It’s been a lot to catch up on since I spent last week and a good part of this week with the flu, but the only thing I was really upset I missed out on the day it was released was a new Mickey Mouse short film called Croissant de Triomphe that also features Minnie as...
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Since it began to air ten weeks ago, I’ve been trying hard to avoid all of the Twitter chatter about The Newsroom. The West Wing aside, Sorkin is a notoriously slow starter, and one of the (many) problems with Studio 60 was that both the viewers and the network had largely written it off...
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So this weekend, we got a bit of a break in the summer action avalanche as the two big releases were the lukewarmly reviewed comedies, The Zookeeper and Horrible Bosses. I didn’t see either (maybe Horrible Bosses on video, but no desire whatsoever to see The Zookeeper), but did get around to seeing Larry Crowne, the affable...
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First, a prediction: This guy’s wrong. Second, a request for the Oscar Gods: Next year, can we get a little romance in this bitch? Honestly, of the 10 (diez) films up for the Biggest of the Big this year, only The Kids Are All Right comes close to qualification as a genuine, heart-on-your-sleeve, Jack-and-Rose/Jack-and-Ennis...
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Here we are, covering the penultimate category on the penultimate day before the Big Show. Best Actor is filled with fine candidates, but it seems that last year’s ceremony will have a hand in guiding this year’s voters to even the keel. Jeff Bridges did damn fine work in Crazy Heart, but it was...
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It’s rare for Best Picture and Best Director to split, but this year makes quite the case for that happening. If David Fincher won, it’d be for The Social Network, a film crafted with remarkable precision from every angle, including those terrifically...
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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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Somewhat shocking news out of the WGA Awards tonight. According to Deadline.com, the big feature winners were Chris Nolan’s Inception for Best Original Screenplay, while Aaron Sorkin took home the Best Adapted Screenplay for The Social Network. Sorkin’s win was an expected one, leading up to an expected Oscar win next month, but Inception...
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This year, yours truly joined the Florida Film Critics Circle, and this week, my vote (among those from 18 colleagues from across the state) went towards declaring David Fincher’s The Social Network the very finest film of 2010. Fincher took Best Director, while Aaron Sorkin’s snappy script won Best Adapted Screenplay. With regards to...
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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
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
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
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