This year marks the 16th birthday of Mario Kart, the landmark Nintendo franchise that consists of eight identical racing games and legions of fans who buy every one of them. And 16 years later, nobody really has a problem with this. True to form, Mario Kart Wii offers no significant…
In a charming old two-story pink house on the corner of a quiet Little Havana street, several middle-age folks are gathered at a dining table for lunch. Some appear medicated and sit with their arms folded, staring into space with glazed eyes. Others lean together, communicating in whispers. The pungent…
We’re getting to this one a few weeks late, and that’s wrong. There isn’t a single person in eyeshot of this newspaper who couldn’t benefit from From the Mississippi Delta — a play so bighearted, so sassily smart, so emotionally tempestuous, so spiritually gratifying, and so LMAO funny that it’s…
Wifredo Lam in North America More than a quarter-century after his death, Cuba’s greatest artist is getting his due in the first large-scale solo exhibition. The beautifully encyclopedic show features more than 60 paintings and drawings spanning the breadth of Lam’s prolific career. The exhibit is beefed up with nearly…
Converting a fondly remembered cartoon series — one of the first Japanese animes syndicated on American television — into a prospective franchise, the Matrix masters, Larry and Andy Wachowski, have taken another step toward the total cyborganization of the cinema. Even more than most summer-season f/x fests, Speed Racer is…
David Mamet’s Redbelt is a tricky bar brawl — call it the Roundhouse of Games. The writer-director has scarcely abandoned his sense of the movies as an innately duplicitous medium, one best suited to stories that play out as conspiratorial chess matches. But, with his 10th feature — an entertaining…
First-time writer-director Helen Hunt stars as April Epner, a schoolteacher desperate to have a child before she turns 40 (Hunt herself turns 45 this year, but never mind that). Adapted by Hunt and two other writers from Elinor Lipman’s novel, it’s a not surprisingly confident debut; Hunt directs like she…
Our fair city will be blessed with an extra dose of estrogen this week, in the form of thousands of lesbians and les-be-friends arriving in town for the legendary Aqua Girl weekend. They’ll be coming by air, by sea, and by highway — some rocking boxers, others favoring lipstick, and…
Admit it: When you watch Sesame Street and see Bert and Ernie shacking up together, you know there’s some monkey business going on. It’s not because they are overtly gay puppets; you’re just prone to thinking dirty thoughts. It’s not your fault. Or is that just us? Have we said…
Back in the heyday of Happy Days, Henry Winkler played Arthur Fonzarelli, one of the coolest TV characters of all time. The Fonz was a greaser, a skilled mechanic, and the dude everyone wanted to be. But Fonzie was also a Lothario, a gang member, and a high school dropout…
Once you walk through the doors of Dream Nightclub on a Monday night, the funk of mediocre entertainment will disappear from your skin, and your soul will become awash in an aroma you might not even recognize. Fantastic characters greet you by the door, and from then on, we can’t…
What liquid increased Superman’s strength, Shadowcat’s phasing ability, and The Flash’s speed? Okay, there is no actual evidence that milk enhances physical abilities to a superherolike level, but give scientists time. New findings suggest that when ordinary humans drink milk, it assists in rebuilding muscle, helps fight cavities, and reduces…
As you commute home and watch — for the fourth time — the skirt-sporting homeless man relieve himself along the Julia Tuttle Causeway, you might decide you are in dire need of some culture. For the 15th year, the Coral Gables Cultural Affairs Council has leaped to the rescue with…
We can’t help but feel a bit sorry for the moms out there. Think about your own; all these years, she’s stood by you, wiped away your tears, bailed you out of trouble and/or jail, and encouraged your dreams. And what do you do to thank her? A roadside bouquet…
Perhaps you’ve noticed the enormous orange box that’s been trundling across the city. Armed with an eye-catching jail cell, Amnesty International has been on its Counter Terror with Justice: Guantánamo Bay Cell Replica Tour. Beginning Thursday, organizers will be visiting Miami landmarks with a life-size replica of a maximum-security prison…
So what’s the verdict on that falling-tree-in-the-woods riddle? Philosophers worldwide might be unsure if said timber makes a noise if no one hears it tip over. But we’re pretty sure that if someone strays from the beaten path and no one hears about it, it can’t change the world. So…
Rickety skeletons, decapitated models, and a spacey radio science project dial up the heat Saturday at 7 p.m. during the Wynwood gallery crawl. At Albertini Arts (190 NW 36th St., Miami), “Decadence and Decay: A Group Exhibition for the Marrow Minded” turns the eye inward with a bony mixed-media ode…
Sure, the ruckus of football, basketball, and soccer are cool, but when the moment calls for something more relaxing, we pull on our white gloves and step into our plaid pants for a round of golf. We love how the 18 holes of rolling greenery are dotted with oases of…
Fresh air, sparkling aqua water, breathtaking parks filled with lush greenery — all of that will become a memory if we don’t shape up and take care of Mother Earth. And as gas prices creep closer to $4 a gallon, you’ve probably considered biking to work and joining the environmental…
You can hear the groans of “no culture” and “weak shows” whoosh through the coffee shops, lounges, and galleries around town. New York imports and locals alike say they crave performances that evoke thought, laughter, and stimulation. We try to point them to spots that would put their complaints to…
Bill Maher’s suitcase is full of food. That’s because if he didn’t bring his own, he’d be forced to eat the crap that America serves to out-of-towners, and then his stand-up act — a two-hour boxing match between him and Stupidity (that he always wins, by the way) — might…
Entering the fifth week of the season, the Florida Marlins ranked 19th in runs scored — good enough to be tied with the Yankees and Rangers. The real catalyst for this offensive surge has been Hanley Ramirez, shortstop extraordinaire. Ramirez has hit the ball safely in all but three games…
