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Blisternew
When I was a little god-fearing girlwith grocery-cart legs and Hershey's on my face, I knew but one rhythm, and one only.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
01-18-2007 |
Commentary
Ruined Dance Scenes, Decent Filmnew
The makers of Stomp the Yard clearly had Spike Lee's phenomenal School Daze in mind when they decided to make a film about life at a historically black college.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
01-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Stomp The Yard, Sylvain White
Blisternew
Billy Manes attends a silent-auction benefit for the Hug Me program, an organization aiming to support the needs of children, women, and other individuals affected by HIV/AIDS.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
01-18-2007 |
Recreation
Tags: bars & clubs
Obscenly Inspirational Positivitynew
Smartly, Rocky Balboa not only acknowledges how ridiculous and unseemly it is to resubmit the Italian Stallion into the pop-culture fray of 2006, but wraps the entire movie around that premise.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
01-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Sylvester Stallone, Rocky Balboa
Smooth Segues and Jennifer Hudsonnew
This big-screen adaptation of Dreamgirls has two things working for it that most other musicals don't.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
01-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Bill Condon, Dreamgirls
Not Enough Indiannew
A review of Orlando area Indian restaurant Khasiyat.
Orlando Weekly |
Jessica Bryce Young |
01-18-2007 |
Food+Drink
A Numb Fixernew
Though illuminating as a history primer on the CIA, The Good Shepherd has the spark of an 8 am college lecture.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
01-18-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Robert De Niro, The Good Shepherd
Uncommon Threadnew
Hipster artists like Rich Jones fashion their own scene.
Orlando Weekly |
Lindy T. Shepherd |
01-18-2007 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Look Who's Knockingnew
Orlando is linked with Amway in the minds of sports fans everywhere -- that's not necessarily a good thing.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
01-18-2007 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
Death Metal, Viking Stylenew
The group's sturdy, propulsive percussion and epic, chunky riffage is at peak effectiveness on Oden, but the facility with which vocalist Johan Hegg switches between guttural death growl and melodic aggression is what makes them so impressive.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
10-23-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Amon Amarth, With Oden on Our Side
Fusing Jazz and Rock 'n' Rollnew
Hagalo Usted Mismo fuses elements of the various phases Los Tres experimented with in their prime -- traditional sounds, jazzy flourishes and straight-up rock 'n' roll.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
10-23-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Hagalo Usted Mismo, Los Tres
Full Force Live Performersnew
As the Todd Rundgren–fronted New Cars have stalled out along the nostalgic cash-in freeway, this 70-minute collection of prime-era live footage produced by Ric Ocasek goes a long way to reminding fans of the original band's icy glory.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
10-23-2006 |
Reviews
A Mediocre Muddlenew
Despite David Bowie providing one of the best movie entrances ever and the continual twists one expects out of Christopher Nolan, The Prestige winds up a mediocre muddle.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
10-23-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Christopher Nolan, The Prestige
Steal This Movie ... Legallynew
While it's being made available as a $10 DVD, the producers wisely decided to push Rune out to the masses as the first free movie-length download for the iPod.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
10-23-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Rune, Seth Kenlon; Arayna Thomas
A Cult Classicnew
Roadside Prophets is definitely loose and funny, while its main reverence is to the codified form of the road movie itself.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
10-23-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Abbe Wool, Roadside Prophets
