Christmas Crazy: Nothing Like the Holidays – Alfredo De Villa (2008)
In Nothing Like the Holidays, the Puerto Rican community of Chicago’s snowy (and stunning-looking) Humboldt Park is the setting for a funny and touching Christmas dramedy. Stoic Freddy Rodriguez, with...
View ArticleOW Oscarama 2012 – Curse of the Cursemaker Guy: Animated Feature
Chico & Rita Hey, Oscar watchers, welcome back! If you listen to the chatter, 2011 was a depressing year for animation films. Pixar screwed the pooch, as expected, with Cars 2, Rio was a thing...
View ArticleOW Oscarama 2012 – Fellowship of the Fellas: Best Supporting Actor
Plummer as Hal Fields a.k.a. The Old Dead Gay Guy Memorial award. The one giant yawn of this year’s ceremony (not counting Best Documentary – Short Subject; I mean, honestly!) is easily Best Supporting...
View ArticleOW Oscarama 2012 – Scribe-culled quest: Best Original Screenplay
Midnight in Paris Somewhere along the way – probably with the 2005 win for the execrable Crash, because all bad things can eventually be traced back to that piece of shit – this category went very,...
View ArticleOW Oscarama 2012 – Clipwrecked: Best Actress
Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe So whatever happened to that year-long national mood regarding the Year of the Woman, and how this year is different because women are taking it upon themselves to...
View ArticleOW Oscarama 2012 – What I really want to do is DO THIS!: Best Director
Uh… hey. It’s Saturday afternoon. And I’ll admit it, I completely forgot this was due. My dog ate my homework. Then it was spat out, into a puddle. A puddle of slobber from the mouth of a poodle. A...
View ArticleFFF 2012 straggler reviews: Where Do We Go Now? (3 stars)
Co-written, directed by and starring the stunning Nadine Labaki, Where Do We Go Now? (5 p.m. Sunday, April 22 at Regal Winter Park) taps into so many zeitgeist-y, late-night high-deas of how to fix...
View ArticleFFF 2012 straggler reviews: An Affair of the Heart (2 stars)
It took about an hour into An Affair of the Heart (12 p.m. Saturday, April 14 at Regal Winter Park; 9:30 p.m. Thursday, April 19 at Enzian Theater), DeLand director Sylvia Caminer‘s documentary/EPK on...
View ArticleGrace Potter & the Nocturnals open at Raymond James Stadium
Photo by Lauren Dukoff Saturday, June 2 – Grace Potter & the Nocturnals with Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Jake Owen 4:30 p.m. Raymond James Stadium Tampa $29.50-$255.50 All right, here’s the skinny...
View ArticleIndie-folk superstar Bon Iver works his way to Hard Rock Live
Tuesday, June 5 – Bon Iver with the Staves 7 p.m. Hard Rock Live 6050 Universal Blvd. 407-351-5483 hardrocklive.com $35-$55 Yes, yes, Justin Vernon and heartbreak and a remote cabin and Justin...
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