Heleno Star, Rodrigo Santoro, Talks the Role and Saving Blisters

​God bless all things Portuguese. The sultry gene pools of Brazil and Portugal have spawned for us bronzed glamazons like Gisele Bündchen, dashing demi-gods like bad boy soccer superstar (and unabashed Emporio Armani underwear model) Cristiano Ronaldo, and sexy screen stud Rodrigo Santoro (best known as the silver-sheathed, Spartan-slaying Xerxes…

Six Reasons Why Magic City Will Be Your New Favorite Show

Miami has seen its fair share of movies filmed right here in the 305: There’s Something About Mary, Bad Boys II, Marley and Me, Scarface, and let’s not forget From Justin to Kelly (Oh yes, we just went there.) But when it comes to TV, our bona fide Miami options…

Miami International Film Festival’s Latin love

The Miami International Film Festival, which kicks off Friday, is celebrating its 29th year. It’s no longer just a highbrow affair at the Gusman Center downtown, but a ten-day festival showing films selected exclusively for Miami’s diverse, culture-hungry audience. The 11 venues hosting the 2012 edition — including the Olympia…

The Seven Best Tweets About Last Night’s Academy Awards Ceremony

Remember when watching the Oscars was just that — watching the ceremony without any distractions, except for playing drinking games and tracking your Oscars pool? Man, did that ever suck.Thank god Twitter came along and changed things forever. These days, the real show is online, where everybody hates everything and…

Oscars Fashion: The Good, the Bad, and the “Whaaat?”

You’ve gotta laugh at the Oscars red carpet sometimes. All the stars are out to make a big splash, but unlike the Grammys, none of them want to be too wacky. The Academy takes itself seriously (just ask Sasha Baron Cohen), and on the red carpet, its attendees do the…

Cultist’s Official 2012 Oscars Drinking Game

The 84th Academy Awards are just around the corner, and that can only mean one thing: socially acceptable Sunday night boozin’. After all, real film fans don’t casually sip champagne as Hollywood’s biggest night winds its way to its inevitable conclusion sometime around midnight. They pound their drinks to dull…

How Many Nerds Can Fit Inside the Fillmore Miami Beach?

It’s a question that’s never been definitively answered. But on April 7, we’ll know for sure.That’s when the film Comic Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope takes over the Fillmore Miami Beach, creating an approximation of geek mega-conference Comic Con inside the otherwise hip theater. If all goes as planned,…

The Six Most Memorable Oscars Acceptance Speeches

With the 84th annual Academy Awards coming up on Sunday, there are so many things to look forward to: Brad Pitt walking down the red carpet with his cane, George Clooney doing, well, just about anything, and, of course, the never-ending acceptance speeches.Unfortunately, there are few actors who keep their…