Film, TV & Streaming

Limitless: Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro in a one-note fairy tale of avarice

The Housemaid: Romantic thrills and soap opera intrigue

Before getting your GTL on in anticipation of her arrival or jumping off the MacArthur Causeway – depending upon where you stand on the whole Jersey Shore phenomena –know that Jenni Farley, aka JWOWW, is only confirmed to be back in South Beach for a day – that we know…

We’re hearing a lot of film news coming out of South by Southwest and it’s not all about Jake Gyllenhaal peeing. And out of all the dispatches, the project we’re most excited about is the new live action Super Mario Bros. movie. It’s got everything: heart, grit, Luigi, the Princess,…

Last night’s Real Housewives of Miami episode was pumped full of a lot of the same: Larsa complains about nannies, Cristy complains about Lea, both agree Lea’s sense of style is not cute. Lea goes shopping with a friend and reveals the way she tries on clothing — over the…

When part one of Basketball Wives reunion aired Sunday and was just OK, we were disappointed. But in last night’s part two, the “wives” really stepped it up. Anything that needed to be brought to the table was brought in a very big way. Things we didn’t even know about…

Brendt Barbur started the internationally renowned, grassroots Bicycle Film Festival after getting hit by a bus in New York City. He took a crappy situation and did something positive for bike riders by promoting biking through arts and movies. After only ten years, the festival is now established in 27…

There are a few people whose minds we would love to get inside of to really understand the way they think: President Barack Obama, Oprah, and Charlie Sheen, of course. Add to that list, Basketball Wives’ Evelyn Lozada. Why? Well, the bitch is nuts. As we reported last week, TMZ…

On Saturday night, the Miami International Film Festival closed their 10-day flick fest with a screening of Oscar-nominated Incendies and by honoring the winners in their cinema competitions. Among the international films, The Piano in a Factory, in which a laid-off steel worker does whatever he can to get his…

No reality show is complete without a reunion to look back at all the moments where your cast mates talked about your behind your back. Is there a better way to end a journey then calling out people to their faces? We think not. And consider all the drama on…

If you’re anything like us, you look at your DVR and think to yourself, “What the hell is my deal?” It mainly consists of an occasional Oprah episode, everything airing on Bravo and anything that somehow involves a wife of some kind. And our personal favorite is Basketball Wives. Why?…

In Magic City Memoirs, Mikey, Manny, and Angel Jr. are three private school buddies. Three months before graduation, they are living the fast life of sex, drugs, and hip-hop in Miami. The story is narrated by Mikey, who is a top baseball prospect torn between living clean and joining his…

With an elegant and soulful soundtrack by The Roots’ Questlove enveloping its frames, Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 is a powerful documentary that does proper justice to the black power movement and its place in American history.Taken mostly from unseen 16 mm film shot by Swedish journalists, the often blunt and…

Things just got serious. And way cool. Wynwood was the scene of some late night filmmaking magic last week as the Borscht Film Festival production Play Dead brought zombies, explosions, and post-apocalyptic poodles to the neighborhood. Filming went on until late-night and early morning Friday (can you say a 5…

In 1772, we find the young German poet Johann Wolfgang Goethe flunking out of law school and getting drunk with his friends. He’s a free spirit trapped in a stringent world where class is everything. All Goethe wants to do is write poems and get them published. But his stern…

Young Goethe in Love: A great romantic romp

Magic City Memoirs: MIFF goes local

MIFF goes local

The Interrupters: Gang-bangers interrupted

Incendies: Part detective story, part family drama

We have seen ladies come and go on one of our favorite shows, Basketball Wives. Gloria Govan and her boo Matt Barnes pretty much checked out other than a couple of small appearances this season. And from what were hearing, Royce Reed is gone and Chris Bosh’s baby mama is…

The 1961 state football championship game between rivals Miami High and Miami Edison is chronicled in pioneering director James Lipscomb’s engrossing documentary. Much like when he documented John F. Kennedy’s run for the White House in his critically acclaimed and candid film Primary, Lipscomb was given a rare, all-access look…