Since it established permanent residency in our collective cultural brain-vault, The Silence of the Lambs — the famous thriller about cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter — has seen its share of parodies, from musical theater (Silence! The Musical) to porn to a Funny or Die! spoof. But there’s always room…
We’ll always have Iron Man, they must be telling each other in Hollywood. As summer wanes, the hulking corpses of would-be blockbusters litter the home-video distribution channels like fallen Kaiju from Guillermo Del Toro’s giant-‘bots-vs.-giant-beasts movie Pacific Rim, the most enjoyable of 2013’s many urban-renewing summer blockbusters. In Del Toro’s…
Understandably, Peter Mayhew is not as well-known as Harrison Ford or Mark Hamill. But W. Ryan Ziegler wants to change that. The first-time filmmaker is now raising money on Kickstarter for Standing in the Stars: The Peter Mayhew Story, a documentary about the 7-foot-3 actor who played Chewbacca in the…
He made sideburns and flamboyant leather jumpsuits famous. And women swooned over him and still do today. Sorry, ladies. Elvis isn’t coming to town. But one of his good friends is making an appearance. Legendary romantic balladeer Engelbert Humperdinck is making his way to South Florida, and he’s ready to…
Friday the 13th. A day that makes the superstitious want to hide. Well, get over it, people. And try to avoid black cats, walking under ladders, and opening umbrellas indoors, because you won’t want to miss Leslie Blackshear Smith and her band perform at Friday the 13 N’awlins Jazz &…
Common wisdom is that laughter is the best medicine. Bob Marley once sang, “One good thing about music, when it hits, you feel no pain.” Whether you’re sick, sad, somewhere in between, or just want to get out for the night, if you’re looking to have a good time, concerts…
With the advent of Netflix and Hulu, movie date nights have become obsolete. No longer can hormonal teens sit in a dark theater and anxiously await the right moment to instigate a romantic handhold. Well, after a five-month hiatus, Cinema Paradiso returns with the quintessential 1980s blood-and-guts double feature sure…
South Floridians tend to be rather fit. Let’s be honest: It’s kind of necessary in a region that supports, like, 300-something days a year at the beach. There’s no hiding anything when you’re hanging out in board shorts or a bikini — and no, a juice cleanse is not going…
Miami’s Design District is not the only place to see and celebrate high-end fashion. Homegrown in South Florida, Asst Clothing is ready to demonstrate its success with its first fashion event. Known for exuding urban couture, the debut of Asst Clothing’s Fall/Winter 2013 Collection will combine a fashion show with…
Florida is known for its beaches, its elderly, and its inability to convict obviously guilty criminals. It is not, however, known for hockey. Well, maybe Tampa is. But the Florida Panthers aren’t exactly shiny beacons of hockey hope. Which is a shame, because they’ve got a lot going for them…
Close your eyes and think of St. Patrick’s Day. OK, wait; open them back up so you can read this. But in that brief nanosecond, no doubt memories of a sea of green and an overdose on Irish Car Bombs came to mind. Why limit the “Irish for a day”…
Beer is perfect for summer; cold and refreshing, it’s the perfect antidote to the intense heat and humidity. Come to think of it, brew is good all the time. To celebrate the end of summer — and beer in general — Riverside Market is hosting a homebrew competition on Saturday,…
We all know about the notorious Fort Lauderdale Bus Loop — it’s not easy to find a more drunken affair. We all know about the debauchery that takes place in pubs all across Ireland. Imagine would what happen if you combined the two. Don’t stress your hungover little brain too…
Local gardening is on the rise — or, at least, it’s being discussed all the time. To fill the space, Flagler Garden is getting ready to grow in downtown Fort Lauderdale. On Sunday, September 22, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., the garden’s groundbreaking ceremony is taking place. The free…
Putting googly eyes on inanimate objects like binders and pencils is practically a childhood pastime. Or if you were a child like me, you would place them on entirely inappropriate inanimate objects and then have to explain to your teacher, and subsequently your parents, why one of your classmates had…
Richard B. Riddick — Dick to his friends, if he had any — is an intergalactic meathead who has glowered through three movies, two videogames, and a cartoon. He’s both the luckiest and unluckiest man alive: lucky because he’s impossible to kill, unlucky because everyone keeps trying. In the near-silent…
“If they made a movie, Holden wouldn’t like it,” Martin Sheen opines deep into the new documentary Salinger. He’s speaking of the possibility of a film adaptation of The Catcher in the Rye, a disastrous idea that J.D. Salinger prevented in both life and death. Sheen, of course, could be…
Cinema deserves rich stories and positive portrayals of Latino life, but director Fro Roja’s cheapjack family dramedy — about a middle-aged Washington Heights bachelor unequipped to suddenly care for six children — doesn’t try to be anything more than a soft-serve pull of treacly pandering. Writer and coproducer Joey Dedio…
Laura shook all over. She couldn’t talk except to repeat the other girl’s name over and over, as if she were in a trance. Neither of them heard the phone ring, felt the chill of the rainy night, knew of anything except each other.” Author Ann Bannon published these words…
It’s 8:20 and you’re in the breakfast room at your hotel, having your customary bowl of muesli. By 9:20, you’re watching a spurned wife cut off her teenage son’s penis–and eat it–as retribution for her husband’s infidelity. Ah, Tuesday. But wow, Kim Ki-duk’s Moebius is some movie! If you have…
As we head into the season Floridians live here for, it’s time to leave the air-conditioned confines of our homes and enjoy the lower humidity at our beaches. The still newly renovated Broadwalk offers a free, family-friendly Broadwalk Friday Fest concert under the stars. Joel DeSilva and the Midnight Howl…
The French are celebrated for food and culture. The British: their stiff upper lip. The Japanese are notable for their precise and exacting nature. Australians are thought to be mellow and laid-back. Brazilians, on the other hand, are known for sex appeal. From models like Gisele to “the Girl from…
