Magic Happens Here, in Miami

What is the coolest city on the planet? It's not Las Vegas, it's not San Francisco or L.A. and it's not New York. The coolest city in movies and TV is and always will be Miami, Florida. From Miami Vice to Scarface to CSI to Dexter, Miami is and has been writing the book on edgy cool. Let's recount some of Miami's coolness: With this much cool, Magic Happens here It's where Jim Morrison got arrested for the 60's / 70's most legendary on-stage...

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Play That Foxy Music, Norway...

We don't want to appear culturally insensitive, even if we are - we just don't want to appear that way. But, we're quite concerned about what's happening in Norway these days. Once upon a time we had some friends from reindeerland and they explained to us what things were like there: cold dark  white really cold boring well, you get the picture This pretty much sums it up - design provided by IKEA They told us that for the folks who live...

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The Zombification of American Culture

They're everywhere - you can't turn on the TV or go to the movies or play a video game these days without running headlong into a swarm of the undead. Zombies have conquered American popular culture... How did this happen; why did it happen and why now? American Horror Story: Coven - Halloween Zombie Attack These are all tough questions - but we will attempt to answer them for you. Now, Zombies aren't really that new and zombie movies have been...

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The Continuum Paradox

There's nothing we like more than a good paradox. Time travel happens to be the perfect medium for staging flashbacks and flash-forwards in a plot - but of course it can provide so much more than that. It's so non-linear! Last year we began watching what has turned out to be the SyFy channels best product since the original Battlestar Galactica - Continuum. It's got a lot going for it including: Great acting and well chosen actors An interesting...

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