One deus ex machina contrivance, at the beginning of a fantasy movie, is acceptable. It gets the wheels of imagination rolling. But a second one, less than two hours later? That’s sheer dramaturgical laziness, and the crutch of your genre can only protect you for so long. But that’s what you have to accept in The Age of Adaline. This is a movie so proudly, self-consciously … [Read more...]
Iron & Wine’s Sam Beam to have Florida homecoming, of sorts
By Hilary Saunders Miamians can be a bit possessive. We like to claim things, and sometimes people, as our own when they give our city a better reputation, even if we’ve only adopted them. Pastelitos and cafecitos? Ours now. Lebron James and Dwayne Wade brought home trophies, so they are obviously ours. By this logic, then, Iron & Wine is a little bit ours, too. Frontman … [Read more...]