Plenty of documentary filmmakers have dreams of setting a man free through the power of their words.But this is probably not what Billy Corben had in mind.Angelo Williams, a Florida City man, claims his armed robbery conviction should be thrown out because Corben, serving as the jury foreman, sent messages…
Gavin DeGraw is gone! Rejoice!This does mean we have nobody’s stupid hat fetish to mock anymore, unless Roshon wants to take it up. But we’re still counting this as a victory for humankind.It’s Motown week on Dancing With The Stars, which means you can take solace that for one week,…
Who’s sick enough to come up with the idea to insert “comemierda” into random movie titles for fun?And who has the Miami star power to turn that idea into a trending Twitter hashtag?Only Pepe Billete, Escoria Films’ puppet-in-chief whose mouth is dirtier than the entire cast of Avenue Q combined…
In its 14th year (God, where did the time go?), the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (MGLFF) has become one of the top LGBT film festivals in the country.And it’s no wonder why. This year’s festival will run for 10 days and feature 65 films from 15 different countries…
If we had to summarize the theme of this week’s episode of Magic City, it might be “the baggage of our past often impedes our ability to live in the present.” Or “even if the State Senator claims to be into European girls, give him a few Scotches and he’ll…
Week after week, I recap and report on shows like Dance Moms: Miami and Basketball Wives. But after last weekend, well, it might be a little hard for me to judge them so harshly. After appearing on NBC’s Escape Routes, now I know all the struggles of fame…..Or not. Saying…
In 10 years, when they ask the NBA’s biggest stars who inspired them to greatness, the answer may not be Michael Jordan or Dwyane Wade. It might be Lil Wayne.Weezy was one of a handful of celebrities who joined the seventh and eighth grade South Beach All Stars amateur athletic…
Someone once said nothing good comes for free. That person is an idiot. As evidenced by the shows and exhibits around town this week, you don’t need any money to go out and party. All you need is someone to pal around with who will drive your drunk ass home…
In Havana, accused and desperate, Raul is forced to run. Ninety miles of treacherous ocean stand between him and his dream.Three kids. One night. No return.That’s the synopsis of the film Una Noche, New York director Lucy Mulloy’s story of Cuban teens who plot to escape their country that screened…
It’s 4:20 p.m. on April 20.If you’re not already giggling stupidly at a cat video on the Internet, now’s the time.We’ve compiled a few of our favorites after the jump.You’re welcome…
Most people think of homeless shelters as sad, hopeless places — certainly not the most inspirational settings. But two Miami artists are trying to change that — or at least shed new light on the ongoing, persistent problem of homelessness among women and their children.Antonia Wright and Deborah Magdalena, both…
Here’s one more film to watch during your blissed-out smokefest tonight: Square Grouper, Miami media studio Rakontur’s documentary offering an inside look into ’70s pot smuggling in our fair city.The Billy Corben-directed movie makes its TV debut tonight on Showtime at 8 p.m., giving you another chance to revisit the…
Oh no they didn’t.In a cheeky little column this morning, the Tampa Tribune announced that the Cuban sandwich is now Tampa’s official sandwich. It went on to claim that the Tampa version of that sandwich is superior to Miami’s. Between jabs at the 305’s personal injury lawyers and Tony Montana…
For the past several days, Antonio Manfredi, the director of the Casoria Contemporary Art Museum near Naples, Italy, has been burning artworks to protest the lack of government funds for his institution. That’s just uncivilized. Rather than setting any more paintings aflame, what the cash-addled Manfredi needs to do is…
Stoner legend has it that the meaning behind the digits 4-2-0 supposedly “stems” from a Californian police code by the same number, which signified “pot smoking in progress.” Is it true? Who knows? Figuring that out would take a lot of effort and totally go against the spirit of the…
Hey, y’all, guess what? It’s Friday!But, today isn’t just any Friday. No, no. This day rolls around only once a year. (That “roll” pun was intended, by the way.) It’s April 20, otherwise known as 4/20, man. It is the only day on the great American calendar that gives us…
This is it, guys. Your last chance to be kind of, sort of, not really at all famous by scoring a role as an extra in Pain and Gain, the Michael Bay-directed film currently shooting around Miami. The benefits are obvious. You’ll have the bragging rights inherent in having appeared…
Sex. Doin’ it. Gettin’ it on. The horizontal lambada. The naked bacon dance. Making love. Banging. Boning. Smashing. The baloney pony. Whatever you wanna call it, at least 80% of the world’s population is doing it, or thinking about doing it, right now.Dr. Sonjia is too. The UM professor, AIDS…
Last night, at its annual Reach for the Stars Gala Auction, Actors’ Playhouse raised over $150,000 to fund its operating costs for the upcoming 2012-13 season.Meanwhile, in the neighborhood next door, the Coconut Grove Playhouse sits empty, mired in debt that nobody wants to shoulder.The Coconut Grove community’s Give It…
Out with the old boobs and in with the new… chins?According to the latest studies, chin augmentation surgery is the fastest-growing plastic surgery, with over a 71% increase in the last two years. In other words, it’s surging in popularity faster than getting injected with wrinkle-reducing Botox, going under the…
On Monday night in Little Haiti, the Moksha Gallery hosted an intimate, invite-only screening of Bob Marley: The Making of a Legend. No, not the over-hyped, Hollywood documentary Marley. Legend depicts filmmaker and star of the film Esther Anderson as a key figure behind the scenes in the rise of…
If Ozzie Guillen had been thinking straight (please try to suspend your disbelief to consider this premise), he never would have said what he said about Castro. But he could have said it about Dick Clark, who passed away yesterday:”I love Dick Clark. I respect Dick Clark. You know why?…
