Five months after showing how bad he could do all by himself in adapting Ntozake Shange, Tyler Perry returns to transferring his own stage work to the screen, donning once again the Lane Bryant floral prints that have made his millions. Like its predecessors, Madea’s Big Happy Family features a…
When the forefathers of Cultist convened in a special session to iron out exactly what they thought a culture blog should be, the first thought that popped into their minds was surely WWE’s Monday Night Raw. Think about it: There’s no theater like the drama produced in wrestling. Competition? You…
Billy Corben doesn’t get high, but he does believe in weed, man. Last week, after a 4/20 screening of Rakontur’s new documentary Square Grouper, about the mega-ton pot smuggling scene in Everglades City, the director offered his opinion on the decriminalization of marijuana. “I don’t think the federal government should…
When you’ve been repeatedly accused of domestic abuse, might not want to joke about killing your exes — just sayin’. But when Charlie Sheen — along with wingmen comic Jeffery Ross, Dennis Rodman, and Filter guitarist Robert Patterson — hit the BankAtlantic Center last Saturday night, he did just that. According to…
Nuns performing Fiddler on the Roof on a cruise ship? You’d have to be a madman or a genius to think of that meshuggah idea. Nunsense creator and director Dan Goggin is the kooky brain behind the cockamamie concept of, what else, but Meshuggah-Nuns. The show marks the grand finale of…
You may not immediately recognize hip-hop as something to be deconstructed using classical poetic analysis, but Adam Bradley, editor of Yale Anthology of Rap alongside Andrew DuBois, argues that you may want to start counting meter next time the new Nicki Minaj single comes on the radio. The Anthology is…
To pick our favorite reality TV star is like asking a mother to pick her favorite child. But really, we have spoken to a lot of these ladies, and while on TV they might rip each other’s hair out, they are generally nice people. Basketball Wives’ Royce Reed? Not crazy…
Fashion Breakdown: Floral print dress from Jewish thrift store, boots from Steve Maden, and purse from Goodwill…
The Borscht Film Festival is a love letter to Miami, one covered with lipstick kisses and a few other suspect stains. Last night’s seventh edition at the Arsht Center’s packed Knight Concert Hall was a three-hour showcase of 305 talent. Of the 23 shorts, 97 percent were shot in, edited…
When I think of opera, I think of things like little binoculars, corpulent singers and wealthy male and female audience members wearing matching purple and chartreuse suits and gowns. While I did witness all of these things last night at the premier of Cyrano at The Ziff Ballet and Opera…
Sometimes we like to surf the Internet to see what freaky things are out there. And sometimes we find gold. Take for example our latest expedition to Craigslist in which we stumbled upon a listing offering up a “SUPER RARE” signed letter from convicted serial killer Charles Manson. The same…
Remember when crawling in the mud under barbed wire, crossing over a river on rope, and jumping man-made walls was what cadets did to prove they had what it takes to be a Marine? Think An Officer and a Gentlemen. Well it turns out being tortured, er, tested by a…
Kids are fun to screw with. Not in a creepy come- on-over-to-my-white-van-I-got-some-yummy-candy-for-you kind of way but in a “Santa Claus totally exists,” “babies come from storks,” “you can be whatever you want to be when you grow up” kind of way. Messing with their underdeveloped and impressionable minds, then watching…
Oh embarrassment of riches! Take a look at this weekend’s events. Well done, Miami. Well done. If you don’t have fun this weekend, it’s totally your fault. There’s a sexy Australian chanteuse, LGBT film fest, feats of strengths (and it’s not even festivus!), local indie film fest, the Sheen Monster,…
Unlike its sister art forms that hang neatly in pristine galleries, graffiti offers no dainty placards to explain technique, meaning, or message. Three- or four-letter tags and, occasionally, year and crew, are the only hints at the personalities behind the spray cans and the stories hidden in the curves of…
Ah, Easter. A religious celebration to many, an excuse to overindulge on candies, ham, and Peeps to others. It’s a celebration of spring; a time when pastels override dark colors, a holiday that serves as the gateway into summer. Between Easter egg hunts, leaving carrots for the Easter bunny, and…
In Argentina, the only thing more dangerous than the rampant auto accidents and understaffed hospitals is the ambulance-chasing attorneys who prey upon the injured and grieving. Carancho, Pablo Trapero’s social exposé-cum-thriller, concentrates on one such “carancho” (translation: vulture), Sosa (Ricardo Darín), and his budding relationship with junkie doctor Luján (Martina…
Happy almost Easter! But hang on, ever think what bunnies and eggs have to do with J.C.? Not a whole lot. Turns out a German professor in the 1600s wrote a tale about an Easter Bunny force feeding children eggs as a parable about gluttony. And before that, pagans offered…
Fashion Breakdown: Red/orange dress and purple belt from Fly Boutique, shoes from LF Store on the beach, green ring from C. Madeleine’s. …
Water for Elephants falls in the grand line of star vehicles designed to pull back the curtain on the Hollywood sausage-making process just enough to remind audiences that stars–particularly the fresh, young, fuckable variety–are totally awesome. This story of “pretty much the most famous circus disaster in history” features Robert…
It’s been more than five months since Cultist sullied its web pages with mention of Bad Girls Club Miami. Yeah, that’s long enough. Time to bring the hoochies back. But before you commit virtual suicide and fling your laptop into the Atlantic, relax, we’re not talking about another reunion. It’s…
In 1994, our daily media diet included Arsenio Hall and Saved by the Bell. It was not a fantastic time to be stuck at home with cable and no driver’s license. Then Comedy Central delivered us from ennui with episodes of BBC’s Absolutely Fabulous. And although our 13-year-old pea brains…
