•"Goodfellas" (1990) Tampa is featured in one of the best gangster movies. The mobsters played by Ray Liotta and Robert De Niro are sent from New York to get money from a man in Tampa. The short segment begins with the pair beating the man in a car, then taking him to the "Tampa City Zoo" and holding him over the lion cages. "They must really feed each other to the lions down there, because the guy gave the money right up," says Liotta. ...more

August 6, 2008

Tampa again finds itself in the center of the latest chapter of mob intrigue. ...more

August 6, 2008

OPENING The Bucket List **½ Aphoristic life lessons abound in this contrived but enjoyable film about two terminal cancer patients (Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman) who become unlikely buddies and set out to complete a list of things to do before they die. Review, Page 4. 97 minutes (PG-13; profanity, sexual references) ...more

January 10, 2008

The children of Hollywood's elite have always enjoyed perks that flow from their proximity to celebrities and their parents' wealth. If your mother is a Walt Disney executive, you may as well tag along to a Pixar premiere or two. ...more

November 8, 2007