Gimme the Loot – Adam Leon The first film by Leon ended up being quite a festival darling last year, playing Cannes, Tribeca and SxSW (where it won Best Narrative Film) en route to earning the One to Watch award at the Indie Spirit Awards last week. We don’t get too many films about...
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I didn’t quite binge watch House of Cards like some people did, watching all 13 episodes over the first weekend. It took me the whole week, mostly because I couldn’t get as into the hard, centralized plot that drove the story. To me, the Underwood’s machinations weren’t nearly interesting enough to carry roughly 13...
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It’s really hard to not go on a rant about the news that JJ Abrams is directing the new Star Wars. The news is too old by this point to feel like anything but nerd rage. It’s not the cross-pollination with Star Trek I mind as much as the fact that JJ Abrams just isn’t...
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There are a few stories this week that won’t die. Lance Armstrong cheating, Mant T’eo and his Catfish girlfriend, and the debacle that is Paul Schrader’s “last chance” film, The Canyons – more specifically, Lindsay Lohan’s appearance in it. The Sunday NY Times Magazine feature last weekend detailed all of the behind the scenes dirt about...
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This week was all about Criterion’s beautifully done bluray edition of Wong Kar-wai’s In the Mood for Love for me. It is, as far as I can tell, flawless — just like the film itself. The picture is crystal clear without a spec of blocking, artifacting, halo or flutter. The one spot I thought...
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In case you either live under a rock or on the rock, Henry Hill, the real life Brooklyn mobster who was the model for Ray Liotta’s character in the film Goodfellas, died this week. People seem to be remembering him more for the later, but let’s not forget the former. He was a mobster...
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A bit late this Sunday. I had woot canaw this week and needless to say I’ve been acting like a sick, hurt little baby all week, so I wasn’t as attentive as I usually am when it came to new hounding this week. It’s a bit of a thin link collection, and the best...
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“Now I have a machine gun. HO – HO – HO.” Wonderful words, aren’t they? They burst at the seams with a jolly, pudding stuffed Christmas spirit perfection. Thanksgiving is gone, finally, and so are all the leftovers. Christmas lights are beginning to go up, and next week so will the tree in Rockefeller Center. It’s...
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Fringe Fest 2013 reviews Arts & Culture: Our top seven picks By Jessica Bryce Young 5/22/2013
The Survivors Project News: Excerpts from ebook that gives sexual-abuse survivors a chance to tell their stories 5/22/2013
Album Review: Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories' Daft Punk ascends to new heights of what-the-fuck on arguably the year's most anticipated release. By M.T. Richards 5/22/2013
Food & Drink - Reader' Picks BOO 2012: Best Caribbean 1st Bahama Breeze, multiple locations, bahamabreeze.com 2nd Mama Millie's, 12273 University Blvd., 407-382-3570, mamamillies.com 7/18/2012
Drinking, Nightlife and Parties Drink: Where to drink and party in Orlando this week 5/22/2013
Feedback Music: Music updates from around town: Sportstown, East-West Records, double dose of Lil’ Indies By Ashley Belanger 5/22/2013