Some people are crazy for animals: Cats, dogs, ferrets, sheep. Some people are crazy for television: Tyra, American Idol, Lost, Talk Sex with Sue Johanson. Still others are completely obsessed with food: Five spice spare ribs, Vietnamese pho, miso-glazed sea bass, ahi tuna poke. That last group of folks is…
The Amateurs (First Look) The Beatrix Potter Collection (BBC Warner) Becoming Jane (Miramax) Blade: The Series — The Complete Series (New Line) Blue State (MGM) Charlie Chan: Volume 4 (Fox) Dallas: The Complete Eighth Season (Warner Bros.)Dedication (Weinstein) The Equalizer: Season One (Universal) Family Ties: The Third Season (Paramount) General…
By taking us back half a century, “The Great Age of American Automobiles” also serves as a reminder that art surrounds us every day in commercial design. The exhibit of more than a hundred drawings provides a look at the artistry and imagination that fueled our nation’s love affair with…
No Reservations (Warner Bros.) From its cheap, mid-’90s-looking package to its woefully scant extras (one pre-chewed Food Network behind-the-scenes, blech) to its wide-screen/full-screen option, this feels like something dropped right into the discount bins; it probably debuts at half off this week. And this soufflé of a romantic comedy deserves…
No celebrity hairdresser should ever be allowed near Colin Farrell’s eyebrows with a tweezer. Black, fluffy, and gloriously unilateral, they still aren’t the prettiest things about In Bruges — that honor falls to the Belgian city itself, known for its scenic medieval turrets, bourgeois tedium, and unfavorable comparisons with Amsterdam…
Freudians disheartened by the Bearded One’s fall from psychotherapeutic grace may be cheered to learn that ol’ Sigmund lives and prospers at the movies, at least in child-friendly cinema. The Spiderwick Chronicles, an extravagantly oedipal fantasy adventure based on the popular children’s novels by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black, comes…
When it comes to giving a game a vibe, “awesome” is an easy mark to hit. Explosions, hot chicks, macho one-liners, and salivating mutants are all awesome. And it’s just about impossible to overdo the awesome: More explosions, more hot chicks, more machismo, and more mutants are only more awesome…
I wouldn’t ordinarily tell you this, but I got wood when I went to see Florida Grand Opera’s new production of The Pearl Fishers. That usually doesn’t happen at the opera. I do not like older women, pronounced jawlines, or hairy men. And although I’ve got a certain daddy-bear crush…
The last time somebody went to war with February, it was a disaster. That was when Elisabeth Achelis, of Brooklyn, spent 25 years lobbying various international authorities to endorse her “World Calendar” concept, which would have burdened February with an unthinkable two extra days. She worked tirelessly to gain acceptance…
With the Writers’ Guild strike still going strong, the concept of Mel Brook’s famous musical, The Producers seems more plausible than ever. In it, egotistical, Broadway producer Max Bailystock and his weasely accountant Leo Bloom concoct a scheme to steal a millions of dollars. How do they plan on grifting…
It doesn’t matter if you can bench press fallen tree trunks or if you eat iron screws for breakfast. It’s totally futile, even if you’ve got a nickname like “The Axe Murderer” or “The Silent Assassin,” and you’ve earned it. You need to start practicing eating through a straw, because…
Mark Mothersbraugh is a compulsive art creator. He’s talking to me from his LA studio where he’s also working on a soundtrack – the former Devo frontman is probably rivaling Danny Elfman for most oddball filmscore works. While he takes a quick break to chat cheerfully about his new art…
Ever wonder what lies in the murky waters, deep off the coast of South Florida? Captain Ahab’s fallen vessel? Missing votes from the 2000 election? Britney Spears’ long-lost implants? Fort Lauderdale-based artist Nathan Lumm must have thought these questions before, because his new solo show “From the Depths” (opening at…
You may have heard the term “Punk’s not dead” before. It’s sort of an old cliché that rebellion and angst will continue to thrive — as long as people have the right to yell loud and play fast music. Sadly, punk rock really is dead; it’s become a commercialized commodity…
By communicating South Africa’s complex political history through dance, African Footprint has extended its message of immense hope and peace across continents. It began as a dance school for disadvantaged youth in 1999 and later evolved into a world-renowned traveling show with fans who included Nelson Mandela and Bill Clinton…
Noah’s Ark wasn’t designed to be wedged between a cement staircase and an art gallery, but try to tell it that. The lumbering reproduction crafted out of gopher wood is just jammed up there, right outside the Schmidt Center Gallery (777 Glades Rd., Boca Raton) at Florida Atlantic University. But…
You want happy sexy time, you’re just unclear of the details. Don’t worry, we got your back. Get Lucky Nothing says “I love you” like a truly extravagant gift. The Mardi Gras Casino (831 N. Federal Hwy., Hallandale Beach) wants to extend the sentiment your way when it gives away…
In 1913 Stravinsky débuted his masterpiece work The Rite of Spring for a Parisian audience. What happened next was pandemonium: Fists connected with jaws and knees jabbed into spinal cords, while insults were lobbed like racket balls across the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. This did not please Stravinsky; he fled the…
If you want to qualify for the Boston Marathon and you’re not above manipulating your own biochemistry to do so, there’s a fine chance you’ve been squirreling yourself away in the mountains of … anywhere that actually has mountains, i.e., not South Florida. Anyway, once a year, around now, with…
Every year, you do the same thing: You sit down to watch the Academy Awards, and you realize about 15 minutes into it that you have not seen a third of these films. Shoot, you’ve never even heard of most of them, you terrible, awful, poor-excuse-for-a-film-nerd you. Just pray that…
Muazzez Ersoy is a diva in Turkey. And she looks a lot like Celine Dion. But Dion sounds like a crooner next to Ersoy, whose warble is mystic in that distinctly Middle-Eastern way. This Sunday she’ll perform at the Florida Turkish Festival. The festival, now in its second year, takes…
Jeff Yeager may have been recently crowned the world’s Ultimate Cheapskate, but he didn’t earn the title overnight. “I grew up in the mid-west, in a middle-class family, and being frugal was the way people lived,” Yeager explains. “… Although I do come from a long line of cheapskates.” Yeager,…
