It is really becoming a challenge to review a new film that has retooled another film that is so dear to my heart. I remember seeing Paul Verhoeven’s RoboCop (1987) when I was in second grade. And, like The Terminator before it, it mesmerized me with its gratuitous violence, strange editorial structure, and the absolute…
If you live in Florida and haven’t had a chance to check out Miami, I highly suggest it. It’s the closest thing to leaving the country without actually crossing the border. Its mix of Cuban, Latino, and Hispanic cultures make it far more interesting than roughly 80% of the country, which pretty much resembles Semoran…
My cellphone rang the other day and it was lunchtime, it must be Dave I thought. Sure enough, Dave was calling to invite me out for a lunch meeting, we would discuss business over a hot meal and today I was in luck, Dave was treating to pizza, and not just any pizza, Broadway pizza. …
The Altamonte Picture Show is hands-down Orlando’s best (and cleanliest) value theater. Metaphorically speaking, if we were doing a comparison, the Picture Show is the Target of value versus the dingy Wal-Mart that is the Colonial Promenade. Regardless of which side of town you live on, it’s worth the drive. Especially on Tuesdays, when all…
It would be impossible to provide an accurate number to the amount of hours spent during my childhood, from around ages 6-13, playing with LEGOs. It was the glory days of the 80s, before imagination was killed by the internet, and I lived in my room, buried in a bucket of blocks, constructing things from…
Men go into war-racked countries and find art. I wish that the summation of the entirety of The Monuments Men wasn’t as simple as that first sentence. Sadly, that is it. Frank Stokes (George Clooney) tasks himself with the preservation and protection of European art during WWII. He assembles a seemingly random, other than for…
As a native Floridian traveling to NY many years ago, I was surprised to find, at 6am, hot coffee and fresh bagels being sold on the street corner right in front of my hotel. I took a chance and indulged in the unexpected breakfast and both the coffee and bagel were excellent, and were had…
With one embarrassing exception in my early 20’s, at a Pleasure Island bar, I have not put on roller skates since disco was the hot new sound and even after my second trip to school skate night, my streak is intact. I did, however, escort my daughter to the Semoran Skateway for her annual school-wide…
Sometimes good things come in small packages and that is certainly the case with Dew Drop Park in Casselberry. This little park is tucked away deep in a Casselberry neighborhood, practically hidden between homes, and if you don’t live on the block you would probably never know it is there. But it is a hidden…
