Motion Picture Production and Distribution

Movie Making on Speed

New Times's top DVD picks for the week of February 7

Shalom, Screenings

The Tsenter Miami Jewish Film Fest

Our Mickey Rourke Is an Oscar Nominee

The Oscar nominations came out this morning. There were some surprises, but as virtually everyone expected, Mickey Rourke got a nod for best lead actor for his role in The Wrestler. What started as a local hook for covering awards-show nonsense has turned into quite a saga detailing Rourke's strange ... More >>

The Trickle Up Theory

Local screenwriter Mark Witzen finds a hot plot in Florida waters

The Amazing Crespo!

Whether agitating on behalf of Florida's film industry or aiming cruel barbs at state officials, ex-con activist Al Crespo is a gadfly with an attitude

Local Filmmakers Ink Deal with Lionsgate, DVDs Out Now/Soon

In August 2007, former New Times staffer Joanne Green wrote a great piece about local filmmaker Lee Cipolla, a Michael M. Krop Senior High School grad, and his mission to finish his second feature film, Nemesis, on a shoe-string budget in 12 days in the middle of August.Well, he and creative teamma ... More >>

Recipe for Disaster

In August 2007, former New Times staffer Joanne Green wrote a great piece about local filmmaker Lee Cipolla, a Michael M. Krop Senior High School grad, and his mission to finish his second feature film, Nemesis, on a shoe-string budget in 12 days in the middle of August.Well, he and creative teamma ... More >>

Tilt-a-Whirl Homegirl

In August 2007, former New Times staffer Joanne Green wrote a great piece about local filmmaker Lee Cipolla, a Michael M. Krop Senior High School grad, and his mission to finish his second feature film, Nemesis, on a shoe-string budget in 12 days in the middle of August.Well, he and creative teamma ... More >>

DreamWorks, In Your Face with Monsters vs. Aliens

In this latest round of effects vs. storytelling, effects win. Big.

Our Top DVD Picks Scheduled for Release This Week

In this latest round of effects vs. storytelling, effects win. Big.

Our Top DVD Picks Scheduled for Release This Week

In this latest round of effects vs. storytelling, effects win. Big.

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Animal Crackers

In Madagascar, the wild things romp, then roam

Fortunate Son

Sahara has no reason to exist, until you see who made it

Floundering

Cruel, vapid, and unfunny, this Shark bites

Think Different

Could it be that this year's crop of summer movies actually requires a brain cell or two?

Steal This Movie

Studios don't get the Upright Citizens, which isn't funny at all

Cuba's Screen Dreams

Hollywood's hits fill Havana's movie theaters. Just don't ask how they got there.

Bright Lights, Reel City

Second year running, Miami gets a homegrown film festival

Chris Cross

Behind the Greenlight is a producer proud to be an ass

Chris Cross

Behind the Greenlight is a producer proud to be an ass

Under Ogre

Shrek offers an amusing, if empty, fractured fairy tale

Treat Him Write

Sam Hamm writes great scripts. So why do they rarely get made?

The Men Who Would Be Queens

The Road to El Dorado

See How They Run

Toy Story 2

Missing the Big Picture

The problem isn't the new multiplex coming to Lincoln Road. It's that Miami has no indie film scene. At it's not getting better.

Southern Gothic

For Miami filmmaker Tag Purvis, completing his first full-length movie wasn't just a matter of going home. He also had to stay alive.

The Greatest Story Never Told

For Miami filmmaker Tag Purvis, completing his first full-length movie wasn't just a matter of going home. He also had to stay alive.

Making a Mountain Out of an Anthill

For Miami filmmaker Tag Purvis, completing his first full-length movie wasn't just a matter of going home. He also had to stay alive.

Guess Who's Coming Back to Dinner Key?

In the waning rounds of the Dinner Key boat yard brawl, a third heavyweight returns to the ring

Juris Without Prudence

What litigant is willing to take Madonna, the CIA, and Governor Chiles to court? It's Alfredo F. de Castro, Miami's one-man suit factory.

Guess Who's Coming... to Dinner Key?

Now playing: A fight over a prime piece of Miami bayfront property. Will the city fo Hollywood or choose a tamer role for the old boat yard?

Wallace & Gromit's Excellent Inventor

Now playing: A fight over a prime piece of Miami bayfront property. Will the city fo Hollywood or choose a tamer role for the old boat yard?

Film Is in the Details

Now playing: A fight over a prime piece of Miami bayfront property. Will the city fo Hollywood or choose a tamer role for the old boat yard?

Swelter 33

Now playing: A fight over a prime piece of Miami bayfront property. Will the city fo Hollywood or choose a tamer role for the old boat yard?

Soft Focus

Now playing: A fight over a prime piece of Miami bayfront property. Will the city fo Hollywood or choose a tamer role for the old boat yard?

Reel Them into B.E.D.

Now playing: A fight over a prime piece of Miami bayfront property. Will the city fo Hollywood or choose a tamer role for the old boat yard?

From Selling Coca-Cola at the Orange Bowl to Revolutionizing Film Production, Jack Rapke Has Come a Long Way

Photo by Joe Lederer, courtesy of ImageMovers Digital, LLCJack Rapke (L) on the set with Director Robert Zemeckis​When he's not cheering on the Dolphins, Miami-native Jack Rapke is calling the shots at ImageMovers Digital, the film studio he founded in 1998 with Robert Zemeckis and Steve Starkey. ... More >>

You Again, Scary Villain Guy?!

Photo by Joe Lederer, courtesy of ImageMovers Digital, LLCJack Rapke (L) on the set with Director Robert Zemeckis​When he's not cheering on the Dolphins, Miami-native Jack Rapke is calling the shots at ImageMovers Digital, the film studio he founded in 1998 with Robert Zemeckis and Steve Starkey. ... More >>

Cloud Music Storage Software Promises Access to Your Entire Music Library From Any Computer or Cell Phone

​In a perfect world, you'd be able to access your entire music library from any computer, iPhone, iPad or any other cellphone, sans USB. You wouldn't have to transfer files or carry around a portable hard drive. Finally, that world is here, but it's not perfect... yet. Let me introduce you to clo ... More >>

Eat, Pray, Love Serves Guilt-Free Food Porn

Courtesy of Columbia Pictures​This past weekend, a friend invited me to watch Eat, Pray, Love, the movie based on Elizabeth Gilbert's book chronicling her self-discovery after a divorce. Said quest for self-awareness was achieved by traveling to Italy to carb-load (eat), India to live at an ashram ... More >>

New Charlie's Angels TV Pilot to Film in Miami

​In a blow to those who prefer Hollywood churn out an original idea every once in a while but a possible boon to the Miami film industry, ABC is said to be working on a pilot for a TV reboot of the well worn Charlie's Angels franchise. Deadline Hollywood reports that ABC has already ordered a pilo ... More >>

This year's Oscar-nominated short films

​In a blow to those who prefer Hollywood churn out an original idea every once in a while but a possible boon to the Miami film industry, ABC is said to be working on a pilot for a TV reboot of the well worn Charlie's Angels franchise. Deadline Hollywood reports that ABC has already ordered a pilo ... More >>

Casinos, Pot, And Fun: The Key To New Jobs In Miami-Dade

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke -- who is a candidate for Miami-Dade mayor -- lays out his vision for kick-starting the local economy.It's time for Miami ... More >>

Casinos, pot, and fun will save Miami's economy

​Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness once made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke -- who is a candidate for Miami-Dade mayor -- lays out his vision for kick-starting the local economy.It's time for Miami ... More >>

Get Your Faces Melted! Free Tom Cruise Rock of Ages Concert at Sun Life Stadium Today

Photo by David James/Warner Bros.Tom Cruise as Rock of Ages' Stacee Jaxx.​Wanna go hang out with Tom Cruise, the Rock of Ages crew, and thousands of sweaty, unpaid extras? Perfect. 'Cause today at 1 p.m., the New Line Cinema movie musical is hosting a "concert" at Sun Life Stadium, wherein Cruis ... More >>