AltWeeklies Wire
Proof Positivenew
In the tradition of A Beautiful Mind and Good Will Hunting comes Proof, a psychological drama about a math genius and the people who worship, care for, and endure him.
Miami New Times |
Melissa Levine |
10-03-2005 |
Reviews
Aw Nutsnew
This is a thriller sans kick, a snapshot of obsession that's less about the risks one takes for true love than it is about the dumb chances one takes when stifled and bored and game for any sort of excitement.
Miami New Times |
Robert Wilonsky |
09-05-2005 |
Reviews
The Wiznew
Those who consider director Hayao Miyazaki a master not only forgive the sameness of his movies but also celebrate his use of children's fairy tales to underscore the ordinariness of evil in our adult world.
Miami New Times |
Robert Wilonsky |
06-28-2005 |
Reviews
Dorkulanew
The story of a half-human, half-vampire is made by dorks for dorks. As such, it is lowbrow, freakish fun.
Miami New Times |
Gregory Weinkauf |
12-28-2004 |
Reviews
Being Fabulous Isn't Easy for Fabian Basabenew
The son of a successful Ecuadorian-born businessman had to lie low in Malibu after he was photographed in a provocative dance move with First Daughter Barbara Bush.
Miami New Times |
Brett Sokol |
12-21-2004 |
TV
His Will Be Donenew
The new Danish film has the same star as one of the Dogme 95 movies, and features a dysfunctional family full of people who yell at each other? Wait...don't run away! It's a good movie this time!
Miami New Times |
Luke Y. Thompson |
10-13-2004 |
Reviews
Taking the Pulse of Latin Cinema in Chilly Torontonew
Two of the Toronto International Film Festival's hottest tickets were Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar's latest psycho-sexual melodrama, Bad Education, and Brazilian director Walter Salles's biopic of a young Che Guevara, The Motorcycle Diaries.
Miami New Times |
Brett Sokol |
10-05-2004 |
Movies
Vile With a Smilenew
In this fairly faithful adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's trenchant novel Vile Bodies, our giddy hosts are the eponymous "bright young things," the glammy, restless, 24-hour party people of 1930s England, busily getting bombed before busily getting bombed.
Miami New Times |
Gregory Weinkauf |
09-14-2004 |
Reviews
His Guy Friday: Gay Movie Buff Takes Tips From Cary Grantnew
Even the sturdiest heterosexual will have trouble not grinning as Kyle MacLachlan glibly chirps lines like, "Your people do have a fondness for the brassy blondes, don't they?"
Miami New Times |
Gregory Weinkauf |
09-07-2004 |
Reviews
A PG-13 Rating Suffocates the Funnew
As the title suggests, there are more snakes now than there were in 1997's Anaconda, but the filmmakers just don't seem to have the same deranged imagination as those who came before.
Miami New Times |
Luke Y. Thompson |
08-30-2004 |
Reviews
Thrice Shy: Romantic Triangle Develops Between Roommatesnew
Colin Farrell plays a charming ne'er-do-well who unwittingly manages to get damn near everyone to fall in love with him.
Miami New Times |
Luke Y. Thompson |
08-23-2004 |
Reviews
Banzai Beat: Kitano Masterfully Revives Legend of Zatôichinew
This new Japanese import opens with a massive thud not unlike Godzilla's footfall. The blind semihero can destroy just about anyone with his mighty sword, which is cleverly disguised as a cane.
Miami New Times |
Gregory Weinkauf |
08-23-2004 |
Reviews
Video Jockey Spreads Word About Fledgling Music Channelnew
Marianela Pereyra, host of the program Daily Download, came to South Beach to promote the fast-rising 24-hour music channel. Fuse TV competes with MTV by sticking to a strict diet of hip-hop, rock and Latin music video programming.
Miami New Times |
Mosi Reeves |
08-23-2004 |
TV
