Source Code is a pseudocerebral, modestly budgeted sci-fi thriller, a propulsive ride worth your popcorn dollar. That’s not for its preposterous genre tinkering but for its refreshingly humanist take on a high-concept gimmick. A totally game Jake Gyllenhaal is the movie’s glue as Capt. Colter Stevens, a decorated pilot and…
The romanticized commitmentphobia that keeps Judd Apatow in gilt-fixtured man caves is brought down to Earth (or Park Slope, anyway) in this inventive indie thriller. Monogamy follows 30-something Brooklynite Theo (Chris Messina) as he simultaneously slogs through his day job as a wedding photographer, preps for his own impending nuptials…
There is a great deal of prowling motion in Insidious: a recurring sideways dolly outside a haunted house, a trench-coat-clad cacodemon pacing outside a second-story window. It’s the restless motion of a movie stalking its prey — you, dear viewer. Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne are moving their family into…
As Suzanne, Catherine Deneuve plays the title role in Potiche, a 1970s period piece that translates as “trophy wife.” She is married to the smarmy, unfaithful Robert (Fabrice Luchini), whose primary attraction to Suzanne appears to have been motivated by the umbrella factory she inherited from her father, which Robert…
Perhaps, if you’ve chosen a life of monastic celibacy or hermetic isolation, you may find nothing relatable in Dinner With Friends, currently enjoying a superlative revival at Palm Beach Dramaworks. But for the rest of us – the majority of the population who yearn for human contact and love, well…
You may have heard of Amanda Linton, creator of such indie-marketplace masterpieces as Stitch Rock, Art Rock, and Retro Indie Market. Linton has graced the cover of New Times to accompany our chefs-with-tattoos feature — and as far as we know, being on the cover of New Times has never…
Sure, there were some subplots along the way, like truth, justice, the American way, blah, blah, blah, but let’s face it: Comic books were always about sex. No matter who was doing the fighting, attacking, defending, or avenging, the superheroes were always hot. So is a “Super Heroes vs. Super…
Pompano Beach, affectionately called Pompton by many, is known more for its cameos in TLC’s Police Women of Broward County than, well, anything. Still, that hasn’t stopped the crew at Art/Heart from attempting to transform this notable town into an artistic mecca, even if only for just one night every…
Bimini Bay is… Let’s try that again. Inside the Bimini Bay Bar dungeon of porn, located off the roads near the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, a string of bras and undies hang from the ceiling. On this fond afternoon, the bartender in a green St. Patty’s Day thong-bikini has giant…
“Write what you know” is probably the most-clichéd-yet-wisest, overused-yet-useful piece of advice a writer can receive. It’s obvious, sure, but being reminded to do so can help knock down an otherwise insurmountable wall of writer’s block. And this prosaic wisdom doesn’t stop at writers. All artists, from sculptors to painters,…
Friday, there’s a poet-emceed pelapalooza at Cinema Paradiso — the 16th comedy-themed installment in the venue’s slew of art parties. Four live bands, four artists, and an improv theater troupe are packing into the place for performances and exhibits culminating in five short-film screenings. The best part? Admission costs less…
The New York Mets aren’t so much a baseball team as a case study in the hilarious and sad things that can happen to a franchise that is (or was) equally rich, incompetent, and unlucky. The Mets, naturally, fancy themselves on the same level as the New York Yankees, and…
Jeff Monson is a bad man. At five-foot-nine and 230 pounds of all gnarled muscle, this tattooed tank is the kind of guy you would dart across the street to avoid. What’s scary is that since Monson is a veteran MMA fighter who trains out of Coconut Creek, the chances…
Among the comedians performing at “Funny Business” is Kirkland Meadows, who may dedicate his performance tonight to his grandmother, who is somewhere looking down on him — not because she’s dead but because she’s arrogant. Ba dum tsh (his joke). See, “Funny Business,” will be a not-at all-serious but substantial…
When filling out an online dating website questionnaire, do you list your sense of humor as your best quality? Do you have a masochistic need for possible public humiliation? Seriously, have you ever dreamed of being a comedian? If you answered yes to any or all of these questions, then…
With the help of like-minded members of your community, self-empowerment can — and should — be fun. The “2011 OUTlet Conference for Young LBTQ Women” is for ladies of all ages and orientations, with extra emphasis on young queer women. It’s time to work through those social stigmas that often…
Combining traditional techniques with punk-rock aesthetics, the indie craft fair phenomenon is rapidly sweeping the nation — and local crafty gurus have been working hard putting South Florida on the handmade map. Joining the brigade is indie collective Hollywood Craft Mafia, which is putting on its second-annual “Odd Duck Bazaar.”…
Eating a cupcake may be a sin — depends on who your trainer at LA Fitness is. But tattooed burlesque girls dressed in shiny cupcake-icing-colored satin bustiers? That’s definitely got sin written all over it — much less fattening, though. Much like cupcakes, there’s something harmlessly saccharine and playfully naughty…
Riverwalk Get Downtown is Fort Lauderdale’s largest outdoor cocktail hour. Your public drunkenness will not cost much: $20 donated online or $25 at the door gets you two drink tickets redeemable at YOLO bar, live music from Funkette (a Top 40 band that, oddly enough, played at the 2002 RNC…
Imagine you’re sitting in a crowded, stuffy, and extremely delayed airplane surrounded by cranky passengers. The loudspeaker comes on. Everyone is expecting words of encouragement from the pilot, but instead, the voice of a female flight attendant echoes throughout the plane. “Ay, ay, I said, aaaaay. Y’all on a plane…
The difference between New Times’ childhood, out-of-this-world stories, and David Sedaris’? Well, we weren’t one of six children in a second-generation Greek family. We don’t have tales of hitchhiking around the country (we’re stuck here in South Florida). And we’ve never had a slew of charmingly quirky jobs such as…
Local lushes, with being at a stadium such as Sun Life in Miami comes responsibility. Why do you want that? In the dark, dank world of Fat Cat’s, the contract of sobriety and rules is broken. Yes, when the Florida Marlins play the Washington Nationals at 7:10 p.m. Thursday, be…
