By Peter Covino
Entertainment Editor

The sign out front says Corner Bistro in Kissimmee has the best Philly cheesesteak sandwich  south of Geno’s in Philadelphia.

Five minutes after ingesting the restaurant’s 12-inch sandwich, a  beef and provolone cheese monstrosity pouring out of its authentic Amoroso roll, it would be awfully hard to find fault with that statement.

Restaurant owner John Howard is no stranger to the mystique of making a great Philly cheesesteak. A New Jersey guy, with lots of restaurant executive experience, Howard was practically raised on the Jersey/ Philadelphia hoagie, including packing plenty of sandwiches behind the counter as a youngster while working at the Jersey shore.

By Peter Covino

Entertainment Editor

It took three years for director Robert Rodriguez’s trailer-short Machete to make the transition into a full-length movie.

Rodriguez has all the right moves and the expertise to take his popular “preview” sandwiched in between the two Grindhouse features from 2007, and turn it into a feature film.

Hopefully, Sylvester Stallone is paying attention and will learn something about how a retro-action film should be made the next time he wants to be make another The Expendables.

By Peter Covino

Entertainment Editor

You’ve got to wonder why complete throwaway trash such as The Expendables can drum up fairly decent numbers at the box office, while a similar action-comedy like MacGruber died at the cinema just a few short months ago.

MacGruber is not ingenious comedy, but this crude, lewd and sometimes funny film, definitely does have its moments.

By Peter Covino

Entertainment Editor

You get what you pay for.

And if all you want for your $10.50 (regular adult admission at The Loop in Kissimmee)  movie ticket is lots of explosions, knife and gun fights, flying fists and a tired-looking Sylvester Stallone, well The Expendables is money well spent.

Stallone ( I am not sure if it is the facelifts or some other kind of enhancement but his eyebrows seem to be almost at his hairline) is the major cause for what is wrong this high-octane action film.  The Expendables  is surprising dull when things are not blowing up.

By Peter Covino

Entertainment Editor

Surf will be up day or night, rain or shine at the new Fantasy Surf attraction at FantasyWorld resort beginning in October.

Surfing and Osceola County seem to be an unlikely pair in the landlocked Kissimmee area but that will all change with the arrival of Fantasy Surf.

The $4 million indoor aquatic recreation venue will open at 5151 Kyngs Heath Road at Vacation Villas.

The perfect wave will be unending, according to Chuck Richardson, director of hospitality and marketing for the resort.