AltWeeklies Wire
The 'Villain' of 'The King of Kong' Speaks Outnew
Billy Mitchell is trying to prevent history from being revised, and, he says, his reputation tarnished by the newly released video game documentary.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
John Linn |
09-11-2007 |
Movies
Lesbians Gone Wildnew
Tinseltown it's not, but Chi Chi TV has a knack for cinematic melodrama -- and bare skin.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Ashley Harrell |
02-06-2007 |
TV
Tags: TV
Funky Freshnew
A white leading man in a black movie? That is something new.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Luke Y. Thompson |
02-07-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Sanaa Hamri, Something New
Smiles to Gonew
Felicity Huffman is desperately engaging in this off-kilter road movie.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Bill Gallo |
01-13-2006 |
Reviews
The Face of Terrornew
One of the strongest -- and sure to be controversial -- films of the year, The War Within goes places that other films wouldn't dare, following an Islamic suicide bomber who comes to New York City with a deadly plan.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Jean Oppenheimer |
12-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Joseph Castelo, The War Within
Smile for the Devilnew
To create their documentary, two skinheads took a camera to music shows and other events for several years, collecting footage of moshing, fistfights and street crime.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Sam Eifling |
10-11-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: counterculture, Southern Poverty Law Center, antiracist skinheads, Colorblind, Dirty Billy, Dirty South: Street Brutality, Edgar Cayce, Florida white-power hate groups, Huey Newton, Lauderdale Area Skinheads, Number One Diablo; Doorag Dennis, punk rocker, South Florida, spirituality, West Palm Beach
Excess Hollywood: A Preview of Summer Filmsnew
The 130-something films lined up for this summer include ones starring comic-book heroes (Batman, the Fantastic Four) and big-screen redos (The Honeymooners, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and War of the Worlds).
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Robert Wilonsky, Luke Y. Thompson and Bill Gallo |
05-11-2005 |
Movies
Tags: Various Directors, Various Films
Woody and Woody...new
Woody Allen's self-conscious examination of comedy vs. tragedy isn't such a bad film. It's merely all right -- very high-concept and on its way to interesting but never there.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Melissa Levine |
04-02-2005 |
Reviews
Thanks to Deathnew
Javier Bardem aces the role of a charming quadriplegic who wants to die in this drama by Spanish director Alejandro Amenábar.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Melissa Levine |
01-11-2005 |
Reviews
Misdirectednew
The Spanish director's latest is a movie about a movie, which Almodóvar addresses with his usual strengths -- zest, humor, and sharp visual beauty -- as well as his weaknesses, including the failure to acknowledge the gravity of his subject.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Melissa Levine |
11-30-2004 |
Reviews
Cinema So Verité the Cops Rush to the Setnew
Gary Davis has carried the title of guerrilla filmmaker with pride since he was 10 years old, when he started shooting films when on a rundown urban corner of New Jersey. He relishes the danger of shooting scenes that, if he doesn't get in and out quickly, could end in his arrest.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Eric Alan Barton |
10-26-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Deceptive Men and Manipulative Womennew
It's a real credit to director Leconte that even though his film features a couple of ridiculous contrivances to get the plot going, the overall film still feels true.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Luke Y. Thompson |
08-30-2004 |
Reviews
Screenplay Zeronew
Director E. Elias Merhige is too talented to be dismissed as a wannabe, but here his gifts for clever angles and oogy feelings are tethered to blase genre redundancies and clunky storytelling.
New Times Broward-Palm Beach |
Gregory Weinkauf |
08-30-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: E. Elias Merhige, Suspect Zero
