As some of us begin to see our communities re-re-re-open this COVID-19 season, let us remember that one person’s moment of quote-unquote freedom almost 11 months into our ongoing global pandemic is barely another’s second-wave cuarentena. Four hundred forty-two thousand Americans have died from this ever-evolving pest, OK, of course to say nothing of the […]
Author: Martin Haro
I am cultural writer from Lima, Peru. Now publishing from San Francisco. #KingofCups
Y2K didn't happen, but I did move to Florida in the year 2000. Miami was kind of the vibe for me during the '90s, so into the new millennium and the Magic City I went, for college and to find whatever life now could and would be. I graduated from Florida International University, then went to work in its in-house communications/marketing department, as a writer, video producer, and associate editor of "FIU Magazine," the university's flagship alumni publication.
By the time I got to work at FIU I'd already been working with and writing for the weekly "Wire Magazine" on the beach and the periodical "Miami Living" magazine, writing my Movie Martin blog, contributing to the occasional "Awful Truth" by Ted Casablanca once upon a time on E! Online. Later, I started stringing story for "Us Weekly." That was fun. It was all kinds of a heckuva lot of fun.
King of Cups is my new empirical, memoiristic non-linear independent writing exercise. (Independent: Rhymes with unpaid, as in this is free, so represent and support, OK. Amplify the shit.) I mince no words, I mean no harm, and I come in peace.
My Wish for 2021
Upcycle the shit.
And Just Like That, Indeed
No wonder I had, legit, been cravin’ a cosmo…. When I got to this land, in the year 2000, Sex and the City was the toast of the town that HBO helped to go premium, even though Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) had just gone bad by cheating on Aidan with Mr. Big. Season 4 […]
A Man to Remember
And for his second effort as a director, actor/filmmaker Harry Macqueen (Hinterland) is going Supernova. With Oscar winner Colin Firth and Academy Award nominee Stanley Tucci. Mañana. The actors are portraying Sam and Tusker, respectively, a couple of 20 years, as they embark on a journey across England in their old camper van, visiting friends, […]
Vacation (All They Ever Wanted)
And all we ever want right now, too. Fresh off a villainous turn as Cheetah in Wonder Woman 1984, Kristen Wiig’s taking a holiday with her co-Academy Award-nominated Bridesmaids co-writer, Annie Mumolo, when Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar on Valentine’s Day minus two. It will be so nice…. Directed by Josh Greenbaum […]
The Wind That’s Beginning to Howl
There is a storm ahead, alright. Still. I cannot be sure if last night’s wind spectacular was a normal event that we’d previously simply missed out on witnessing and experiencing – what…a roar – because we lived a little farther south and downhill from our current perch in San Francisco, but that was quite a […]
‘Promising Young Woman’ x King of Cups
Fuck Santa Claus – this extended, pandemical holiday movie season it’s Carey Mulligan’s Promising Young Woman the one who gets to judge who’s been naughty and who’s been nice. Indeed, Academy Award nominee Mulligan (An Education, Drive) is back on screens as Cassie, a character conceived and brought to vivid life by Emerald Fennell in […]
Impeached…Again!
A president so unnice, he had to be impeached twice. Indeed, Donald “the Impeached” Trump has been impeached…again…by the U.S. House of Representatives – this time with a bipartisan majority – on one charge of “incitement of insurrection,” on account of the undeniable role he played in the Jan 6. treasonous (and deadly) siege of […]
‘One Night in Miami…’ x King of Cups
Thank goodness for Regina King. For decades now, from 1996’s Jerry Maguire (my official introduction), to the Legally Blonde and Miss Congeniality sequels, to TV’s 24 and HBO’s The Leftovers, I’ve appreciated the style and the power with which the actress has refined her craft and blazed her trail. Her work on the American Crime […]
Attention
You guys – they just want attention. You know who they are: We see these folks acting the fools every single day, and a large mob of ’em recently took over the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. Oh, for sure, sometimes, we are the asshole – but, fingers crossed, the moment passes you by, […]
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