The Aristocrats may be the foulest-mouthed movie of the summer, but Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo is the foulest in deed, actually depicting some of the nigh-unspeakable acts that are merely hypothetically talked about in the former film. It’s been a while since we’ve seen a big-time gross-out comedy, and European…
The Skeleton Key ranks high on the list of 2005’s funniest films, bested only by the first two-thirds of The Wedding Crashers, all of The Aristocrats, and that part in Stealth where the airplane starts sassing Josh Lucas. Doubtful that was the intention of director Iain Softley (K-PAX, an inexplicably…
“The most daring rescue mission of our time is a story that has never been told,” boasts the poster for The Great Raid. The credits of the film, however, reveal that it’s based on not one, but two books about the 6th Ranger Battalion, which ventured 30 miles into enemy…
Toward the end of Saraband, the uneven new film from legendary director Ingmar Bergman, a character sits down with his daughter, a taut girl who is obviously undergoing emotional distress. “I have the feeling that some sort of discussion is coming on,” he says. Indeed it is — as it…
Over the years, I’ve come to approach group exhibitions, especially juried group exhibitions, with a wary mixture of excitement and dread. On the one hand, there’s always the possibility that such a show will yield unexpected treasures — new artists just beginning to stake out their territory, more established artists…
There’s a dizzying moment of sensory overload when you enter Gemini Fine Art. The collection is eclectic, filled with diverse styles and brilliant colors that are as distracting as they are intriguing. Works by more than 80 artists are displayed and sold at Gemini, with styles ranging from beautifully executed…
Y’all remember the words to “Zungguzungguguzungguzeng,” don’t you? “Nuff a dem a talk bout me nuh have nuh girlfriend/yuh a idiot bwoy, me have a hundred and ten.” Say you’re born in Kingston, Jamaica — but as an albino, a.k.a. a “dundus.” Top that off with the fact that your…
THU 11 Once upon a time, a single musician dominated the streets of Key West, and his name was Jimmy Buffett. But nowadays, when you head to the southernmost point, you watch the freaks in Mallory Square balance refrigerators on their heads, and then you meander down Duval Street to…
“Our philosophy is, never try to be funny,” Dave Hyland says. Surprising words from a member of an improv comedy troupe. But Hyland, who at age 34 considers himself one of the genre’s “elder statesmen,” explains the thought process used by his group, Mod 27: “If you force the issue,…
Tequila Ranch has one for ya THU 8/11 Until now, Thursdays were reserved for your weekly escapade with a bottle of domestic beer and a private screening of Urban Cowboy in your living room. Maybe it’s the dream of falling in love while two-stepping at a honky-tonk that gets you…
Teal us about it! thu 8/11 The Marlins are having something of a schizophrenic season. They start out in first place, then drop to last; now they’re in second; then they’re in fourth. On any given day, another player is injured (latest casualty: catcher Paul Lo Duca, pictured). This is…
Wilby comin’ ’round the island FRI 8/12 Wilby Island fits all the stereotypes of the quintessential small town: a haughty distrust of outsiders, a need to sweep the dirt under the carpet, and a dyslexic sign-painter named Duck MacDonald. OK, so that guy’s a little odd. But the rest of…
Hamilton gets you all misty-eyed THU 8/11 Mountain Dew doppelgänger Sierra Mist knows a little something about cracking a joke. As part of the company’s new ad campaign, it enlisted comedians like Nicole Sullivan and Michael Ian Black and recently held a standup competition to find the best young comic…
Contentedly independent filmmaker Jim Jarmusch has brought his restless energy to a series of surreal road movies that move nicely along on the strength of rare characters, quirky humor, and a willing embrace of chance adventure. These quest stories for hipsters have transported Jarmusch’s fiercely loyal audience from New York…
Pity the daily-newspaper critic who must review The Aristocrats without using such phrases as “a longshoreman’s arm up a little girl’s ass,” “then my wife goes down on my son while the dog’s licking his balls,” “my grandmother’s covered in my come,” and “is it shit before piss, or sucking…
The old John Wayne-Dean Martin hayburner The Sons of Katie Elder wasn’t a very good movie the first time around — Dino and a cowboy hat go together about as well as Sinatra and bib overalls — and John Singleton’s jokey, urbanized rehash isn’t likely to snow the Oscar voters…
Shakespeare’s shortest tragedy is one of his most magnificent, but it’s quite a task to stage, perform, and watch. Director Rafael de Acha’s stark, modern-dress staging of Macbeth solves some but not all of the play’s formidable problems. Purists may grit their teeth at the many textual cuts and revisions…
Bruce Bruce is a funny man, so big that one “Bruce” just isn’t enough. If you don’t believe this, check him out in his role as the Popeye’s chicken spokesman via Internet (or “the Internets,” if you’re Dubya) at www.popeyes.com. Wearing a purple suit, the man resembles Violet Beauregard in…
THU 4 Better to see a shark get fed in a pool by a professional than to see it get fed in the ocean, by your arm or leg. Aw, we don’t mean to scare you. Quite the opposite. When you go to the Sandoway House Nature Center (142 S…
Last year’s Warped Tour was rainier than the prince of Monaco (that’s the late Prince Rainer III, but you knew that). Like a game of musical tents, concertgoers found themselves scrambling around every 20 minutes or so, frantically seeking shelter in one of the tour’s many tents. Others simply went…
DJ Denny Tsettos brings the goods SAT 8/6 “I play two types of records,” DJ Denny Tsettos says. “My oh-shit! records and my what-the-fuck? records. When you hear what-the-fuck? records, you’re like, ‘What is that? I’ve never heard it! It’s incredible!’ When you hear an oh-shit! record, you say, ‘Oh…
Enter cheek-to-cheek competition FRI 8/5 Your chiseled body is poised like the mighty Atlas — glutes glistening, calves clenched. At this moment, your shimmering shoulders could bear the world’s weight, but that burden is not yours. You have been chosen for a different task: You must model men’s biker shorts…
