Movie: Dawn of the Dead
Dawn of the Dead Studio: Universal Pictures Website: http://www.dawnofthedeadmovie.net Release Date: 2004-03-19 Cast: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Mekhi Phifer, Michael Barry, Lindy Booth Director: Zack Snyder Screenwriter: James Gunn, Scott Frank Music Score: Tyler Bates WorkNameSort: Dawn of the Dead Our Rating: 3.00 Strange as it may now seem, the ghoulishly pithy sequel to George…
Two left feet
Movie: The Company
Lacuna Matata
Movie: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Ladies’ blight
Movie: Taking Lives
Vichy-washy
Movie: The Statement
Review – Stop Pretending
Artist: Pandoras
Movie: Dawn of the Dead
Our Rating: 3.00 Strange as it may now seem, the ghoulishly pithy sequel to George A. Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead” was released just as the shopping mall was becoming a cornerstone of American life. Most communities still didn’t have one, and that awed distance lent just the right paranoiac atmosphere to Romero’s story,…
Movie: My Architect
My Architect Studio: New Yorker Films Website: http://www.myarchitectfilm.com/ Release Date: 2004-03-19 Cast: Louis I. Kahn, Frank O. Gehry, Nathaniel Kahn, Philip Johnson, I.M. Pei Director: Nathanial Kahn Screenwriter: Nathanial Kahn Music Score: Joseph Vitarelli WorkNameSort: My Architect Our Rating: 0.00 Filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn assembles a documentary portrait of his father, architect Louis I. Kahn –…
Review – In My Mind All the Time
Artist: Numbers
Two left feet
Movie: The Company
Review – Stop Pretending
Artist: Pandoras
Review – The Four Walls
Artist: Languis
Lacuna Matata
Movie: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Review – In My Mind All the Time
Artist: Numbers
Review – Mud
Artist: Eszter Balint
Ladies’ blight
Movie: Taking Lives
Review – The Four Walls
Artist: Languis
Vichy-washy
Movie: The Statement
Review – Mud
Artist: Eszter Balint
Movie: My Architect
Our Rating: 0.00 Filmmaker Nathaniel Kahn assembles a documentary portrait of his father, architect Louis I. Kahn — a man he barely knew. (Not reviewed)
Review – Stop Pretending
Artist: Pandoras
Review – In My Mind All the Time
Artist: Numbers
Review – The Four Walls
Artist: Languis
Review – Mud
Artist: Eszter Balint
Costly but cool
I had a hard time pinning down what kind of food it is namesake chef Justin Plank turns out of the kitchen of this renamed venture in a tenured Park Avenue location, so I went to the restaurant’s website and came up with this gem: “New Euro Florida cuisine with a retro flair led by…
Make it or fake it
Possibly in response to criticism that the Bush administration has overseen a catastrophic loss of manufacturing jobs, this year’s Economic Report of the President suggests expanding the definition of the term “manufacturing” to include meal preparation in fast-food restaurants. Here is the full list of vocations and activities the White House would like to see…
Blair Bitch Project
Burning Down My Master’s House: My Life at the New York Times By Jayson Blair New Millennium Entertainment Press; 288 pages He lied, he lied — and then he lied some more. Or so recounts the B-list celebrity journalist Jayson Blair at the opening of his notorious swan-song memoir, now begging its ironic place at…
Naughty girls need dub too
Just ask Paris Hilton, who, with nasty old Carmen Electra in tow, just accepted doe-eyed-sex-princess kudos for “best celebrity DJ” at South Beach’s seminal (and semen-filled) annual Dancestar awards ceremony. Everybody has a little DJ in them, apparently. We keep it close in the cupboard with the BJ, the PB&J and the OJ, so long…
Down with non-partisanship
There’s no such thing as a Republican pothole. That one sentence describes the argument for nonpartisan elections. In Central Florida, all of our municipal races and county government races are nonpartisan, which means, for instance, that Buddy Dyer can’t campaign as “Buddy Dyer, Democrat.” The idea is that local politicians should focus on neighborhood issues…
A letter from Jayson Williams
In case you haven’t been following the case on Court TV, former NBA player Jayson Williams stands accused of manslaughter in the shooting death of van driver Costas “Gus” Christofi. Following a Harlem Globetrotters game, a get-together at Mr. Williams’ estate turned deadly when Jayson allegedly fired a shotgun into the stomach of the unfortunate…
New I-4 interchange and Pat Greene for mayor
Have you heard? We’re getting a new interchange at the intersection of I-4 and John Young Parkway! Which means two years of construction! And it’s only going to cost $38.8 million! (Which is enough to fund King George’s most excellent Iraq adventure for almost a week!) We couldn’t be more excited if Orlando astronaut John…
Cursed location can’t get it right
When I called Stella’s to find out their hours, a man said, “I’m not sure … hold on,” muffling the phone. “Today we’re closing at 2.” So what time do they normally close? “Whenever,” was the reply. Any hope was quickly dashed that this cursed location — former tenants include My Beautiful Luncheonette and Mad…
Noodling towards Nirvana
With more than three decades of clichés, misconceptions and a not insubstantial amount of substandard music ascribed to the “jam band” movement, it’s a pretty intimidating burden of proof that the next wave of musicians in the loose-limbed, improvisation-heavy scene faces. But, despite a limited local profile and the aforementioned stereotypes, a clutch of Orlando…
ALSO …
With a two-decade history that includes Celtic Frost, Helloween, Kreator and other influential metal acts, Noise Records has inarguably been a huge force in the European heavy music scene. Yet somehow the recent wave of revived interest in metal seems to have left the label a bit flummoxed. With a current roster that, at best,…
Not quite Bogie and Bacall
After a beautifully dreary and subdued series of numbered releases (“1,” “2” and “Three”), The Black Heart Procession’s gloom-and-doom swagger has finally culminated in its most ambitious, multilayered and non-numerically titled album to date, “Amore del Tropico.” The recording has a lazy yet desperate cinematic ambience that seems like it could have been created while…
While Hawthorne, Calif., …
While Hawthorne, Calif., may be best known as the hometown of the Beach Boys, indie quintet Dios isn’t looking to duplicate their sound. However, it makes them realize that one needn’t be in a musical hotbed to succeed. “Everyone always looked to them as a model: They came from here and they made it,” says…
“Turner Classic Movies is…
“Turner Classic Movies is the font of all life,” San Francisco singer/songwriter John Vanderslice says. The old films comfort him late night after late night. He’s also heavily influenced by classic prose and poetry, fictional and not-so-fictional tales of fantastical places and unforgettable adventures. All of which, amazingly, find their way into his music. The…
