Transformers (DreamWorks) No doubt, Michael Bay’s slam-bang action-figure commercial doesn’t play nearly as well on TV, no matter how high or high-def your screen; this demands to be seen on a screen the size of a skyscraper and heard on speakers as large as jet engines. So the first half-hour…
Calling all pundits. It’s a baffling caprice of the zeitgeist to have two studio Westerns released in the same month, 30-odd years after the genre basically gave up the ghost. James Mangold’s better-than-competent and highly crowd-pleasing 3:10 to Yuma has provided a harmonica fanfare for something more ambitious and polarizing…
These reviews are part of our continuing coverage of the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival: The Wonder of It All. For those of us who are self-proclaimed space-program junkies, the gold standard has long been the Apollo program, which ran from 1961 to 1975 and included six missions that put…
Jackass: The Game PlayStation Jackass: The Game Love him or despise him, head Jackass Johnny Knoxville has made millions from getting kicked in the yambag. Had YouTube arrived before Jackass, Knoxville, Steve-O, and the show’s other gutterpunk masochists might still be slinging French fries, getting burned by hot grease in…
Ang Lee steams up Toronto with Lust, Caution.Sundance signals, for better or worse, the state of American independent filmmaking. Cannes keeps faith, for those who still believe, with the cinema d’auteur. And Toronto? The largest and most important film festival in North America seems to do nearly as many things…
To be beautiful and meaningful, some things just need to be pieced together well. The Cornell Museum shows many ways to do it. On the first floor, “National Collage Society” offers a creative array of approaches to the vastly varied medium. Just about anything goes here. How about photomontage, the…
On your birthday, you adored the orchid your mother brought you. But months later, it sits on your desk — a flowerless, skinny mess of roots — secretly mocking your inability to properly nurture and care for much besides your Myspace account. Truth is, you’re a perfectly nourishing human being…
A lot can happen in 24 hours: You can drive from South Florida to New York City, win a sleep deprivation contest, or even create a 24-page comic book. Granted, it would be quite a feat to write, draw, and ink one page-per-hour of paneled cartooning, but there’s nothing like…
Figuring out the perfect date is challenging, especially in this SoFla swampland. Compound the frustration of a possibly blah evening with your dwindling checking account balance, and you might just take yourself off the market. Well before you run off to the monastery, spend an evening in the Upper East…
Swedish punk outfit the Hives was one of the biggest acts to come out of the garage-rock revival that swarmed the American pop scene in the early 2000s. But these guys aren’t bandwagon jumpers. The suit coat sporting five-piece were already five years removed from their initial salvo of sloppy,…
There’s nothing like a torrid love triangle to spice up a romantic comedy, but at some point you’ve got to draw the line. For instance, no one wants to see the romantic interchange between a guy, a girl, and a Tibetan monk. It’s just not that interesting: The monk just…
You’ve been scanning the hockey websites looking fruitlessly for the Panthers’ Eastern Conference ranking — hmmm, maybe you just didn’t scroll far enough down. Currently ranked at 15th out of 15, our boys are looking more playful kitten, less vicious panther. Sure, they have 70-odd games left to prove that…
Everyone knows someone who’s had it. There are about 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society. In homage to these women, we wear the pale pink ribbon. To raise funds for a cure, you can show support at a variety of Breast…
The NBA announced recently that Dwyane Wade’s jersey is its top-seller in Europe, which, considering how many European players are spotting up and shooting on American courts these days could be considered a minor coup. Also among the top 10 were a Spaniard (Pau Gasol), an Italian (Andrea Bargnani) and…
Blackwater, the paramilitary corporation, has been in the news lately, since its mercenaries recently shot up that Baghdad street. By chance, a film of the same name shows Monday at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, and it too involves deranged white males terrorizing innocents. Blackwater, by directors R. Douglas…
There are two types of people in the world: Those who enjoy Wes Anderson films, and those without taste. OK, we’re kidding! In actuality, fans of Anderson’s quirky, vintage style seem to be growing fewer in number with each subsequent release. While Rushmore and the Royal Tenenbaums were well received…
It’s no small feat for a film about autism to leave you entertained, and Autism: The Musical is doing just that while winning rave reviews on the indie film circuit. Critics are throwing out words like “warm” and “uplifting” and even “funny” about the documentary – so FLIFF is bringing…
Most cats are acquired through divine happenstance: The neighborhood hussy abandoned her litter in a bougainvillea, initiating a chain reaction of forwarded emails throughout tri-county offices. Eventually some softy sees the attached image of little spotted extraterrestrials popping out of a cardboard box and knows that they have an obligation…
When a magician performs an amazing trick for an audience, the first question that often springs to its lips is “How did he do that?” For Miami-born photographer Christiaan López-Miró, that curiosity was what initially propelled him to make magicians the subjects of his work. López-Miró has long been fascinated…
If you haven’t checked out the Hollywood Arts Park, man, you’re missin’ out… Big Time. Expertly landscaped (there’s a musical tree) and done out in retro-futuristic design, it really is the perfect place to stroll at night. (Remember when that simply wasn’t an option in Young Circle?) And the perfect…
Rock ´n’ Roll inspires your life’s soundtrack: love, anger, and absolute raging good times always bring you searching for old concert ticket stubs and that favorite album hiding deep in your abundant record collection. That’s the muse behind the Rock Art Show – a traveling reminder of the power of…
While banks still remain bastions of maturity, a few in Weston are changing the way you view the stoic institutions – or at least the way you view the art inside them. In a rather progressive move, SunTrust (2575 Glades Cir., Ste. 1, Weston), Regions (1501 Bonaventure Blvd., Weston), and…
