us: A Certifiable Adult Drama Infected With the “Life-Affirming” Pox

Dogtooth at Miami Beach Cinematheque June 30

Magic Mike Reveals Its Cast but Is No Revelation

With the death of Nora Ephron, the rom-com genre loses a rock star. Ephron, who passed yesterday at age 71, was the queen of snappy wit and tear-jerking chick flicks.From the spot-on gender dichotomy of Harry and Sally to the starry-eyed sweetness of Sleepless in Seattle, her all-too-apt portrayals of…

There’s something weird going on in Greece. No, we’re not referring to its people’s decision to vote for austerity measures after overstretching the EU’s credit. We’re talking about the country’s cinema. For a country known as a source of theatrical drama, several filmmakers are breaking the rules of the art…

Boy meets girl. Boy gets kidnapped by militants in Colombia. Girl cheats with boy’s best friend. Boy is released and goes with girl and best friend on a diving trip in Miami. Things go wrong. If it sounds like an only-in-Miami story, that’s because it is; El Empantanado (The Muddy)…

See Will Dexter Swap Sex for Serial Killing?First they came for CSI: Miami, and we said nothing. (Well, actually, we kind of celebrated a little.)But then they came for Dexter, and there was no one left to speak for him… because he had already killed everyone, bagged them up, and…

It was just a few months ago that we were enjoying the Miami International Film Festival’s 2012 edition — heaping praise on The Strawberry Tree and Chinese Take-Away, mingling with Magic City’s stars at their red carpet screening, and being awed at the sheer number of films that had been…

For a guy widely considered to be among the world’s most attractive men, Channing Tatum was looking pretty rough.Don’t get us wrong. Tatum’s still sporting the fine-tuned physique and square-jawed features that earned him a spot on People’s list of most beautiful celebrities in 2010. But when we sat down…

According to Total Beauty, Miami Beach is the most heavily tattooed city in the states. No surprise there — we need something to accentuate our bare, bronzed skin.Anywhere there are legions of inked up people, there must also exist artists aplenty to do the inking. That’s why the Oxygen network…

American Black Film Festival: Winning the Battle to Give Black Filmmakers Tools for Success

Moonrise Kingdom: Young Love, Wes Anderson-Style

Safety Not Guaranteed: Miami Screenwriter Derek Connolly Turned an Internet Meme Into an Indie Film Success Story

Brave Is the Rare Family Film About Courage That Actually Has Some

Your Sister’s Sister at Coral Gables Art Cinema

In the Family at Cosford Cinema

Safety Not Guaranteed and Lola Versus: Love Doesn’t Mean an Insult to the Audience’s Intelligence