We’re only a week away from the big night now: the 85th annual Academy Awards airs next Sunday night, and I still think Lincoln will have a huge night, or at least a bigger night than the heavy-favorite, Argo. I watched it for a second time this week, and Argo is a really good...
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For the 8th year in a row AMC Theaters is bringing their Best Picture Nominee Showcase marathon to Orlando, spread over the two weekends before the Oscars air on Feb 24th. It’s a bit of an extended affair these days since the Academy went back to the long list nomination style, which allows for...
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This is by far one of the best short films I’ve seen this year, and I’ve seen an awful lot of them. It’s one of the best things Disney has done since the Pixar takeover, in fact. As was its destinty from the moment information about it began to leak out, it was nominated...
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Heard any good Star Wars jokes this week? No, seriously, have you? The ones I heard were all terrible. But the Disney/Lucasfilm merger was quite a bombshell, and one that came from out of nowhere. The basic conversation about the Disney/Lucasfilm this week was about whether or not Princess Leia counts as a Disney...
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Mild spoilers ahead. Being so busy last week, I didn’t get to see Martin Scorsese’s Hugo until Monday afternoon, and I didn’t finish getting my thoughts in order until today. Initially, I was cold on the whole idea of Scorsese making a kid’s film, and in 3D. 3D?! Marty? Et tu Brute? However, I...
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Well, Super 8, JJ Abrams’ homage to the Spielberg monster thriller, hit screens this weekend and actually outperformed its expectations despite an odd marketing campaign and slugging tracking. That’s a rare thing indeed in this day and age. Go figure. I guess JJ Abrams gets the last laugh on all of the people who...
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Let’s get one of the big boys out of the way, shall we? Over the last decade or so, the Best Writing categories have both become something of the de facto “Best Indie Movie” category. It’s traditionally populated with titles like Sideways or Lost in Translation that just didn’t have the mainstream pop to...
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The next category in our bloody battle to the filmic death is Best Cinematography It’s the most exciting of all of the technical categories because...
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Just a quick reminder that TCM begins its annual 31 Days of Oscar programming schedule today, hosted by the great Robert Osbourne. The highlights of the day are Charlie Chaplin’s brilliant but flawed The Great Dictator at 3pm, Laurence Olivier as the enigmatic Richard III at 5:15 and Paul Scofield as Thomas More and...
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Lizz Winstead bites back Arts & Culture: The political pundit and creator of The Daily Show discusses the feminist elite, slut-shaming, and the difference between essay and memoir By Billy Manes 5/8/2013
Attorney John Morgan backs marijuana legalization News: Local celeb-attorney is new chair of statewide marijuana advocacy organization United for Care By Billy Manes 4/24/2013
Fringe Fest 2013 shows Arts & Culture: Some choices for geeks, gamers, those who prefer to fly solo, kids, oldsters and more By Seth Kubersky 5/15/2013
Not to be upstaged Arts & Culture: The Free Outdoor Stage on the lawn at Fringe is not what you might expect By Ashley Belanger 5/15/2013
Orlando City Soccer's goal rush News: The Brit, the Brazilian and their (not so?) crazy scheme to make Orlando soccer capital of the Southeast By Jeffrey Billman 5/8/2013
Modern maturity Arts & Culture: Fringe 2013 is all growed up with everywhere to go By Steve Schneider 5/15/2013