Dreaming in Cuba

Whenever Fidel and Raúl finally realize their experiment in a totalitarian state has gone horribly awry (it’s been more than five decades, boys, come on!), or after they croak, the invisible wall surrounding Cuba will crumble faster than a warm guava-and-cheese pastelito in your hands. But when that day comes,…

On Your Mark, Get Set, Porn!

Porn has very real roots in male chauvinism. Another large part is based purely on female objectification. And all of it has its foundation in the most basic, primal horn-doggery. But, hot damn, it sure can be fun and arousing. And when something like Exxxotica Miami Beach rolls into the…

Reeling in the Good Deals

They say the two best days in the life of a boater are the day he buys his boat and the day he sells it. If that’s true, plenty of salty dogs will have good days at the Miami Marine Flea Market beginning Saturday at 9 a.m. on Watson Island…

Welcome to Thunderland

Sometime between the first nudie silent picture and today’s porn oversaturation, there was a golden era of B-films such as Kentucky Fried Movie and Amazon Women on the Moon, which titillated us with just the right amount of skin. Actresses such as Sybil Danning and Mamie Van Doren were the…

Starship Troopers

While we’re still celebrating the death of Osama bin Laden as if it were a national holiday, we might want to think about how things were done back in the ’60s. In those days, people went around saying things like make love not war and groovy. Those against war staged…

Back to the Future of Film

Space might be the final frontier, but it’s old hat for filmmakers. And though studios continue to release them at warp speed, space movies just aren’t the same these days. It used to take thousands of hours and intricate detail to create the infinite unknown on film. Now it takes…

Dueling Soccer Tournaments Hit South Beach This Weekend

South Florida loves its soccer. It’s the favorite sport of much of our imposing Hispanic population, undoubtedly number one among our European imports, and, of course, tops for our sexy soccer moms. Even so, we didn’t know just how much Miami loved soccer until we looked at what’s going on…

Drag, Art, and Sushi

Lincoln Road ain’t exactly known for its good deals or cutting-edge art. Can you say overpriced restaurants and Romero Britto? But don’t let the rule get in the way of the exception. This Saturday at 7 p.m., at least part of South Beach’s pedestrian sanctuary will look more like Wynwood’s…

Mum’s the Word

Moms are tricky. They throw around guilt like a boomerang, pull the you’ll miss me when I’m gone card at every opportunity, and generally cast a disapproving eye on career, relationships, and fashion. But none of that means squat. There’s nothing in this world like the love of a good…

Amateur Ambush

What happens when bloodlust meets plain old lust? Find out when Club Play expands its nightclub acumen to include hosting its first Play Hard Thursday, featuring an amateur mixed martial arts card. Don’t let the word amateur fool you. This won’t be a bunch of drunk stiffs too inebriated to…

24 Hours Left to Enter 24 Hour Film Race

Hollywood is bloated and slow. It takes those bozos months, if not years, to shoot a movie. They’re still using dial up, when the Borscht Film Festival has gone over to fiber optic. It took many of the Borscht boys less than a month to put together finished films which…