Sunday film News Roundup — April 29th, 2012
CinemaCon, the yearly convention for film exhibitors and studios to get together and tease us with clips we can’t see and blindside us with awful news, was held this week in Las Vegas and, well, some of the news coming out of it was a bit distressing for fans of traditional film. Film is basically…
Selection Reminder: Central Florida Composers Forum!
Sunday, April 29 – Central Florida Composers Forum 7 p.m. Timucua White House 2000 S. Summerlin Ave. cfcomposers.org free It can be a desperate thing to be a modern classical composer. There’s very little local radio support and very few places to perform this kind of challenging work, so it can be nearly impossible to…
Selection Reminder: Seventh Annual Spring Jambando!
Saturday, April 28 – Seventh Annual Spring Jambando with the Legendary JC’s, SKIP, funkUs, Everyday Ghosts, the Dropa Stone, Gruda & Yoho, Sonar and more 5 p.m. The Plaza Live 425 N. Bumby Ave. 407-228-1220 plazaliveorlando.com free Despite our long-documented, much grumbled-over – rightfully so – disregard for jam music, we have to admit that, after exactly…
Selection Reminder: Brokencyde tonight at the Beacham!
Saturday, April 28 – Brokencyde with Blood on the Dance Floor, Polkadot Cadaver, William Control, the Bunny Bear, New Years Day, Haley Rose 4 p.m. The Beacham 46 N. Orange Ave. 407-246-1419 thebeacham.com $16-$18 Out of all the bands broadly despised by the opinionated, faceless mass called the Internet, Brokencyde (frequently typeset as brokeNCYDE) are…
VOD Review: Goodbye First Love – Mia Hansen-Love (4 Stars)
If love is irrational and makes us stupid, then love’s most irrational, most stupid form is first love, before we know any better. In High Fidelity, Rob Gordon (John Cusak) concludes that every romantic episode in his life has been a scrambled version of his first unsatisfying tryst, and retraces his steps to find out…
Tweet charity: Exhibitors to cry uncle?
Nothing turns me off more quickly than hearing the phrase “Give the people what they want.” Somehow, even at this late stage in the collapse of global capitalism, there are people who actually believe that the key to success in business is to determine what the public is craving and then figure out how to…
Selection Reminder: Roll It! Community Printmaking Festival
Saturday, April 28 – Roll It! Community Printmaking Festival 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Mennello Museum of American Art 900 E. Princeton St. mennellomuseum.com 407-246-4278 free Sometimes we find ourselves locked into the monotony of life, doing the same things over and over again. Time magazine says, “people who engage in a variety of experiences are more…
SeaWorld Orlando Opens TurtleTrek 3-D Attraction
This morning, SeaWorld Orlando welcomed the first guests into TurtleTrek, their new 3-D sea turtle attraction. Built on the bones of the former Manatee aquarium (the sea cows still have a home, though it’s smaller) the new exhibit combines fresh and sea water aquariums with a high-tech simulation of life from a turtle’s POV. The…
Selection Reminder: Doggie Derby tomorrow in Baldwin Park!
Saturday, April 28 – Doggie Derby 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Corrine Commons 1913 Meeting Place doggiederby.com $15 per dog Last year, while biking through Baldwin Park, I stumbled across this event purely by chance. Crowds of people were gathered around watching dogs of all shapes and sizes as they were paired up then released down fenced-in…
Selection Reminder: Dr. Rachel Wentz talks skeletons at the History Center!
Saturday, April 28 – Chasing Bones: An Archaeologist’s Pursuit of Skeletons 10:30 a.m.-noon Orange County Regional History Center 65 E. Central Blvd. 407-836-7010 thehistorycenter.org free, registration recommended We admit, the story of Windover Farms sounds like the plot of any given CSI episode: Indiscriminate construction worker, breaking ground on a new subdivision, digs up a…
Love’s Labour’s Lost
Director Eric Zivot transposes the Shakespeare comedy from the Elizabethan era to the age of Aquarius
Selection Reminder: Dub Factory: Paintball Wars Edition!
Friday-Saturday, April 27-28 – Dub Factory: Paintball Wars Edition with Vaski, Document One, DJ Messinian, SST, Symbiotic and more 10 p.m.-6 a.m. Orlando Paintball 7215 Rose Ave. 407-294-0694 orlandopaintball.com $20-$25 Presenting the one event in which getting shot at is part of the fun! No, it’s not a rally for George Zimmerman or a horrifically…
Selection Reminder: Orlando Venom season opener tomorrow!
Friday, April 27 – Orlando Venom vs. Edmonton Energy 7 p.m. Winter Park Community Center 721 W. New England Ave. Winter Park 407-643-1613 orlandovenom.com $10 Hey, basketball fans. Do you find yourselves disillusioned by the entirely disillusioning sight of a back-hurt, butt-hurt Dwight Howard instigating a coach coup while his team posts record-low stats and…
Good profile of George Zimmerman posted to MSNBC
MSNBC posted the first really comprehensive profile of George Zimmerman that I’ve read to date. It also explains a lot about the crime situation in the Retreat at Twin Lakes, where Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin. Worth a read.
Selection Reminder: The Way of the Cards opens tomorrow!
Through May 6 – The Way of the Cards Mandell Theatre Lowndes Shakespeare Center 812 E. Rollins St. playthemoment.com $15 The path to producing theater is frequently fraught, but not many shows have trod such a trying trail as The Way of the Cards. We’ve followed writer-director Aradhana Tiwari’s original script for years, back when…
Opening in Orlando — April 27th, 2012
The Five-Year Engagement — Jason Segel and Nick Stoller attempt to recapture that Forgetting Sarah Marshall magic via this portrait of a young couple on a long and winding path toward matrimony. That path had better include some fuckin’ vampire puppets, is all I’m saying. (R) [youtube iNhAslpICxE] Footnote — Reviewed this issue. (PG) The…
On Sale This Week: Steve Aoki!
On Sale: Friday, April 27 Steve Aoki 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 30 The Plaza Live 425 N. Bumby Ave. 407-228-1220 plazaliveorlando.com Down the road: The Fray, May 3 at Hard Rock Live Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, May 3 at Amway Center Strangers Family Band, May 4 at…
Deep Blu
Dive into chef Cory York’s stellar, sustainable and locally sourced seafood dishes
Festival of Chocolate at UCF Arena
Three-day event hits the sweet spot
Sounds incorporated
Dr. Moonstien wrings music out of old electronics – and he’ll teach you to do it, too
You don’t know Mitt
A handy cheat sheet to help you get to know the Republican nominee
Council Watch
Billy Manes paying attention to local government so you don’t have to
Maakies
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Snubbed!
We review the three Pulitzer fiction finalists – and pick our own winner
Footnote
Israel’s Best Foreign Film Oscar nominee satirizes niche politics and father-son rivalry with passion and compassion
Savage Love
Is it possible for a hookup to turn into a relationship?
Voracity of hope
Jack White’s debut solo effort proves why he’s the present-day rock champion
The Raven
A resigned John Cusack suffers through brainless poet-as-detective thriller
Rotation: What local artists are listening to
This week: Tight Genes’ Noah LaChance
Happytown
The week where we found more litigious fun in the cotton candy heads of TBN’s Crouch family, less fun in Rick Scott’s ridiculous budget cuts and a new friend (hopefully) in incoming United Arts CEO Flora Maria Garcia. Also, Jesus wept.
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) “True life is lived when tiny changes occur,” said Leo Tolstoy. I agree. It’s rare for us to undergo rapid, dramatic transformations in short periods of time. That’s why it’s delusional to be forever pining for some big magic intervention that will fix everything. The best way to alter our course…
LDS FAQ
So Mitt’s Mormon – what does that mean?
The Are We Sunk? Index
How quickly is Florida sinking into the ocean this week?
DVDs Nuts!
Lesser-seen OW approved titles
This Little Underground
Bao Le-Huu takes on Florida Music Festival, Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s, Antics and more
Live Active Cultures
Seth’s favorite season begins: preview picks for Fringe Fest 2012
Rough Draught
Bars that’ll make you feel like a Floridian
Selection Reminder: Say Anything tonight at the Beacham!
Wednesday, April 25 – Say Anything with Kevin Devine and the Goddamn Band, Fake Problems, Tallhart 6:30 p.m. The Beacham 46 N. Orange Ave. 407-246-1419 thebeacham.com $17-$20 Max Bemis is like the poet laureate of the pop-punks. Bemis – via his project Say Anything – has amassed a horde of devotees by reciting his art-as-confessional…
