THE CHOICE OF AN OLD GENERATION
Movie: Vera Drake
IMPULSE BUY
Movie: The Woodsman
IMPULSE BUY
Movie: The Woodsman
Movie: Assault on Precinct 13
Assault on Precinct 13 Length: 1 hour, 49 minutes Studio: Rogue Pictures Website: http://www.ap13movie.com/home.php Release Date: 2005-01-21 Cast: Ethan Hawke, Laurence Fishburne, Maria Bello, John Leguizamo, Drea de Matteo Director: Jean-François Richet Screenwriter: James DeMonaco WorkNameSort: Assault on Precinct 13 Our Rating: 3.00 There’s considerably more moxie than expected in this remake of John Carpenter’s…
Movie: Assault on Precinct 13
Our Rating: 3.00 There’s considerably more moxie than expected in this remake of John Carpenter’s pre-Halloween siege story. Urban terrorists converge on an obsolete station house, determined to spring the master criminal (Laurence Fishburne) who’s cooling his heels inside. Discerning if they want to emancipate him or execute him is but one of the sleuthing…
Movie: Elektra
Elektra Length: 1 hour, 37 minutes Studio: 20th Century Fox Website: http://www.elektramovie.com/ Release Date: 2005-01-21 Cast: Jennifer Garner, Goran Visnjic, Terence Stamp, Jason Isaacs, Will Yun Lee Director: Rob Bowman Screenwriter: Raven Metzner, Stuart Zicherman, Zak Penn Music Score: Christophe Beck WorkNameSort: Elektra Our Rating: 2.50 Repetitive, brutally edited and almost suicidally somber, Marvel’s first…
Movie: Elektra
Our Rating: 2.50 Repetitive, brutally edited and almost suicidally somber, Marvel’s first spinoff movie is nonetheless several shades more watchable than Daredevil. Admittedly, that’s like saying a poke in the eye with a blunt stick is preferable to a poke in the eye with a sharp one. Enter-tainment is a relative quality in this story…
Review – The Great Destroyer
Artist: Low
Review – Phoneme
Artist: Red Shift Mantra
Review – Before the Dawn Heals Us
Artist: M83
Review – The Great Destroyer
Artist: Low
Review – Volume One: UnIndian Songs
Artist: Pedestrian
Review – Phoneme
Artist: Red Shift Mantra
Review – The Great Destroyer
Artist: Low
Review – Before the Dawn Heals Us
Artist: M83
Review – Phoneme
Artist: Red Shift Mantra
Review – Volume One: UnIndian Songs
Artist: Pedestrian
Review – Before the Dawn Heals Us
Artist: M83
THE CHOICE OF AN OLD GENERATION
Movie: Vera Drake
Review – Volume One: UnIndian Songs
Artist: Pedestrian
IMPULSE BUY
Movie: The Woodsman
THE CHOICE OF AN OLD GENERATION
Movie: Vera Drake
Movie: Assault on Precinct 13
Our Rating: 3.00 There’s considerably more moxie than expected in this remake of John Carpenter’s pre-Halloween siege story. Urban terrorists converge on an obsolete station house, determined to spring the master criminal (Laurence Fishburne) who’s cooling his heels inside. Discerning if they want to emancipate him or execute him is but one of the sleuthing…
IMPULSE BUY
Movie: The Woodsman
Movie: Elektra
Our Rating: 2.50 Repetitive, brutally edited and almost suicidally somber, Marvel’s first spinoff movie is nonetheless several shades more watchable than Daredevil. Admittedly, that’s like saying a poke in the eye with a blunt stick is preferable to a poke in the eye with a sharp one. Enter-tainment is a relative quality in this story…
Movie: Assault on Precinct 13
Our Rating: 3.00 There’s considerably more moxie than expected in this remake of John Carpenter’s pre-Halloween siege story. Urban terrorists converge on an obsolete station house, determined to spring the master criminal (Laurence Fishburne) who’s cooling his heels inside. Discerning if they want to emancipate him or execute him is but one of the sleuthing…
BICE’S BREW
Walking up the stairs to the Portofino Bay Hotel’s newest restaurant, Bice (pronounced “BEE-chay”), you feel like you’ve wandered onto a movie set. It’s a familiar feeling to most Orlandoans, who often have no choice but to enter a theme park in order to enjoy an upscale restaurant. The hotel purports to be a re-creation…
Movie: Elektra
Our Rating: 2.50 Repetitive, brutally edited and almost suicidally somber, Marvel’s first spinoff movie is nonetheless several shades more watchable than Daredevil. Admittedly, that’s like saying a poke in the eye with a blunt stick is preferable to a poke in the eye with a sharp one. Enter-tainment is a relative quality in this story…
IT’S THE ARTS, STUPID
Morris Sorin, the principal and director of the New School of Orlando Prep, walks excitedly through a sea of empty, miniature desks and chairs. His wide eyes are animated behind his thick glasses, and his smile never fades. “Since we did so much last night, today is a fluff day,” Sorin says as his pace…
“To market, to market”
A Newbery medal-winning children’s story making its way to the big screen could have an impact at a supermarket near you. Southeastern grocery chain Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., is featured as the namesake of the book – and movie – Because of Winn-Dixie and is sharing its role as a movie star with its customers through…
TEN YEARS AFTER
I used to be somebody. But from this vantage point, pressed up against the disheveled armpit of Orlando’s fungal hipster overgrowth, you wouldn’t know it. It’s Friday night at the Bar-B-Q Bar downtown, and although I’m carded at the door, I’m ancient within, prodding my imaginary walking stick through a swaying congestion of boys who…
The Cinema Eye, Cylob, Jad Fair, Aloha, Nikki Giovanni and more
Thursday • 20 ORLANDO FOR CHANGE MEETUP For sure the presidential election is over, but local Kerry diehards aren’t giving up the game. This group organized by Sherry Haluszka, aka Sherry4Kerry, is asking the question: “Why did they win?” And to find the answer, she says, “We need to look at a less isolated period…
CAN’T STOP, WON’T STOP
JOHN FRUSCIANTE The Will to Death DC EP Inside of Emptiness A Sphere in the Heart of Silence Curtains ATAXIA Automatic Writing (Record Collection) John Frusciante isn’t about to let Guided by Voices’ Bob Pollard, Centro-Matic’s Will Johnson or even the Fall’s Mark E. Smith tell him what prolific means. In an unprecedented move, the…
FULL FRONTAL OFFENSE
There’s a new front in the battle for abortion rights – the literal front, that is, of a T-shirt designed by writer and feminist activist Jennifer Baumgardner that proclaims “I had an abortion.” The shirt, initially for sale on Planned Parenthood’s national website and now available on Clamor magazine’s website, has generated controversy among not…
IS IT SAFE YET?
The head of security at Boston’s Logan Airport revealed in December that travelers still appear to be so unfamiliar with restrictions that, three years after Sept. 11, 2001, his screeners still seize 12,000 prohibited items per month. Nationwide, the total since 2002 is nearly 17 million, including 2,200 guns, 79,000 box cutters and 5 million…
CHOCOLATE WRAP-TURE
The plot to break the Guinness World Record for the largest chocolate bar is getting thicker. The record holder is a Novi bar weighing 5,026 pounds, made for the Eurochocolate 2000 exhibition in Turin, Italy. Attempting to unseat that distinction is Schakolad Chocolate Factory, a Winter Park venture, started in 1995 by father and son…
On the airwaves with marathon man and Light Up Orlando burns out
For some reason the radio here at Happytown™ HQ seems to be stuck on WPRK-FM (91.5), Rollins College’s adorable, endearing and addictive spot on the dial. Where else can you park your tuner and hear The Token Lesbian, classical music, Audio Terrorism and a show lachrymosely titled “The Saddest Music in the World”? Plus it’s…
IT’S THE ARTS, STUPID
Morris Sorin, the principal and director of the New School of Orlando Prep, walks excitedly through a sea of empty, miniature desks and chairs. His wide eyes are animated behind his thick glasses, and his smile never fades. “Since we did so much last night, today is a fluff day,” Sorin says as his pace…
The Cinema Eye, Cylob, Jad Fair, Aloha, Nikki Giovanni and more
Thursday • 20 ORLANDO FOR CHANGE MEETUP For sure the presidential election is over, but local Kerry diehards aren’t giving up the game. This group organized by Sherry Haluszka, aka Sherry4Kerry, is asking the question: “Why did they win?” And to find the answer, she says, “We need to look at a less isolated period…
FULL FRONTAL OFFENSE
There’s a new front in the battle for abortion rights – the literal front, that is, of a T-shirt designed by writer and feminist activist Jennifer Baumgardner that proclaims “I had an abortion.” The shirt, initially for sale on Planned Parenthood’s national website and now available on Clamor magazine’s website, has generated controversy among not…
HEIGHT ISSUES
Michael Wanzie’s latest paean to down-market diva-hood marks the first time the prolific playwright/actor has shared a stage with three of his most pedigreed co-conspirators – Doug Ba’aser, Tommy Wooten and Sam “Miss Sammy” Singhaus – all at once. With that factoid drummed into your cranium, watching the show seems like being in the presence…
ACROSS PURPOSES
I always do my crossword puzzles in pencil. I want the opportunity to erase the words that don’t fit. With a little more time and luck, I’ll eventually get to inscribe the correct answers. Henry Rathvon, one of the country’s most famous cruciverbalists (crossword puzzle creators), obviously understands this dynamic. He has penciled his first…
Best brunch for a special occasion
Sunday brunch at La Coquina has been a tradition for 20 years strong. This grand buffet at the posh restaurant inside the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress absolutely takes my breath away. From the moment you climb down the Vegas-looking stairs and walk through an ornate wrought-iron tunnel to enter a dining area that overlooks an…
