News is scurrying across the world about this morning’s 2012 Oscar nominations.That means it’s crunch time.Your inner cinephile has been slacking and you haven’t seen as many of the lesser-known films as per your usual yearly standards.Catch these flicks at our local independent cinemas, but hurry — some are ceasing…
…almost exactly as we predicted, as it turns out.Announced just this morning, The Academy has recognized the best films of the past year with its award nominations, and the surprises are few. Martin Scorcese’s Hugo is the big winner, with 11 nominations in everything from Best Picture to Sound Mixing…
We can’t say we’re surprised. If you’ve seen even part of Life and Freaky Times of Uncle Luke, the home-grown film starring Miami’s most famous rapper-turned-columnist, then you know it’s impossible to look away. And judging from the response it’s getting at the Sundance Film Festival, the film has that…
Cultist is getting its jazz hands ready; Dance Moms are in our midst! Lifetime has ordered a Miami-based spin-off of its hit show about talented torjeting tykes and their snide-remark-spewing stage moms that will be appropriately titled Dance Moms: Miami.In lieu of Abby Lee Miller, the show will feature Stars…
In these very serious and not at all snarky Oscar nominations predictions, I wanted to begin by criticizing AMPAS for being conservative, self-serving and too politically correct, singling out members that double as nominees. I also wanted to discuss how demanding it is to watch an absurdly long and lackluster…
Are you “captivated by the real-life drama of the Costa Concordia disaster?” Well, brace yourself for springtime, when Discovery Channel’s diving head first into the Mediterranean with a documentary. The Hollywood Reporter says that the special will “dissect the devastating disaster that wreaked havoc on a luxury cruise ship off…
When we asked Ellen Wedner, director of the Miami Jewish Film Festival, how this year’s fest will compare with its predecessors, she put it bluntly: “Having movies will be the same.” Wedner was joking, of course, but this year’s festival does have a remarkably different look to it, compared to…
Just in case you haven’t been keeping up, we have had a crazy couple of weeks. It all began when we were given the task to review Tough Love Miami on Vh1. We thought all was over when the reunion ran on December 18th. Oh, but how wrong we were.Since…
A Dangerous Method: Keira Knightley dominates
The Other F Word at O Cinema through January 22
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…
