Miami is all about having a front. Things are rarely what they seem, especially in The Real Housewives of Miami. So we’re going to translate last night’s episode the best we can. Think of it as Real Housewives of Miami for Dummies, because we feel dumber for watching this show…
It was only a matter of time before the world’s fastest-growing sport, mixed martial arts, got the Hollywood movie treatment. And Hamill certainly falls under formulaic sports flicks. But what makes it different is that our hero’s story is true and his achievement truly impressive, because UFC fighter Matt “the…
Documentarian Morgan Spurlock, famous for his 30-day McDonald’s binge flick Super-Size Me, and the effects junkfood has on our lives, is now taking aim at how corporations get their brands into films, commercials, and even, literally, our brains. In The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, which had its east coast debut last night…
This engrossing documentary by Liz Garbus examines Bobby Fischer’s tumultuous career as the world’s greatest chess grand master and the tortured genius that might have turned him into a paranoid reclusive. Bobby Fischer Against the World’s finest moments come during an analysis and chronicling of Fischer’s renowned, and at times…
This has been a serious season of Basketball Wives–maybe the best one yet. And in true Wives style, the ladies ended this season with a bang. And we mean a bang to the face. But before we get to that, let’s discuss the last night’s episode as a whole. Suzie…
In his latest documentary, Project Nim, Academy Award-winning director James Marsh traces the extraordinary journey of a chimpanzee raised as a human. The project was the brainchild of Columbia University professor Herbert Terrance, who named the chimp Nim Chimpsky (a playful take on linguist and cognitive scientist Noam Chomsky) in…
Peter Stormare turns in a subdued but outstanding performance as a small-town police chief with a shady past in director Ed Gass-Donnelly’s Gothic character sketch Small Town Murder Songs. You might remember Stormare as the nihilist with a ferret in The Big Lebowski (“We belief in no-zing, Lebowski!”) or as…
The opening night feature of any film festival is always a good gauge of how the rest of the fest will go, and MIFF could not have chosen a better film to kick things off this year. Chico & Rita marks the first time the festival opens with an animated…
Award-winning Egyptian film Microphone explores the Alexandria art scene through the story of one man, Khaled, who’s returned home after many years away. It screens in the World Competition program at this year’s Miami International Film Festival. The film received Best Arabic Language Film Award from the Cairo International Film Festival and the…
Last week you learned how to play the living dead from the experts, so tonight it’s your chance to show the world what you can zombie with the best of them. On film no less. The Meza-Valdes Brothers are filming the big zombie scene for their upcoming film Play Dead…
Hey Hialeah, We know you’re proud. We get it. And you have every right to be, but here’s an idea: If you’re going to defend yourself against a classless comment made by a cast member on The Real Housewives of Miami, maybe you should do it with class.This morning, on…
The Real Housewives franchise is no longer a show, it’s a phenomena. And no matter how much we try to deny it–they have absolutely taken over lives. CNN’s Anderson Cooper isn’t ashamed to admit ATL’s Nene Leakes is “his boo,” many of the ladies are writing books and yep, we’re…
MIFF offers chimps and “wizardly enchantments”
Animated feature Chico & Rita opens MIFF
Microphone foreshadows the events that recently rocked Egypt
Small Town Murder Songs: Peter Stormare’s outstanding performance
Project Nim: The riveting story of a chimp raised as a human
Bobby Fischer Against the World: The tortured genius behind the chess grand master
We might be getting a little ahead of ourselves, but it looks like this season of Real Housewives of Miami is actually getting good. Yes, the first episode was boring, but the second really stepped it up. Are we the only ones who feel this way?As an avid Housewives watching…
When the MPAA gave Blue Valentine an NC-17 rating, cynics suggested that the so-called “kiss of death” was better publicity for the gently experimental marriage drama than anything famously crafty distributor Harvey Weinstein could buy. Then the rating was reversed–downgraded to an R without a single cut to the film–after…
As the entire city of Miami is aware, Real Housewives of Miami premiered last Tuesday, to well, less than stellar reviews. E! News called it “just bland” and People Magazine gave it one star. We mean, isn’t that a little harsh? But they can hate all they want — we…
Last night’s Oscars was a total snooze-fest. No shockers, all the winners were predictable, and host, Anne Hathaway, stood on stage all night like a jittery but beautiful bobble-head nervously attempting to pick up the charisma-slack for her co-host, James Franco, who was about as exciting as a movie called…
