For Reels Sunday Roundup — July 14th, 2013
Just links today. News, links, etc: -I haven’t gotten around to reading it yet, but everyone is talking about the Unified Theory of Pixar Films. (Jon Negroni) -Gaby Hoffmann, the Chelsea Hotel’s own Eloise (there was even a book). Very much enjoying the Gaby Hoffmann renaissance. Can’t wait to see Crystal Fairy. (NY Times Magazine)…
George Zimmerman Is Not Guilty. But He Is Not Innocent.
Trayvon Martin, after his encounter with George Zimmerman. (From Gawker.) In 1870, just five years after the Civil War ended, a white state senator in Hinds County, Mississippi, in the very heart of the Old Confederacy, just on the southern edge of the Mississippi Delta, married a black Northern woman. This man, A.T. Morgan, wasn’t…
Zimmerman Verdict: Not Guilty
Suddenly @_FloridaMan isn’t so funny. After asking for clarification of the rules in which they would render a decision earlier in the day, the jury in the George Zimmerman murder case announced their verdict in Seminole County Courthouse Saturday night, just after 10pm. According The New York Times: The jury, which has been sequestered since…
Mickey Mouse in “Tokyo Go”
Mickey Mouse’s world tour continues, taking him to Tokyo in the newest short from Disney, Tokyo Go. In it, the rush hour foot traffic at the station causes Mickey to board the wrong bullet train, putting him face to face with a bunch of spiked out punks and a sumo wrestler, riffing on video game obstacles…
Time to play the Card card: Shunning “Ender’s Game”
Unlike many of my friends, I’ve never read any of Orson Scott Card’s books. But I’ve read his views on gay marriage, and hoo boy, that’s some science fiction right there. Now the pink chickens are coming home to roost. With a major big-screen adaptation of his Ender’s Game due to hit theaters Nov. 1, both…
There’s an app for that: BuzzMe allows users to buy drinks via smartphone
Finally! Someone has invented a way for you to share a meal with your in-laws without actually having to interact with your in-laws! And don’t worry about ever showing up to your daughter’s birthday dinners again, because now you can send her a cake from the comfort of your home office. (See, honey? Daddy loves…
Event correction: Michael Woods to perform at Tier Nightclub
We’d like to send out a correction to the event listing in our calendar for the Michael Woods show. The DJ will be performing tonight, Friday, July 12, at Tier Nightclub – not at Roxy, as previously listed. Here are the deets for the show: Michael Woods midnight Friday, July 12 Tier Nightclub, 20 E.…
Bro, Pacific Rim is like…
Bro, the world is about to end. It’s been 15 years since these crazy fucken monsters — they call em the kaiju, whatever that means — began appearing from some kind of intergalactic hole in the ground at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, taking out whole cities like San Fran and Malaysia just cuz.…
Short Film Friday — Not So Grown Ups
Captain T&T Dir: Christopher and Leizelle Guinness Runtime: 11m It’s summer vacation and a six year old boy named Thin Foot tries to figure out what his superpowers are so he can right the wrongs he sees in his everyday life in this touching short from Trinidad. https://vimeo.com/67124108 **** Five Feet High and Rising Dir: Peter Sollett…
First Trailer Released for “Saving Mr. Banks” Starring Tom Hanks as Walt Disney
Tom Hanks as avuncular Uncle Walt in his early-60s prime. Emma Thompson as notoriously prickly Mary Poppins author P. L. Travers. Yes, this is a real thing, believe it or not. Saving Mr. Banks, an authorized semi-historical account of the making of Disney's classic Poppins film, hits theaters this Christmas, but you can check out…
Downton Abbey Season 4: Would anyone care for a spot of Pig Vomit?
Paul Giamatti, brilliant sad sack. PBS reports that Paul Giamatti will join the cast of Downton Abbey for Season 4, in the role of Lady Cora’s “maverick playboy” brother. Giamatti has brought sad-sack pathos to such films as American Splendor (as schlubby Harvey Pekar), Sideways (as schlubby wine guy), John Adams (as America’s badass…
Game on: Meet UCF football players and coaches at FanFest
The Knights kick off the 2013 football season on Aug. 29 College football fans have been counting down the days until the 2013 season begins, which kicks off on Thursday, Aug. 29. To get our local UCF Knights fans riled up for the season, the university will host its annual FanFest on Aug. 23 at…
Screenshots from Google Maps’ street view of Harry Potter’s Diagon Alley
Harry Potter fans: If you can’t make it to London to tour the set of Diagon Alley, the fictional busy London street on which all the young wizards bought their school supplies before heading back to Hogwarts for the semester, and you can’t afford to take a trip to Universal Orlando’s Wizarding World of Harry…
In Your Queue: “Boy” and “Call Northside 777”
Boy – Taika Waititi Set in New Zealand in the mid-80s, Taika Waititi’s Boy should have been a critical darling, beloved by everyone and then eventually hated by everyone else when the love got too gooey, but the film went as underloved as it’s titular main character, Boy (James Rolleston), an 11 year old who…
Culture 2 Go: Our monthly performing-arts roundup
Keeping cool while keeping cultured: Orlando in July
“Geolocation: Tributes to the Data Stream”
Nate Larson and Marni Shindelman map moments in the Twittersphere
Zomby raises the bar for dubstep on ‘With Love’
Album review: Zomby – ‘With Love’
Local post-punk band Alias Punch deifies Shaquille O’Neal
RadioShaq is an annual themed party that, this year, culminates in a Shaq-rifice
Free Will Astrology
ARIES (March 21-April 19) The Space Needle is a tourist attraction in Seattle. It’s taller than the Washington Monument but shorter than the Eiffel Tower. Near the top of the structure is a circular restaurant that rotates slowly, making one complete turn every 47 minutes. The motor that moves this 125-ton mass is small: only…
July’s Film Slam is an all-star edition
This month’s competition features three past winners
Lazy Moon Pizza
Newly reopened joint thinks big: big space, big pizzas and a big selection of brews
The fastest sport in the world is dying a slow death at Orlando Jai Alai
As facility rebrands itself as a multi-use venue, jai alai fans worry that this could be the end of their favorite pastime
Live Active Cultures: 'Jay and Silent Bob’s Super Groovy Cartoon Movie'
Stoner saviors Jay and Silent Bob find a more profitable path
Tip Jar: local food news
This week, a sausageteria, dancing Greeks, dinner pairings and foodie summer camp
This Little Underground
Our live music columnist checks out Emeli Sandé, AAHZ Reunion and Quitzow
Terramia Wine Bar & Trattoria
Experienced restaurateurs Rosario Spagnolo and Massimo Nobile return to churn out some damn fine pizzas
Report commissioned by state says Orlando doesn’t need more gambling
Says expanded gambling could threaten family-friendly reputation of our tourist town
Soapboxer: Don’t take Sen. Marco Rubio too seriously
Florida Senator’s latest charades show that all he really cares about is his image
Council watch
Billy Manes pays attention to city government so you don’t have to
Savage Love
I’m a 26-year-old straight female. I’m writing because I need to ask someone what to think right now. I just fucked a guy while on holiday in Costa Rica. I thought I was sex-positive and adventurous, so why do I feel so ashamed? I’m dating a boy back in the U.S. who I absolutely adore,…
Opening in Orlando
What’s playing on screens around town this week
Businesses get one-year extension before they must offer healthcare to employees
Pressure is now off for special session of Florida legislature to hammer out details of how Affordable Care Act will work for state’s businesses
Rodan’s ‘Fifteen Quiet Years’ is essential listening
Album review: Rodan – Fifteen Quiet Years
‘The East’ lacks direction’
The elements are there, but the execution is wanting
Bosnian Rainbows’ self-titled album has quiet complexity and accessibility
Album review: Bosnian Rainbows – S/T
Drinking, Nightlife and Parties
Where to drink and party in Orlando this week
Slate.com promises to blog about Florida for a month
For the month of July, Slate.com is promising to blog about Florida for a month under the banner “Oh #Florida.” The goal? To try to explain “why it’s both the Land of Flowers and the Land of Face-Eating Zombies.” So far, entries include a definition for the word “cracker” as it pertains to both Florida…
On sale this week: The Weeknd at Hard Rock Live
On sale: Friday, July 12 The Weeknd 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27 Hard Rock Live 6050 Universal Blvd. 407-351-5483 hardrock.com $39.50-$48.50 Down the road: Dave Matthews Band, July 17 at MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre Marilyn Manson, July 18 at Hard Rock Live I Wayne, July 19 at The Social Cedric the Entertainer,…
Heads up: SXSW taking band applications starting NOW
South By Southwest isn’t until March 11-16 in 2014, but they’ve started taking applications for bands today. Orlando has sent a fair share of local groups out west to the hip Austin music festival in years past, and I can’t help but wonder who will be among the chosen ones this year? If you’re planning…
Golden showers of goodness at Golden Corral!
So by now, you’ve probably seen this video that’s been making the rounds. If not: And the kicker: It’s in Florida. (OF COURSE IT IS.) So of course, yuck, etc., but just a few things to keep in mind — 1) To be fair, Golden Corral restaurants are franchises, so even if it’s accepted policy…
New comic from Sketchcrowd
SketchCrowd is an upstart effort to create a new and unique comic strip. It is a compilation of work from amateur cartoonists of all levels of experience and ability. A new artist is featured every week under the SketchCrowd title – truly the world’s first crowdsourced comic strip. Submissions are reviewed through www.sketchcrowd.com and it…
