With his blazing-white coat and pig-pink ears, to say nothing of the zigzag of lightning cut into his flank, the eponymous canine lead of Disney’s lively new animated movie Bolt looks a little bit real and a whole lot not. That’s not a failure of craft: Goofy and sweet like…
Kristin Scott Thomas has gotten so locked into playing tragic victims or frigid grandes dames that few remember that the actress got her big break as a wistfully amused friend in Mike Newell’s Four Weddings and a Funeral or that she played Plum Berkeley on Absolutely Fabulous. Thomas has mischief…
Maybe it was the family heirloom that only drove in reverse, or the lemon that caught fire the day it was bought; whichever it was, you learned a valuable lesson: as much as you will them, automobiles have a mind of their own. Why are their minds used for evil…
Beautiful bad boys have always make girls’ hearts go aflutter. In the film, Twilight, however, said fluttering heart not only heralds a blossoming teenage romance but could also make for fast food. See, Bella Swan’s bad boy crush is a vampire. He’s a good vampire, though. Edward Cullen tames his…
So it’s your turn to play family chef this Thanksgiving. Congratulations. Not only are you responsible for preparing something pleasing to the taste buds, but you must present it with a fair amount of competence. But no matter how much you’ve read up on turkey basting, you can’t help shake…
This global economic crisis getting you down? Are you feeling guilty about succumbing to your base desires? Want to indulge in a good time while simultaneously erasing the shame of your immoral behavior? Well, tonight from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., you can eat a lavish three-course meal, drink yourself into…
Anita Bryant was a pop singer in the late ’50s who made a name for herself entertaining American troops on deployment; later, in the ’70s, she became a spokeswoman for the Florida Citrus Commission. In 1977, she got riled up about a law that would protect gays from discrimination, and…
What a difference a year makes. Last time the New England Patriots were in town, they humiliated the Dolphins on their way to a perfect 16-0 regular season. They were the bullies on the block, complete with a juggernaut offense, a classless coach, and insufferable, clown shoe fans. But all…
After trading its best player, Florida is among the NHL’s worst teams Ah, but it hurt to say goodbye to Olli Jokinen, the hard-charging Fin who had been our best Panther for quite some time. He had, by dint of his dedicated service to such a crumb-bum team, set the…
It’s official. The ’80s revival is just about over. It has almost come to that awkward tipping point where old and laughably uncool has met edgy and ironic and is rapidly heading towards laughably uncool again. Blame it on Lindsay Lohan and her line of leggings, or the ubiquitous use…
When you go to the theater tonight, don’t bring your mama, don’t bring the kiddies, and definitely don’t bring any strait-laced goody-goody who can’t watch puppets croon about porn, getting drunk, and rubbing furry parts. No, Avenue Q ain’t Sesame Street, but it’s still quality entertainment, especially for those of…
Rosa Byrne makes for a seductive embalmer. In Just Buried, the Australian actress explains how to prepare a cadaver in the husky whisper of Marilyn Monroe: “Suck out all the fluids; And then you inject cavity fluid into the torso.” Just Buried is a Canadian comedy about a young nerd,…
Florida wasn’t always a dangly spindle of over-priced real estate. Just a quick couple hundred million years ago it puzzled its way through Pangaea’s outstretched mass, providing nutrients and lodgings to its Mesozoic landlords, the lumbering dinosaurs. Had they only kept journals or scrapbooks, consider how many more dignified things…
The only bright spot of Shawn Marion getting his groin tweaked against the Hornets, and Dorell Wright and James Jones also out with injuries, was that the Heat learned it could beat a team as good as the New Jersey Nets while starting something called a Yakhouba Diawara at small…
It’s official: We’ve managed to damage all that is fundamentally good about Earth. From poisoning the water supplies with oil spills and tanker barges, to corrupting the atmosphere with our smoggy, toxic, emissions — we’ve worked hard to make the environment this unlivable. Yeah, way to go us. The only…
Ballerinas are of a gentle lineage. They can leap over our heads like catapulting pop-up toys and twist dexterously like rubber chickens, but they can’t do any of it without financing. That’s right! The crew at Case and Keg Beerworld watched sadly this year as funding was slashed for the…
You may think our local landscape is no more than a collection of high-rises, neon signs, palm fronds, and liquor stores, but for five local artists it’s much more than that. That’s why curator Talya Lerman pulled together drawings, paintings, and photographs for “Native Offerings” an art exhibition. Stop by…
Most years, holiday shopping entails running to Walgreens at the last second, scoring a bag of stale circus peanuts and a bottle of Designer Imposter’s Body Spray (I swear, it smells just like Tribe). But this year, you can use your creative charms to actually create gifts. Stitch Bird workshops…
Those of us who adored Casino Royale, the 2006 reboot of the haggard, self-parodic James Bond franchise, had some trouble trying to decide where to place it among the series’ finest. Was it better than Goldfinger? Probably not, but close. The Spy Who Loved Me? Maybe so. From Russia With…
The brochure for “José Clemente Orozco: The Graphic Work” quotes the great Mexican muralist as once saying, “And after all, isn’t it possible to make the most marvelous picture with only a pencil on any piece of paper?” The nearly three dozen works in this exquisite little exhibition, now winding…
If you traveled the length of John Malkovich’s medulla oblongata, hung a sharp left at the desk where Beckett’s Krapp recorded his last tape, and walked through the adjoining door of the interstellar hotel room at the end of 2001, you might end up somewhere in the vicinity of Charlie…
It’s safe to say Dolphins fans have the psyche of a plumber who’s had one too many toilets explode in his face. This season, the team is a legit contender for not only a playoff spot, but also the AFC East title. Midway into the season, the Fins are 4-4…
