Sony’s approach with its handheld, the PlayStation Portable, is to carbon-copy its most popular titles for on-the-go gaming. “Enjoy Grand Theft Auto on PlayStation 2?” Sony seems to ask. “Well, here’s a version for the PSP. Oh, you’re a SOCOM fan? Super, we’ve got that on PSP too.” With the…
Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber (MCA) The Dick Cavett Show: Comic Legends (Shout Factory) Domino (New Line) Dorian Blues (TLA) First Descent (Universal) Left of the Dial (HBO) The Memory of a Killer (Sony) Midnight Cowboy: Two-Disc Collector’s Edition (MGM) Monty Python and the Holy Grail: Collector’s Edition (Sony)…
Sure you used to have a lot of things in common, but now you’re just the same. (At least that’s what Wilco tells us in the song “Pick Up the Change.”) Maybe you two just need to add a new twist to your routine. In today’s Partner/Couples Yoga with Pam…
Our only complaint about the fabulously decadent fifth annual South Beach Wine & Food Festival is that it’s just not big enough. Yes, last year organizers did add an extra tent on the beach — brimming with even more food, wine, and liquor samples — but the tickets sell out…
Some art is too cool to just hang on a wall. Case in point, the eye catching works in Renée Rey’s Musician series. These detailed, terra cotta tone paintings spoke to their creator in a unique fashion. “I just woke up and had this idea of how great it would…
This is not the stuff you find in your ears. Nor do we mean the material of those creepy celebrity replicas. And although it produces a similar yet less masochistic sensation, it’s not what was poured on your bare back the other night. We’re talking Wax, the new Tuesday night…
Just the mention of Winter Party Festival can send all the pretty boys and handsome women squealing. The sophisticated selection of arts and cultural events — including ballet, film, fashion show, music, museums, and comedy — is a classy complement to the rum fueled pool parties for which the festival…
In his 1961 farewell address, President Eisenhower warned Americans an insidious new force was taking hold in the country. He called it the “military-industrial complex.” Born of necessity during World War II, this once valuable conjunction of the military, the federal government, and the armaments industry was suddenly taking on…
Freedomland manages a seemingly impossible feat: It’s both turgid and overwrought, eliciting the shriek that fades into a yawn without anyone ever noticing. It’s a wholly dreary piece of work, yet another dismal entry on the resumé of director Joe Roth, an only-in-Hollywood hack who’s allowed to make movies —…
In Frank Marshall’s inspirational adventure movie, based on a 1983 Japanese blockbuster, a team of intrepid sled dogs marooned in Antarctica struggles to survive winter without benefit of man or Milk-Bone. Beautifully trained, these eight gorgeous huskies upstage the two-legged actors of the piece (notably Into the Blue star Paul…
Albert Einstein once said the secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. This statement may cause a revelation among creative types struggling to produce that ever-elusive original work. In truth, originality doesn’t exist, for creation is merely a recombination of pre-existing elements. “Illegal Art,” on display at…
Advent: No matter how much you flog a nag, it will never run like a racehorse. Curated by New York-based artist Lou Laurita, this show seeks to explore themes of coming into being yet stalls at the gate, for much of the work seems a furlong from posting his premise…
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men: Some things mature with age, others don’t. Almost 40 years after Ceremonies premiered off-Broadway, it still offers a powerfully rich portrayal of a disenfranchised African-American family in crisis. But it also projects such a clichéd, outdated, and stereotypical image of black men that it begs…
Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson: Uncensored! (Paramount) This sucker is vulgar — duh — but not shocking in the least bit; Sarah Silverman swears, and Courtney Love drinks and smokes . . . who knew? That said, this roast ranks among the meanest ever televised; why Bea Arthur shows…
Ah, the Winter Olympics. The nip of drama in the Alpine air. The purity of amateur competition. Swedish women in full-body spandex. These are all things we enjoy about the winter games. Now for some things we don’t: losing to Canada in hockey, male figure skaters in blouses, and of…
Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. Three: Perfectly Princess (Buena Vista) Emmanuel’s Gift (First Look) The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: The Complete First Three Seasons (Warner Bros.) The Frisco Kid (Warner Bros.) Gimme a Break!: Season One (MCA) Grey’s Anatomy: Season One (Buena Vista) He-Man and the Masters of the…
Do you need a hiatus from hip-hop? Are you sick of salsa? Repulsed by reggaeton? If you’re seeking respite from the same old party scene, try a taste of the Far East and enjoy an escapist experience at the Mandarin Oriental. The seasonal weekly bash Barefoot at the Oasis has…
Mixing art, performance, music, and booze is a high-octane formula that has undergone more face lifts than Joan Rivers. But talking to the lads at ARTmob, one would think they’d invented it. “We basically thought it would be cool to organize an event where people could experience different genres in…
For those who yearn to wear capes and powdered wigs while milling around onstage behind opera stars, today is your day. Florida Grand Opera is holding open auditions for supernumeraries — otherwise known as extras — for its spring performances of Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto and Georges Bizet’s Carmen. “We like…
Raqib Shaw’s paintings smack you in the face with their intoxicating imagery. His shimmering coral reefs burst with psychedelic flora, swarm with glittering mutant fish, and are lorded over by exotic, half man, half beast figures draped in clouds of jewel tone butterflies. The exhibit culls its title from a…
Even foreign film aficionados might not be able to reel off a list of classic African cinema or tell you why artists such as Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembène are said to be creating some of today’s most relevant works. But contrary to popular knowledge, Africa has been composing some of…
Bored by Brangelina and their fahhhbulous peers who spend more time dodging the paparazzi than in character, and deliver as much emotional onscreen impact as petrified wood? There is an alternative. Check out the works on display at Shake A Leg’s Art by the Bay second annual art and film…
