Sunday Film News Roundup — December 23rd, 2012
It’ll be a short one this week as there really isn’t that much going on that doesn’t involve movies that are open in Orlando yet. The thing that gave me the red ass this week was all of this NRA bullshit about movies and video games making people violent, and the ridiculous idea that people…
Acoustic set by Jonathan Pfeffer tonight at Lil’ Indies
Saturday, Dec. 22 – Jonathan Pfeffer with Surfin’ Serf (acoustic) 9 p.m. Lil’ Indies 1036 N. Mills Ave. willspub.org free An “acoustic set” usually communicates a certain vibe. Regardless of genre, that phrase typically means you can expect that things are going to be toned down. But Jonathan Pfeffer doesn’t listen to any of that…
Leaders of the True School brings breakbeat acts Stanton Warriors, DJ Icey and others to Firestone Live
Saturday, Dec. 22 – Leaders of the True School with Stanton Warriors, DJ Icey and guests 10 p.m. Firestone Live 578 N. Orange Ave. 407-872-0066 firestonelive.net $20-$40 Orlando is world-renowned for its ’90s breakbeat scene. At its peak, Rolling Stone wrote a full-length feature identifying Firestone as one of the “coolest clubs” in the U.S.,…
Say goodbye to Wiggly World tomorrow
Wiggly World, the tiny hut of a record shop located behind Etoile and Bull n Bush is closing after tomorrow, but they’re going out with a blowout sale, so if you have anyone on your Christmas list who you have yet to buy for, you have a really great option in the form of punk,…
Knights face Cardinals, put bow on 2012 season
Beef O’ Brady’s Bowl at Tropicana Field UCF Knights vs. Ball State Cardinals 7:30 P.M. on ESPN After a turbulent 5-7 season, one which witnessed myriad sure victories dissolve in games’ waning moments, UCF Head Football Coach George O’Leary beseeched one thing of his team in 2012: to “finish.” Now, quarterback Blake Bortles and company…
Enzian hosts two-night showing of holiday thriller Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
Friday-Saturday, Dec. 21-22 Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale 11:59 p.m. Friday and Saturday Enzian Theater 1300 S. Orlando Ave., Maitland 407-629-0054 enzian.org $10 That Santa Claus you know and love, Mr. Red Velvet Suit with his cheery twinkle-eyes and soft white beard? That’s not Santa. That’s “Coca-Cola Santa,” a marketing myth invented to keep kids…
Film Review: This Is 40
Fans of writer/director Judd Apatow have observed his ascent over the past 20 years from producer of criminally under-appreciated television (“The Ben Stiller Show,” “Freaks and Geeks”) to current king of R-rated big-screen comedy, with hits like The 40 Year Old Virgin, Pineapple Express, and Knocked Up on his résumé. But with Apatow’s latest film,…
Ban on front-yard vegetable gardens: “like punching a baby”
The New York Times takes an excellent, deep look into the national battles surrounding front-yard vegetable gardens, putting Orlando homeowners Jason and Jennifer Helvenston front and center. Steven Kurutz reports: “Orlando’s growing season is nearly year-round, and Mr. Helvenston, a self-employed sustainability consultant for the building trade, said he saw the garden as ‘a budget thing’…
Enzian adds two additional screenings of ‘Miami Connection’
If you read last week’s cover story about the film Miami Connection, but you missed the Enzian’s two midnight showings of the cult classic, you’re getting a second chance to catch it. By popular demand, the theater has added two more showings of the film – which the Sentinel once called the worst movie of…
Rhode Island rapper Sage Francis performs at The Plaza Live
Thursday, Dec. 20 – Sage Francis with B. Dolan 7 p.m. The Plaza Live 425 N. Bumby Ave. 407-228-1220 plazaliveorlando.com $15 We thought hip-hop was supposed to be all popping bottles, smoking blunts and shaking booties. Surely vegetarianism, critiques of the mainstream media and knitted Star Wars Christmas tree ornaments are more the domain of…
Rock Out With Your Clock Out: Mayan Apocalypse Parties Across Orlando
Above: the Mayan Calendar. It even looks like a drink coaster. On December 21st, if certain doomsday prognosticators are to be believed, the friendly neighborhood Mayan Apocalypse is coming to explode your face off. Or not — either way, like Saint Patricks Day with more hellfire, a fantastic excuse for excess is nigh. Thankfully, some…
Lady Fashion Hour Presents: Retromended Vintage and Lollipops & Pistols fashion truck
Thursday, Dec. 20 – Lady Fashion Hour Presents: Retromended Vintage and Lollipops & Pistols Fashion Truck 7 p.m. The Falcon 819 E. Washington St. 407-423-2788 thefalconbar.com free Ladies: Don’t spend your time at the bar looking enviously at the other girls’ adorably vintage duds and wondering where did she get that dress? Go to the…
Seminole State College Planetarium hosts Winter Sky Festival
Thursday, Dec. 20 – Winter Sky Festival 6 p.m. Seminole State College Planetarium 100 Weldon Blvd., Sanford 407-708-2409 seminolestate.edu /planet free What the cuss?! The planetarium is inviting everyone out for a night of stargazing, food trucks and short films, and they’re providing the telescopes for you. We all know that astronomers in Central Florida…
Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas stops by Orlando Public Library in support of new memoir
Thursday, Dec. 20 – Gabby Douglas Book Signing 6:30 p.m. Orlando Public Library 101 E. Central Blvd. 407-835-7320 ocls.info free If you don’t believe that great things come in small packages, you’ve obviously never watched Olympic gymnast Gabby Douglas in action. At the 2012 London Olympics, the 16-year-old, barely 5-foot-tall gymnast, nicknamed “Flying Squirrel” after…
After Newtown: Leaving the Twilight Zone
When I was growing up, the publishing house Gold Key made a nice little cottage industry out of basing comic books on popular TV shows. From Dark Shadows to Star Trek to Lancelot Link: Secret Chimp, if a kid was interested in it, the chances were good Gold Key had it as a title. A lot of the…
On sale this week: Mindless Self Indulgence at The Beacham
On sale: Wednesday, Dec. 19 Mindless Self Indulgence 5:30 p.m. Sunday, April 7 The Beacham 46 N. Orange Ave. 407-246-1419 thebeacham.com $23-$26 Down the road: Jeremy Hotz, Dec. 28 at Orlando Improv Florida Metal Showcase, Dec. 29 at Backbooth SOJA, Dec. 31 at House of Blues B.B. King, Jan. 1 at Hard Rock Father…
Local dance troupes perform different versions of The Nutcracker
Because we’re all in extended glucose comas at this time of year, dreaming hiccup dreams of Mouse Kings and gingerbread soldiers and, on occasion, sugarplums disguised as fairies, the eternally present option of seeing those fantasies played out with a nutcracker in ballet slippers will probably trouble your slumber at least one time this month.…
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The Rolling Stones at 50: The Stones on Film (Part 3 of 5)
Stones in Exile – Stephen Kijak (2010) While the Stones celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2012, something that’s managed to sneak a little beneath the radar is that perhaps their best album, or at least their most pure “Stones” album, Exile on Main St, is celebrating its 40th anniversary. Today its hard to imagine a time…
