Shannon Bennett, Author at Creative Loafing Tampa

Arts & Entertainment

Snow Flower fails to bloom on the big screen

Director Wayne Wang botches the adaptation of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan.

by Shannon Bennett August 4, 2011August 3, 2023

Director Wayne Wang botches the adaptation of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan.

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Something stinks

Unsavory characters sink Something Borrowed.

by Shannon Bennett May 5, 2011May 14, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

The Warlock came … and conquered?

Charlie Sheen’s win-a-thon in Tampa April 22.

by Shannon Bennett April 21, 2011September 28, 2024

Arts & Entertainment

Movie Review: Greg Mattola’s Paul, starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen and Jason Bateman (with trailer video)

by Shannon Bennett March 21, 2011September 24, 2024

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Sheen’s “Violent Torpedo” targets Tampa

by Shannon Bennett March 18, 2011September 18, 2024

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Movie Review: Neil Burger’s Limitless, starring Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, and Abbie Cornish (with trailer video)

by Shannon Bennett March 18, 2011June 14, 2023

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Movie Review: Limitless, starring Bradley Cooper and Robert Deniro

by Shannon Bennett March 17, 2011August 4, 2025

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Movie Review: Red Riding Hood, starring Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman and Billy Burke (with trailer video)

by Shannon Bennett March 11, 2011August 17, 2023

Arts & Entertainment

DVD Review: Les Miserables 25th Anniversary Concert, starring Nick Jonas, Lea Salonga, Alfie Boe, Katie Hall, Matt Lucas and Samantha Barks (with videos)

by Shannon Bennett March 7, 2011August 4, 2025

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Exercise your third eye – an interview with television psychic John Holland of the ‘You Can Do It’ Conference

by Shannon Bennett November 15, 2010July 31, 2025

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Best of the 2010 Independents’ Film Festival

by Shannon Bennett November 15, 2010August 17, 2023

A real-life pilgrimage to an ironic political rally: Shannon Bennett at the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

by Shannon Bennett November 1, 2010August 17, 2023

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Movie Review: Conviction starring Sam Rockwell and Hilary Swank (with video trailer)

by Shannon Bennett October 27, 2010August 17, 2023

TIGLFF Closing Film: Strong performances in La Mission starring Benjamin Bratt

by Shannon Bennett October 16, 2010June 5, 2022

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Movie Review: Life As We Know It, starring Katherine Heigl and Josh Duhamel (with trailer video)

by Shannon Bennett October 12, 2010March 10, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Movie Review: The Town, directed by and starring Ben Affleck, also starring Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively and Titus Welliver (with trailer video)

by Shannon Bennett September 17, 2010February 23, 2025

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Movie Review: Christian Carion’s Farewell, starring Emir Kusturica and Guillaume Canet (with trailer video)

by Shannon Bennett August 26, 2010August 17, 2023

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Movie Review: Flipped starring Madeline Carroll, Callan McAuliffe and John Mahoney (with trailer video)

by Shannon Bennett August 25, 2010July 17, 2025

Arts & Entertainment

Movie Review: Luca Guadagnino’s I Am Love (Il Sono L’Amore), starring Tilda Swinton

by Shannon Bennett August 11, 2010June 5, 2022

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DVD Review: The full series (from pilot to finale) of NBC’s Mercy, starring Taylor Schilling and Michelle Trachtenberg (with trailer video)

by Shannon Bennett August 2, 2010September 17, 2024