Empty promise
Movie: Ever After: A Cinderella Story
Director needs to learn to let go
Movie: Mr. Jealousy
Never judge two goofballs by their cartoon
Movie: BASEketball
Empty promise
Movie: Ever After: A Cinderella Story
Director needs to learn to let go
Movie: Mr. Jealousy
Never judge two goofballs by their cartoon
Movie: BASEketball
Empty promise
Movie: Ever After: A Cinderella Story
Director needs to learn to let go
Movie: Mr. Jealousy
Never judge two goofballs by their cartoon
Movie: BASEketball
Empty promise
Movie: Ever After: A Cinderella Story
Director needs to learn to let go
Movie: Mr. Jealousy
Never judge two goofballs by their cartoon
Movie: BASEketball
Cruising for trouble
The phrase “Disney cruise” used to refer to the glances exchanged by the waiter at Pinocchio’s Tavern and the guy playing Pinocchio. Now it’s a ship, and a drop-dead gorgeous one, which I couldn’t wait to get on. Disney goes to huge lengths to please, and I longed for their private Bahamian island where nothing…
Academic underclass
At a Harvard University commencement a few years back, some graduates were asked: What makes the seasons change? Responses varied. A few said it had to do with fluctuating distances between the earth and sun. Others attributed it to solar flares. No one — not even a couple of professors who ventured an opinion –…
Crack, contras & the CIA
A “While You Were Out” message on a reporter’s desk three years ago led to one of the most controversial exposés in recent American history. Tenaciously following that single lead, Gary Webb, a Sacramento-based reporter for the San Jose Mercury News, found Nicaraguan Contra rebels linked to the CIA, raising money by selling cocaine that…
Cruising for trouble
Time and place: 6 p.m. Oct. 18, Barnett Park, next to the Central Florida Fairgrounds. There was dust in the air from the dirt roads kicked up by the heavy traffic and the brilliant lamps in the Kerry camp made the phototropic bugs go nuts. The presidential hopeful had a similar appeal to his constituency…
Pot shots
Looking to both pick a fight and generate publicity for themselves, advocates of legalizing marijuana for medical use hope planning an Orlando hemp festival will land them in court. Orlando attorney Dick Wilson says the request to use a city facility could offer the opportunity to challenge the constitutionality of the city’s requirements for the…
Dealt a winning gland
The current issue of Maxim magazine profiles Las Vegas gambler Brian Zembic, 37, who in October earned $100,000 on a dare from a colleague by having breast-implant surgery and leaving the implants in a full year. According to the article, he has not taken them out yet. Said Zembic: “Having breasts gives you insight into…
Placing a price on the skies
Time for another voyage into the Far, Far, Far-Out Frontiers of Free Enterprise. Today, Spaceship Hightower takes you waaaay out — much farther than you might want to go. And that’s the question: How far should corporate control of our lives extend? Already, a handful of huge corporate entities control the basic decisions over our…
Movie: Disturbing Behavior
Disturbing Behavior Length: 1 hour, 23 minutes Studio: MGM Website: http://www.mgm.com/disturbingbehavior Release Date: 1998-07-24 Cast: James Marsden, Katie Holmes, Nick Stahl, Steve Railsback, Bruce Greenwood Director: David Nutter Screenwriter: Scott Rosenberg Music Score: Mark Snow WorkNameSort: Disturbing Behavior Our Rating: 2.00 Hats off to Wes Craven for warning us. His “Wes Craven’s New Nightmare” served…
Negotiating Hollywood
Movie: The Negotiator
Fractured-family fantasy
Movie: The Parent Trap
Movie: Disturbing Behavior
Our Rating: 2.00 Hats off to Wes Craven for warning us. His “Wes Craven’s New Nightmare” served as a cheeky throwing in of the towel for the gifted schlockmeister, a good-natured admission that he had done all he could do in the horror department without cracking a giggle. The mine was all played out –…
Negotiating Hollywood
Movie: The Negotiator
Fractured-family fantasy
Movie: The Parent Trap
Movie: Disturbing Behavior
Our Rating: 2.00 Hats off to Wes Craven for warning us. His “Wes Craven’s New Nightmare” served as a cheeky throwing in of the towel for the gifted schlockmeister, a good-natured admission that he had done all he could do in the horror department without cracking a giggle. The mine was all played out –…
Negotiating Hollywood
Movie: The Negotiator
Fractured-family fantasy
Movie: The Parent Trap
Movie: Disturbing Behavior
Our Rating: 2.00 Hats off to Wes Craven for warning us. His “Wes Craven’s New Nightmare” served as a cheeky throwing in of the towel for the gifted schlockmeister, a good-natured admission that he had done all he could do in the horror department without cracking a giggle. The mine was all played out –…
Negotiating Hollywood
Movie: The Negotiator
Fractured-family fantasy
Movie: The Parent Trap
Warped speed
Summer festival tours have become commonplace since Lollapalooza rewrote the rulebook back in 1991. Over the course of the decade, mammoth touring festivals have become increasingly factionalized and indicative of their audiences. Although the commercial considerations of packaging bands together in a era where few bands draw enough to tour as headliners are a major…
Outstanding green-eyed soul
William Topley, in case you haven’t heard, is the green-eyed soul singer from England and former leader of underappreciated British band the Blessing, whose 1997 debut solo album was Mercury Nashville’s first venture beyond country music. The disc, “Black River,” was a success on Triple A radio. Come again? The alliance between the R&B-influenced vocalist…
How now, funky Kow
The heat wave plaguing Orlando is finally taking a brief sabbatical on this Saturday night as Kow finishes a sound check before their set at Barbarella. It rains lightly for awhile, but as the band begins to play, the weather takes a backseat to their repertoire of Memphis-meets-Curtis Mayfield soul and Parliament-meets-Penthouse funk rock. But…
The ultimate makeover
Dear Janet Folger, I just read in Newsweek about how you were inspired by former football player Reggie White, who caused such controversy by stating “homosexuality is a decision, not a race,” to let people know they can change their sexual preference. Good call: If anyone would know about the complex DNA research on the…
Sushi to savor
What do soft-shell crabs have in common with the Orlando Magic? Sports fans could debate this for hours, but the answer is: They’re on the menu at Fuji Sushi – sort of. This new restaurant near the busy crossroads of Lee Road and Highway 17-92 offers some of the most sumptuous sushi in the Winter…
Arepas — treats from Venezuela
Downtown’s dining scene grows even more global with the arrival of a Venezuelan eatery, the Rica Arepa Cafe (2406 E. Robinson St., 898-6663). It’s a hole-in-the-wall kind of place, but homey and cute. There are a couple of seats at the counter and one table by the window. The menu mainly offers arepas, a Venezuelan…
