Mort-ifying
Movie: My Life Without Me
Verse by the minute
Movie: Gospel of John
Blather, rinse, delete
Movie: The Matrix Revolutions
The soul of twit
Movie: Elf
Movie: Love Actually
Love Actually Studio: Universal Pictures Website: http://www.loveactually.com/ Release Date: 2003-11-07 Cast: Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Laura Linney, Colin Firth Director: Richard Curtis Screenwriter: Richard Curtis WorkNameSort: Love Actually Our Rating: 0.00 Four Weddings and a Funeral screenwriter Richard Curtis directed this amalgam of 10 romantic stories set in present-day London. (Not reviewed.)
Mort-ifying
Movie: My Life Without Me
Verse by the minute
Movie: Gospel of John
Carnal desires
An interesting statistic: In the United States, the incidence of heart disease is almost four times higher than it is in Colombia. I mention this fact because when I opened the menu of Colombian dishes at Oh! Que Bueno, I swear I could hear my mother yelling, “If you don’t eat your vegetables, you’ll get…
Blather, rinse, delete
Movie: The Matrix Revolutions
The soul of twit
Movie: Elf
Movie: Love Actually
Our Rating: 0.00 Four Weddings and a Funeral screenwriter Richard Curtis directed this amalgam of 10 romantic stories set in present-day London. (Not reviewed.)
Mainlining that la dolce vita, baby
Frank Forsyth and his family create pleasure in tangible form, fresh every morning. From the back room of il Gelatone (8 N. Summerlin Ave.; 407-839-8825), on machines imported from Italy, Frank and his wife, Siska, make gelato, the dense, milk-based frozen Italian treat. Forsyth studied with a 30-year master of the art in Verona, and…
One fine day
Photos and story by Jeffrey C. Billman, Jason Ferguson, William Dean Hinton, Billy Manes, Micky Michalec, Steve Schneider, Lindy T. Shepherd, Bob Whitby and Jessica Young All of the following took place on Friday, Oct. 24, 2003. 10:05 a.m.: David Glerum, music director at WMFE-FM (90.7), introduces the day’s second hour of classical music programming…
Super cuts
A man, so far unidentified, created a frenzy in London in September when he began offering a free call-in service in which he, dressed in a full superhero costume of colorful tights, cape and mask and armed with a metal-cutting circular saw, would dispatch himself to help motorists whose cars had been immobilized by unpopular,…
What a weasel
Sometimes life is hard. An unexpected toothache or the proverbial thorn in the side is just about enough to force you not only to throw in that towel, but to jump under it and cry. So you can imagine my chagrin, and my toothache, at the prospect of the phone call I’m receiving. Two Nokia…
Last Train to Paradise
Last Train to Paradise By Les Standiford (Crown) Juxtaposed on the cover are two images: one of palm trees blurred by heavy rain, swaying uniformly with the wind; and one of an elderly and dapper-looking Henry Flagler staring out above a railroad track. The title “Last Train to Paradise,” positioned in between, suggests quixotic desperation,…
Bring ’em bacchanal
Last week, jurors in the case against former Tyco International CEO L. Dennis Kozlowski saw a videotape of the $2 million birthday party that Kozlowski threw for his wife, largely with company funds. Prosecutors showed scenes of scantily clad revelers cavorting around a swimming pool, and of half-naked male models posing for photos with party…
Today the ViMi, tomorrow the world
Just for fun, drive up Mills Avenue the 13 or so blocks north of Colonial Drive to Virginia Drive, before you hit Loch Haven Park. In that stretch, the odds and ends of mismatched businesses and structures are eye-filling, to say the least; there’s Phúóng Dóng Restaurant & Club, Wally’s Mills Avenue Liquors, Devotion Tattoo,…
A dog on a steak
The evening of Oct. 7 was supposed to be festive at the Fort Gatlin Shopping Center in Edgewood. There, supporters of Mobility 20/20, the county sales tax referendum to build roads and improve I-4, had gathered to celebrate what they were sure would be a victory. Ron Hill, a 58-year-old veteran radio reporter, arrived early,…
