Funk from the trunk
Movie: Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Funk from the trunk
Movie: Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Pumping iron
Inga Kosak won the first World Extreme Ironing Championship in Munich in September, beating 80 contestants from 10 countries who are judged on the degree of difficulty they can create for themselves in order to iron. One ironed while bouncing on a trampoline, another while surfboarding on a river and another hanging upside down from…
A dating game’s shame
“So, do they have a make-out bus?” I quiz feverishly (if not somewhat embarrassingly) to Tina, my girl on the side. “No. That’s “The Fifth Wheel” she corrects my daytime dating error. Dammit. Here I am, sloshing around on a December Saturday night, trying to find some wayward tongue, like I do, and I want…
Movie: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Our Rating: 4.50 It’s a shame that so much of the discussion about “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” is going to center on the question, “Is it as good as the first one?” Six decades ago, no kid ever walked out of a theater after watching Chapter 12 of “Nyoka and the…
Movie: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Length: 2 hours, 59 minutes Studio: New Line Cinema Website: http://www.lordoftherings.net/ Release Date: 2002-12-18 Cast: Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Christopher Lee Director: Peter Jackson Screenwriter: Philippa Boyens, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson WorkNameSort: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Our Rating: 4.50…
Wax and wane
It isn’t often that restaurants go to war over names. But in June, Ron Woodsby, whose company owns the Fishbones chain, took Bonefish Grill to court, claiming their similar name and logo of a fish skeleton was violating trademark and confusing customers. Then he opens Moonfish, a mile down Sand Lake Road from Fishbones and…
Dim Sum Feast
Steamed talapia with fresh ginger and scallion. Roast duck. New Zealand mussels. Sticky rice shumai. Buffet restaurant. This is not a “what doesn’t belong” quiz; rather, all of these things go together at Dim Sum Feast (5989 W. Colonial Drive; 407-293-7999), where cheap eats and surprisingly well-done dishes coincide. Lunch is $5.99 while dinner will…
Year in review
This time last year we Floridians were feeling mighty apologetic. We had inflicted boybands (not to mention Creed) on the world, and we were also the state responsible for the “pregnant chad,” teaching terrorists to fly and the de facto home of anthrax. The Year of Our Lord 2002 was to be our chance at…
Sari surprises
I’ve been to Bombay more than I’ve been to Los Angeles, and I’ve been to L.A. enough. So I felt well-prepared for the combination of subcontinental superficiality that the Miss India International pageant (Nov. 30 at Hard Rock Live) should have been. After all, we are talking about a beauty pageant, and Bombay is a…
Allow me to apologize in …
Allow me to apologize in advance for this highly-subjective and completely personal list. Year-end roundups of CDs always seem to be determined by some Illuminati-style Star Chamber of rock critics. You’ve probably already noticed the numb repetition of 2002’s lists. Well, allow me to diverge from what will surely be a seemingly endless barrage of…
Not the usual fast-food filler
Steamed talapia with fresh ginger and scallion. Roast duck. New Zealand mussels. Sticky rice shumai. Buffet restaurant. This is not a “what doesn’t belong” quiz; rather, all of these things go together at Dim Sum Feast (5989 W. Colonial Drive; 407-293-7999), where cheap eats and surprisingly well-done dishes coincide. Lunch is $5.99 while dinner will…
A Lott to learn
“I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We’re proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn’t have had all these problems over all these years, either.” — Incoming Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.), Dec. 5,…
