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Cheap Thrills, Cheap Throwsnew
David Redmon's remarkable film, which won the Grand Jury Prize for documentaries at the 2005 Florida Film Festival, takes a look at the dark side of Mardi Gras.
Orlando Weekly |
Lindy T. Sheperd |
02-09-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Right-Wing Radionew
Salem Communications Corporation, the largest Christian broadcasting company in America and new owner of three Orlando radio stations, is known not only for its numbers but its political views as well.
Orlando Weekly |
James Carlson |
02-09-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Sort of a Winnew
Florida Republicans hoped to outlaw gay marriage by enacting a constitutional ban, but the signature drive to put it on this year's ballot fell short.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeffrey C. Billman |
02-09-2006 |
LGBT
A Reality-Battered Psychenew
Forget that it's, like, the 1,264th documentary about the Iraq situation and you'll thank yourself at the end of Occupation: Dreamland.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
02-02-2006 |
Reviews
The Necessity of Violence?new
Paradise Now renders its twin protagonists' countdown to martyrdom as a suspense story that keeps reminding us of the parallels between terrorism and mass entertainment.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
02-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Hany Abu-Assad, Paradise Now
2 Fast 2 Fatuousnew
Sir Anthony Hopkins portrays Burt Munro, an aged New Zealander who traveled all the way to the Bonneville Salt Flats in the 1960s to see what kind of speeds his vintage Indian motorcycle could handle.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
02-02-2006 |
Reviews
Show Businessnew
Mrs. Henderson Presents is a bit of theatrical history that relies on recurrent full-frontal nudity but which you can still take your mom and dad to.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
02-02-2006 |
Reviews
The Big Book of Pornnew
Finally, a book about pornography that doesn't get buried in socio-scientific mumbo-jumbo about exploitation and instead focuses on the garish, classless fun of it all.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
02-02-2006 |
Nonfiction
Head of the Classnew
Loggerheads is an exquisite ensemble drama set in three North Carolina communities.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
01-26-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Loggerheads, Tim Kirkman
Opposites Attract the Eyenew
While Noguchi's design work was right in step with his peers, his sculptures display a yearning for meaning.
Orlando Weekly |
Jessica Bryce Young |
01-26-2006 |
Art
Tags: visual arts
Going, Going, Gonenew
Four more days, five more nights -- that's how long staff sergeant Danny Campos, 35, has until he is deployed to Iraq.
Orlando Weekly |
James Carlson |
01-26-2006 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Wonder Boynew
When he took on a simple writing and drawing assignment six and a half decades ago, Jerry Robinson had no idea he'd be carving a permanent, wicked grin on the face of popular fiction.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
01-26-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Unloading Baynew
In Keane, Lodge Kerrigan confirms something every commuter dreads: Transportation stations may be gateways to home and security, but they can also be places where people become hopelessly lost.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
01-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Keane, Lodge Kerrigan
Stretching the Pointnew
The hype is technically true: Match Point is Woody Allen's best movie in years, but only because he's already had practice making it.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
01-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Woody Allen, Match Point
Saving Soulsnew
Dave Biehl wears a black leather vest with the seal of the Christian Motorcyclists Association sewn on the back as he thunders down Orange Blossom Trail on his Honda Valkyrie motorcycle.
Orlando Weekly |
James Carlson |
12-01-2005 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
