Islamic Extremists Rule “Timbuktu”
By Skip Sheffield If you are not sufficiently outraged about ISIS, “Timbuktu” is a film that can push you over the edge. “Timbuktu” is Mauritania’s official submission to the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film. Director Abderrahmane Sissako shows us what life is like under strict Islamic Shira law. It is not a pretty picture. The story More...
“Newsies” Makes Its Debut in Miami
By Skip Sheffield It’s not easy getting to the Arsht Center in downtown Miami, but for “Newsies” it is worth it. This spectacular Disney song-and-dance show has a short run through Sunday, Feb. 8 in its premiere More...
“Bonnie & Clyde” Another Winner For Slow Burn Theatre
By Skip Sheffield If Arthur Penn had not cast two of the best-looking actors in Hollywood, Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty, for his 1967 movie “Bonnie & Clyde,” it is doubtful the popularity of the Depression More...
“Black Sea” Best Submarine Suspense Flick since “Das Boot”
By Skip Sheffield “Black Sea” is the best submarine suspense movie since “Das Boot.” That is a bold statement, but “Black Sea” is a bold film, anchored by Jude Law in one of his best performances ever. More...
Florida Renaissance Festival in Deerfield Beach
By Skip Sheffield The 23rd annual Florida Renaissance Festival opens Saturday, Feb. 7 and continues for six weekends through March 15 at Quiet Waters Park in Deerfield Beach. “Actually it is our 24th annual Festival More...
Laugh and Cry With Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig
By Skip Sheffield Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader made us laugh in their years with “Saturday Night Live.” They may make you cry with “The Skeleton Twins.” “Maybe we were doomed from the beginning,” goes More...
“The Guest” Shows Promise, Then Blows Up
By Skip Sheffield British actor Dan Stevens has piercing baby blue eyes that could cut through anything with their menacing stare. I suspect Stevens’ peepers were enhanced with contact lenses for his role as More...
Versatile Kevin Kline and “My Old Lady”
By Skip Sheffield Kevin Kline is one versatile performer. Most recently he convincingly played the tragically-flawed movie star Errol Flynn in “The Last of Robin Hood.” Now is another anti-hero, Mathias More...
A Wholesome “Dolphin Tale 2”
By Skip Sheffield For wholesome family entertainment you can’t go wrong with “Dolphin Tale 2.” Sure, it’s a sequel and it is not exactly exciting, but “Dolphin 2” is a charming advertisement for Clearwater More...
Liam Neeson Stands Tall in “Walk Among Tombstones”
By Skip Sheffield There are two R-rated rock ‘em sock ‘em, shoot ‘em, stab ‘em, ultra-violent crime thrillers out this weekend. “A Walk Among the Tombstones” is the better of two, largely because More...
