AltWeeklies Wire
Tedious Exposition Slows Michael Bay and His Toys in the 'Transformers' Sequelnew
Everything is bigger, bolder and badder in Revenge of the Fallen, and if it weren't for the endless, clumsily delivered exposition, the film would work like gangbusters as the ultimate garish escapism.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
06-25-2009 |
Reviews
'Cheri' Works as a Wax Museum of Genresnew
It takes a prim-and-properness that few Americans can fathom to make an R-rated film about a hooker and her lover and not display heaps of sweat-covered skin, but that's the headspace that master Stephen Frears inhabits in Cheri.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
06-25-2009 |
Reviews
'Away We Go' Is Chicken Soup for the Hipster Soulnew
Away We Go is an unequivocal triumph for Sam Mendes, above all else because the honest moment he uncovers amidst this series of vignettes packs a wallop.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
06-25-2009 |
Reviews
While His Band Remains Inactive, Jon Snodgrass Plays Onnew
Officially, Colorado band Drag the River are on a kind of semi-hiatus. But regardless of what happens with the band, singer Jon Snodgrass is moving forward.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
06-25-2009 |
Music
Blisternew
Regular commentary on Orlando culture.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
06-25-2009 |
Commentary
Council Watchnew
Regular commentary on the Orlando City Council.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
06-25-2009 |
Commentary
Tags: Orlando City Council
Happytownnew
Regular commentary on Orlando government and community events/news.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman and Billy Manes |
06-25-2009 |
Commentary
Tags: Orlando
Orlando Police Beatnew
A regular column of commentary on Orlando crimes.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
06-25-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Orlando Opera Fans Get the Shaft, While the Former CEO Gets a Cruisenew
The Orlando Opera recently suspended its operations and filed for bankruptcy. Meanwhile, the opera board paid off contracts, gave its employees severance pay and, in a particularly stunning display of tone-deafness, now wants to send the CEO who oversaw the opera's collapse on a Caribbean cruise as a birthday surprise.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
06-25-2009 |
Theater
Why the Demise of Florida's SunRail Isn't a Bad Thingnew
Florida's highly touted SunRail deal as presently conceived is a boondoggle, a corporate giveaway, an expensively ill-conceived effort that will subsidize exurban sprawl and do little to take cars off I-4. We can do better. SunRail's demise affords us that opportunity.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
06-25-2009 |
Transportation
The Last Meatball: The Extinction of Harold Ramisnew
Ramis went missing several years ago after back-to-back flops and now, thanks to his arguable heir, Judd Apatow, Ramis returns. The problem is that he's awakened in a future much different than the time he knew.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
06-19-2009 |
Reviews
'Shall We Kiss?' is a Wonderful, Sexy Romance from Francenew
Director Emmanuel Mouret achieves the kind of total submission to a filmmaker that's usually reserved for edge-of-your-seat thrillers and, in a way, that's what he has made: an expertly suspenseful romance.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
06-19-2009 |
Reviews
Mirror Pal: The Band Who Would Be Kingnew
We Are confirms the indie rock group's spot at the top.
Orlando Weekly |
Justin Strout |
06-19-2009 |
Reviews
Blister: Truth or Dare at the Peacock Room in Orlandonew
Truth or dare, as we all know, is the more blow job–friendly version of Spin the Bottle, but still retains that odd smell of menstruation and sweaty freckles so important to growing up. Hmmm, what's that smell right now?
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
06-19-2009 |
Commentary
Florida Hometown Democracy Aims to Get Constitutional Amendment on 2010 Ballotnew
That amendment would require referenda on changes to counties' comprehensive land use plans; in essence, whenever some developer wants to replace wetlands with a surfeit of McMansions, you get to vote no. Democracy, geddit?
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman and Billy Manes |
06-19-2009 |
Commentary
