Sunday Film News Roundup — March 4th, 2012
So, StarzPlay is officially purged from the files of Netflix now. In sheer terms of titles it’s a major blow to Netflix’s catalog (so much Disney and Columbia, over 800 titles apparently), but what did they (and we) really lose? Unless you stream Netflix to an old TV or have terrible eyesight, we’ve really lost…
John Leguizamo and Christopher Lloyd to Star in Sitcom by Ex-Orlandoan Brian Bradley
On the cover of this week’s Orlando Weekly, you’ll find my exclusive interview with actor John Leguizamo, who will be performing his one-man monologue “Ghetto Klown” this Tuesday at the Bob Carr. During our interview, Leguizamo let slip that his recent development deal with ABC Television had progressed to the pilot stage, a.k.a. “level 2…
Selection Reminder: Edward Remixed & Retold!
Through March 17 – Edward Remixed & Retold 8 p.m. Footlight Theater the Parliament House 410 N. Orange Blossom Trail $10-$15 It may not seem like such a huge leap from the fantasy, hairdresser-by-accident world of the bondage-dressed Tim Burton concoction, Edward Scissorhands, to Orlando’s favorite fairy tale, the Parliament House – after all, most…
Selection Reminder: The Passenger tonight at Back Booth!
Saturday, March 3 – The Passenger with Inkwell, Circus, Erin Solari 8 p.m. Back Booth 37 W. Pine St. 407-999-2570 $5 While former members of defunct local pop act XOXO have moved on to other pursuits – bassist Kyle Raker co-founded booking company (and recent OW cover subjects) Norse Korea Presents; guitarist Andy Matchett formed the…
Selection Reminder: The Falcon presents Kelly Keith!
Saturday, March 3 – The Falcon presents Kelly Keith 8 p.m. The Falcon 819 E. Washington St. 407-423-2788 free Should you be sitting around on your couch, listening to the Butthole Surfers, skimming through your ’90s yearbook and reminiscing about your scummy high school friends, with a double feature of Attack of the 50 Foot…
Putting HIS Orlando First: Mayor Buddy Dyer’s wacky campaign hijinks continue
Hey, did you know that Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer’s up for re-election next month? Of course you did. As it does every time there’s a municipal election, the ugly head of scandal has been effectively reared just one month out from the April 3 city elections. Two of Dyer’s challengers, Mike Cantone and Ken Mulvaney…
Selection Reminder: Atlanta Braves spring training season opener tomorrow!
Saturday, March 3 – Atlanta Braves vs. Detroit Tigers 1:05 p.m. ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Lake Buena Vista 407-939-4263 $17-$35 In today’s buzzing world of video game, big-screen flick and TV show addicts (guilty as charged), can we really continue to designate baseball as “America’s Pastime”? For centuries, the ball game has provided…
10 Streaming Silent Film Recommendations
Last Sunday, two films ran the table at the Oscars: Hugo and The Artist. Both are loving homages to the silent film era, and seem to have awakened the public appetite for the old silents. The good thing is that both Netflix and Hulu+ have their fair share of silents, so I thought I’d throw…
Selection Reminder: Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra and Florida Opera Theatre present Rigoletto
Friday, March 2 and Sunday, March 4 – Rigoletto 8 p.m. Friday 2 p.m. Sunday Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre 401 W. Livingston St. 407-770-0071 $14.75-$75 Orlando’s opera company may no longer be a going concern, but Orlando Philharmonic and Florida Opera Theatre have stepped in to fill the hole left in the arts scene…
Selection Reminder: The Delusionaires Reunion Show!
Friday, March 2 – The Delusionaires Reunion Show with Thee Harmonious Fists 9 p.m. Will’s Pub 1042 N. Mills Ave. 407-898-5070 free The term “garage” has inherited a whole new connotation because of the current punk culture. But as recently as the early and mid-2000s, Orlando still had a hot little scene centered around traditional,…
Opening in Orlando — March 2nd, 2012
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax — Having lost their free-marketeering shit over The Muppets, right-wing pundits have now turned to frothing over the pro-environmental message of this 3D adaptation of the kidlit classic. (You know, the one they’ve had 41 years to get over.) Buck up, little 1-percenters: The last time I turned on my TV,…
Selection Reminder: Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts screening tomorrow!
Friday, March 2 – Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts 7 p.m. A Comic Shop 114 S. Semoran Blvd., Winter Park 407-332-9636 free-$3 Orlando will get a taste of the “Internet Jesus” this Friday with the screening of the documentary Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts. Ellis, a prolific cyberpunk writer, gained notoriety through his often-comical (pun intended) message…
On Sale This Week!
ON SALE: Saturday, March 3 LMFAO 7 p.m. Saturday, June 23 Amway Center 400 W. Church St. 800-745-3000 amwaycenter.com $27.50-$63 Down the Road: ?Henry Rollins, March 8 at House of Blues Paul Mooney, March 8 at Improv Comedy Club & Dinner Theatre Jukebox the Ghost, March 9 at The Social Elton John, March 10 at…
Selection Reminder: Bob Kealing Reading!
Thursday, March 1 – Bob Kealing Reading: Kerouac in Florida: Where the Road Ends 6:30 p.m. Cornell Fine Arts Museum 1000 Holt Ave., Winter Park 407-646-2526 free Until 1996, the modest white bungalow at 1418 1/2 Clouser St. was no different than its sleepy College Park neighbors, but that year, journalist Bob Kealing wrote an…
Remix: The Moscow Mule
Drink to the new Axis of Evil with the Baghdad Burro and the Pyongyang Pony
Ravalia’s Pasta Bar & Italian Rotisserie
Unpretentious pasta bar gives diners their fill of straightforward fare at the right price
Live Active Cultures
Seth goes behind the scenes and inside the brains of local theme park designers
Desperate housewife
Mad Cow Theatre stays inside the lines in its portrayal of the most desperate housewife ever
Homeless man pulls out of City Council race
Bruce Shawen won’t run for District 4 seat because he can’t provide permanent address
Getting real
Mennello Museum traces painter William H. Johnson’s journey toward authenticity in American Modern exhibition
A Behanding in Spokane
Fledgling theater group stages the outrageous play better than Broadway did
This Little Underground
Bao Le-Huu takes on A Classic Education, Company, Floor, Blind Pilot and more
Rough Draught
Best bars to catch – or avoid – March Madness
Culture 2 Go
A Tale of Two Cities: Eugene Atget’s Paris and Berenice Abbott’s New York
Council Watch
Billy Manes paying attention to local government so you don’t have to
Rampart
Woody Harrelson’s lean, mean portrayal of a crooked cop scorches the screen in Rampart
Rotation: What local artists are listening to
This week: Michéle Lane
Savage Love
I had a threesome with my husband and another woman because I am GGG
The Are We Sunk? Index
How quickly is Florida sinking into the ocean this week?
A drinker’s guide to the weekend
Everybody loves a parade! OK, not entirely true. Parades are loud and long and kind of boring, which is why the people who go to them usually like to drink copious amounts of alcohol while they watch them. This weekend, Winter Park holds its 33rd Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade (two weeks early!) along Park…
Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie
Tim and Eric decent movie, good job!
Doomsday marauders
Local metallians Junior Bruce’s new CD drops like an avalanche of anvils
Happytown
The week where everything imaginable regarding Jesus and contraception and women got spun on a Catherine wheel, Tampa took our gay bait and the Orlando Magic proved that sports and politics are best mixed with big money. We’re all stars now.
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) At one point in his book The Divine Comedy, the Italian poet Dante is traveling through purgatory on his way to paradise. American poet T.S. Eliot describes the scene: “The people there were inside the flames expurgating their errors and sins. And there was one incident when Dante was talking to…
Performance anxiety
Hyperactive raconteur John Leguizamo continues his onstage self-exorcism, this time with tales of making it in Hollywood
DVDs Nuts!
Lesser-seen OW approved titles
Maakies
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Top 10 Mitt Romney reactions to “The Help”
A little late, sure, but when isn’t he? 10. “I’m not concerned about Octavia Spencer’s hair getting in the gazpacho. We have a safety net there.” 9. “Caucasians are people, my friend.” 8. “The trees in that shot have got to be six inches taller than they were a minute ago. Who was working continuity…
Selection Reminder: What You Will: An Evening By and About the Bard!
Wednesday, Feb. 29 – What You Will: An Evening By and About the Bard 7 p.m. Lowndes Shakespeare Center 812 E. Rollins St. 407-447-1700 $35-$100 Whether you swooned over him as swishy Robin Colcord in reruns of Cheers or dug his poshly accented snark as Lord John Marbury on The West Wing, you won’t be…
Selection Reminder: Radiohead tonight at Tampa Bay Times Forum!
Wednesday, Feb. 29 – Radiohead 7:30 p.m. Tampa Bay Times Forum 401 Channelside Drive, Tampa 813-301-6500 $45-$69
Selection Reminder: Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour!
Through Feb. 29 – Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour 8 p.m. Amway Center 400 W. Church St. 800-745-3000 $50-$175 If you’ve seen the concert documentary This Is It, you know that the late Michael Jackson was a perfectionist, a consummate showman and more than a little over-the-top. Presented by tour director Jamie King (Britney…
