Arbitrage — Reviewed this week. (R) Argo –Ben Affleck’s latest directorial effort tells the true story of a daring effort to rescue some of the Americans who were being held hostage in Iran in 1979. But will modern audiences be able to relate to a time in which an opportunistic Republican candidate made a...
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Frankenweenie — Given what kind of a job Tim Burton did turning Dark Shadows into a 113-minute feature when he had 1,000+ TV episodes’ worth of material to draw from, how slim are the odds he’s been able to wring 87 respectable minutes out of a half-hour short he made 28 years ago? On...
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I usually don’t have any interest in box office numbers since they’re reported all wrong (by gross dollar amount instead of by admissions sold), but this weekend was striking. Five big new releases and all of them did pretty poorly, though when you look at what they are, it’s not really a surprise. Trouble...
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It was a hell of a rough seven days, days that saw the end of Tony Scott, Phyllis Diller, Jerry Nelson and Neil Armstrong. For our purposes here, Tony Scott was the biggest loss, but personally, while I liked the other three, I admired the hell out of Neil Armstrong as much for his...
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Movie news seemed to take a bit of a deep breath to catch up after the madness that is Cannes finally finished. To kill the time, I finally caught Men in Black III. Oh boy. Chalk up another victory for infamous Hollywood Braincloud. The most interesting thing to come out of that will have...
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The holiday news lull is officially over, and we’re back into the swing of things with a ton of news and links this week. The biggest film news of the week might be that The White House seems to be siding with the “tech companies” (aka everyone in the world who doesn’t draw an...
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So, yeah, the week was mostly dominated by the death of Apple co-founder and Pixar Studios godfather Steve Jobs. And rightly so. As Bill Maher pointed out on his show on Friday, in this ridiculously divisive world where everyone hates everyone, Jobs was one of the few people liked by both the Left and...
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Another week, another comic book movie. This time it was Green Lantern’s turn, and things did not go as for old GL as they did for Thor, which is probably why you don’t want to put all of your summer dollar eggs into one basket, which you then give to Ryan Reynolds for safe...
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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
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
Under the Rainbow Arts & Culture: Our favorite mess, Judy Garland, shares hints on surviving Fringe By Steve Schneider 5/15/2013
Modern maturity Arts & Culture: Fringe 2013 is all growed up with everywhere to go By Steve Schneider 5/15/2013
Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival News: A guide to Orlando’s most exhilarating arts festival 5/15/2013
Drinking, Nightlife and Parties Drink: Where to drink and party in Orlando this week 5/15/2013