When you think of Christopher Titus, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Oh sorry, first let’s pretend like you think of Christopher Titus on a regular basis. Now, do you see the star of the now extinct Fox sitcom bearing his name or the soon to be extinct…
Come out, come out, you jazz aficionados hiding in smoky, dark clubs. Let your Vitamin D-deprived skin cells soak in the rays while your ears take in the sounds of the ninth annual 2008 JVC Jazz Festival Miami, held entirely outdoors for the first time. Performances start at the Van…
Anyone who watched a Shot of Love with Tila Tequila learned two things: First, that the only way to pick your soul mate out of a crowd of men and women is to stick your tongue down all of their throats. And second: Dani Campbell basically rules. This local gal/firefighter…
Santa Maria! Have you seen the teaser trailer for the new (well, more like re-released) flick How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer? It would be the one starring a not-yet Ugly Betty-ized America Ferrera and perennial television actress Elizabeth Peña. Nothing? Well you’re missing out! The thing’s like a…
In her famous review of The Sound of Music — the one that didn’t, by the way, get her fired from McCall’s — Pauline Kael accused the film of reducing its audience to “the lowest common denominator of feeling: a sponge.” As someone who ordinarily enjoys being so reduced and…
David Mamet’s Redbelt is a tricky bar brawl — call it the Roundhouse of Games. The writer/director has scarcely abandoned his sense of the movies as an innately duplicitous medium, one best suited to stories that play out as conspiratorial chess matches. But, with his tenth feature — an entertaining…
Converting a fondly remembered cartoon series—one of the first Japanese animes syndicated on American TV—into a prospective franchise, the Matrix masters, Larry and Andy Wachowski, have taken another step toward the total cyborganization of the cinema. Even more than most summer-season f/x fests, Speed Racer is a live action/animation hybrid…
This year marks the 16th birthday of Mario Kart, the landmark Nintendo franchise that consists of eight identical racing games and legions of fans who buy every one of them. And 16 years later, nobody really has a problem with this. True to form, Mario Kart Wii offers no significant…
Ladies, listen up. Life is about learning new things — after all, you’ll never know what you might excel at if you stay in your current routine (evening, couch, Dibs). Take archery, for example. You could be harboring an uncanny gift for hitting targets with a crossbow. You could be…
Woe unto the Marlins fan! A recent issue of ESPN The Magazine determined, in its periodic wisdom, that among the 122 major sports teams in the United States and Canada, the worst “stadium experience” belongs to none other than the Marlins. Now, setting aside that the Marlins are one of…
Had Aquaman been born a woman, his comic book would have been much cooler. Aqua Girl’s enemies wouldn’t be pirates or other traditional foes, no! She would shake down major ocean polluting companies like Exxon and send them to an island where she, and the rest of the Justice League…
Though the fictional character of Sweeney Todd was created in 1846, it’s understandable why people would still be sympathetic to the story of the killer hairstylist. Barbers are under a lot of pressure: If one of their clients has a bad hair day, it could result in an actual psychotic…
Something happened on the way to the Delray Beach Film Festival: a meddling, sci-fi spoof of B-movie camp somehow slinked in! Yup, Elixir boasts garishly-garbed, over-rouged aliens, a grindhouse production ethos, and a rock-bottom budget ($10,000!). It’s corny as hell, but don’t take our word for it. Just ask Elixir…
She’s always bailed you out of jams. From when you wet your Smurf overalls in kindergarten to the time your car broke down while you were fake running away (Screw curfews, I’m outta here!) — your mom’s had your back. Thank your favorite lady for all she’s done on Mother’s…
It was announced in April that Brett Favre would be the cover boy (er, cover codger?) for Madden NFL ΄09 — an interesting choice, considering the Green Bay Packer quarterback has retired from playing ball. It became even more puzzling when Favre publicly bashed the game, saying, “Some of our…
If the neutered, PG-rated re-runs of Sex & the City leave you longing for more liberated singles who know how to offer up their raunchy affections like complimentary after-dinner mints, then a new film has come to the rescue. In A Four Letter Word, Luke operates a feather duster in…
What might an intrepid trekkie or oddball music fan — the type that yearns for the reactivation of Man… or Astroman? — do on a hot Saturday night? What else but go investigate the circus-like, pro-science environment of Saturday’s Phenomenauts show, happening at City Limits (19 NE 3rd Ave., Delray…
This weekend, thousands of American men and women will wake up next to someone they don’t recognize, with no memory of how they got there. They’ll pull on their clothes, exchange dismal pleasantries, and dart back to their respective lives with hangovers and new regrets. A Body of Water, opening…
When the “American Tribal Love-Rock Musical” Hair first debuted in 1967, it was both catalyst to and commentary on sweeping changes in the social climate. The musical served as a beacon of progressive thought on hot topics like Vietnam, sex, drugs, race, and sexuality. You can make fun of hippies…
Frank Zappa once said, “Jazz isn’t dead; it just smells funny.” At Christine’s (2671 East Oakland Blvd, Fort Lauderdale), that funny smell might be the scent of Louisiana boudain crab cake, Harris Ranch filet mignon, or caramelized banana cheesecake with dulce de leche drizzle. Christine’s Friday Jazz, featuring the trio…
Once upon a time, some really ugly person somewhere said, “It’s not what’s outside, but what’s inside that counts.” Seriously? Look, we wouldn’t lie to you, faithful reader. Take a peek around the pages of New Times — you’ll see ads for botox treatment, breast augmentation surgery, lipo dissolve, hormone…
In these days of hypersensitivity and partisan polarization, media personalities face a difficult conundrum: How do they deliver their own opinions without pissing off the masses? That may be a problem if you’re a network exec trying to keep your advertisers happy, but Bill Maher gets off on it. His…
