If old traditions hold true, and obsessively watching Mad Men has taught us anything, it’s that big advertising firms have their fingers in each other’s pockets. Like Russell Crowe watching pigeons in A Beautiful Mind, patterns can emerge when you look at any given year’s Super Bowl ads. Last year,…
We felt a bit out of our depth heading into UM’s screening of Granito: How to Nail a Dictator at the Bill Cosford Cinema last night. The documentary is a follow-up to When the Mountains Tremble, a doc that courageous young director Pamela Yates produced in the early ’80s, exposing…
Florida’s law requiring the poor to pass a drug test before receiving welfare funds came under the scrutiny of The Daily Show last night. In an interview with Aasif Mandvi, bill supporter Representative Scott Plakon claimed that any recipient of taxpayer money should undergo drug testing. When Mandvi pointed out…
When we were first given the task to review Basketball Wives, we thought we had a knock-off Real Housewives on our hands. So like the serious journalists we are, we went to Wikipedia to do our research on the new project.There, the program description explains all the show’s women were…
Here in Miami, we like to think we have a monopoly on star personalities. But according to at least one reality TV casting director, Tampa’s where you can really find the talent.”Tampa is the new Miami,” casting director Rose Rosen told the Tampa Bay Times this week, noting that a…
It’s the main topic on the lips of every politician: The economy is sputtering, with few industries left to produce the valuable goods that could keep it running. But as we sat on our couch last night, scanning from channel to channel, it hit us. There’s one industry in America that’s…
Liam Neeson returns to form playing tough guys in gritty films
Sarkozy film The Conquest at MDC’s Tower Theater February 3-9
Granito: How to Nail a Dictator at the Cosford Cinema Feburary 2 and 3
Chronicle: Average teens become superheroes, stay grounded
If you’re a Vh1 junkie like ourselves, there is a good chance you have caught classics like Rock of Love Bus with Bret Michaels or Ochocinco: The Ultimate Catch. But no one did fake love competitions better than Flavor Flav with Flavor of Love. If we told you we had…
Remember the TV game show where contestants pick between unmarked doors? The Sundance Film Festival can feel that way. Despite the program notes and pre-festival buzz, you can’t easily predict what you’ll find. Attending the 2012 edition last week, I uncovered these highlights:…
At the end of this week, two hordes of men who have suffered, bled, and fought for five months will meet on a neutral site to bash each others’ heads in, to test the limits of their physical strength and stamina, all in the name of sport, conquest, and achieving…
Our fellow Floridians, another round of primary elections is upon us and with it comes the usual sleazy political drama. Attack ads clog our airwaves; politicians deliver lofty promises they can’t keep; and national news organizations have another chance to bring up the “hanging chad” incident.This time around, the Republican…
A young woman in the act of adultery is dragged out of the local hotel by her disgusted family members. A gap-toothed ex-wife who’s owed a hefty sum of alimony rubs her hands in glee as she talks about her scheme to land her deadbeat baby daddy behind bars. And…
Tomboy at Miami Beach Cinematheque through February 1
Red Tails: George Lucas’s big-budget, adrenalized take on the Tuskegee Airmen
Albert Nobbs: Glenn Close brings her Obie-winning character to the big screen
A Separation: Iranian legal drama lets you be the judge
The City Dark hawks the specious science of societal collapse by streetlight
Man on a Ledge goes thud
The Grey: Liam Neeson doesn’t punch enough CGI wolves
