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Borgman May Give You Nightmares

"Destroy your safe and happy lives before it is too late," the Mekons once sang. The smug suburban Dutch family in writer-director Alex van Warmerdam's bleakly comic allegory ­Borgman never got the memo, which leaves them open to a peculiar and languorously sinister home invasion. Not even the backyard is...
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Crazy Hood Film Academy’s Avaricious Needs Your Help

"Between greed and desire lies necessity." That's the tag atop the teaser poster for Crazy Hood Film Academy's (CHFA) upcoming short narrative film Avaricious. Michael Garcia and DJ EFN have been steadily making a name for themselves outside of South Florida since the release of their excellent documentary on Cuba's...
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Teo Castellanos’ Life Is in his Plays

On the second day of eighth grade in 1975, Teo Castellanos, a runty Puerto Rican kid in shiny new Pro-Keds, nervously scanned the hallways of Carol City Junior High between classes, on the lookout for his nemesis. The year before, a much bigger kid had approached from behind in drama...
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Blue Nun Wines Lift their Habits for Summertime Cocktail Fun

One might think that Germany and the strictness of nuns can have nothing in common with booze and fun. Well, that's not true. That's taking the opening literally and ignoring the proud brewing traditions of Deutschland and that one nun who was always kind albeit a little loopy. No, what...
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E.T. Update Earth to Echo Makes Everything a Device

Earth to Echo is a slender kiddie flick about a quartet of preteens and their palm-sized alien pal that’s at once bland, well-intentioned, and utterly terrifying about the mental development of modern children. As in the most honest kids films, our 5-foot heroes admit to being isolated, unhappy, and cowed...
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The Chick Pea in West Palm Beach Offers Healthy Food Fast

Lunch, the ubiquitous time of day that can sometimes be more of a lingering question than a meal. Where to go that will satisfy everyone in your increasingly hungry party? Healthy, sure. Fast, that goes without saying. Both at the same time? Dream big. Well, that's exactly what Amange Foad...
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All Aboard Florida Will Bring $6 Billion to State, Study Says

A local economic consulting firm released a study on Wednesday that says All Aboard Florida will add nearly $2.4 billion in jobs over the next eight years to Florida, and $653 million in tax revenue. All Aboard Florida, which is a private rail service that plans on running a passenger...
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Whole Foods Market Helps Bar Mitzvah Boy Raise Money For Food Bank

Usually when a young man has a Bar Mitzvah he's celebrated with a large party and lavished with checks and gifts. When consulted about his own Bar Mitzvah, 12 year-old Wellington resident Ryan Shnider had a strange request. Was it to have a Cirque-themed affair? Hire One Direction as cover...
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Ceviche Street in Hallandale Is a Bold Statement of Peruvian Cuisine

On the unassuming corner of NE First Avenue and NW Third Street, surrounded by auto mechanics and flanked by the train tracks, sits a 1-year-old Peruvian restaurant that might just be Hallandale Beach's best-kept secret. The décor does not fall into the kitsch of "ethnic," nor does it strive to...
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Ten Best Lunch Spots in Broward County

Breakfast is supposedly the most important meal of the day. Dinner -- and the accompanying wine -- is for relieving workplace agitation. Lunch, on the other hand, is pretty much forgotten. With most of us inhaling who-knows-what garbage without even leaving our desks, it's like the redheaded stepchild of most...
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Here are the Most Used Words in Florida on Reddit Last Year

If the web site Reddit is the front page of the interent, then the Florida sub-Reddit page is like the back screen door where all the mangy talk and stories about the Sunshine state sluice through. Popping in on any given day gives you a sense of what people online...