The life of notorious Harlem drug kingpin Frank Lucas may have gotten the epic, big-screen treatment with American Gangster, starring Denzel Washington as Lucas. But if you ask documentary filmmakers Ron Chepesiuk and Al Bradley, there was another black, New York capo named Frank that made Lucas look like small potatoes. Chepesiuk and Bradley collaborated […]
Craig D. Lindsey
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Disappointing Disney adaptation of pulp hero John Carter
John Carter opens Friday throughout the Triangle (see times below) Our rating: At 132 minutes, John Carter will likely hold moviegoers’ attention during its run time. The first major movie adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ highly influential sci-fi pulp saga, it comes complete with sky-high action sequences, swashbuckling fight scenes and computer-generated creatures that your […]
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For fans, and smokers, only: Tim and Eric’s really weedy movie
Photo courtesy of Magnet ReleasingEric Wareheim in TIM & ERIC’S BILLION DOLLAR MOVIE TIM AND ERIC’S BILLION DOLLAR MOVIE* starOpens today at the Colony Theatre I don’t smoke weed, which perhaps give me a slight disadvantage in enjoying things weed smokers would normally find amusing. One of those things is the comedy team of Tim […]
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The best show your grandparents will ever see: Yes, it’s time to hate the Oscars again
Dale Robinette/ DreamWorksSleeper awards winner? Jessica Chastain (left) and Octavia Spencer in “The Help” After all these years of movie-going and movie reporting, you’d think I would’ve gotten used to the Academy Awards—and all the bullshit that comes with it—by now. Year after year, the most powerful people in Hollywood cram into the Hollywood and […]
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Why you should know about Sara Benincasa, who appears at Flyleaf Books on Monday
Photo by Lauren Goldberg Sara Benincasa is a gal you really need to know more about. There’s her tendency to reveal personal, rather gross things on stage and her occasional desire to hook up with female, conservative bloggers, but also because she is quite funny on YouTube. Since she’s coming to Flyleaf Books in Chapel […]
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Chris Gethard talks about weirdness, New Jersey and tonight’s show at Cat’s Cradle
Wikimedia Commons If you have no idea who Chris Gethard is, then you obviously haven’t been watching The Chris Gethard Show, quite possibly the most quietly addictive show on the Internet. Simultaneously broadcasted on Wednesday nights on Manhattan public access and Ustream (the episodes are also archived on iTunes and Blip.tv), the show features Gethard […]
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Steve Harvey may hate atheists, but he’s a boon to daytime TV
Steve Harvey Durham Performing Arts Center Saturday, Feb. 11 Family Feud airs twice daily Monday through Friday at 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on WRAZ Fox 50. Years ago, I knew that Steve Harvey would make a great game show host. As my younger self watched reruns of old shows on the Game Show Network, […]
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Birbiglia, Emo and Brill: Zach Ward discusses returning to North Carolina to oversee NC Comedy Arts Festival
NC Comedy Arts FestivalZach Ward (right), performing with Emo Philips at last year’s NCCAF Zach Ward is currently making it his thing to be at two places at once. The former Chapel Hill resident and current DSI Comedy Theater owner and executive producer has been making Boston his home as of late, running the ImprovBoston […]
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Man on a Ledge is utterly uninspired ludicrousness
Man on a Ledge opens Friday throughout the Triangle (see times below) Our rating: I don’t know about any of you, but the movie year doesn’t start for me until I see a flick where the utterly uninspired ludicrousness is so flagrant and visible in every frame, you’re persistently in a state of slack-jawed disbelief. […]
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Shame isn’t as shaming as it thinks it is
Shame opens Friday in select theaters (see times below) Our rating: First off, let me just say I don’t feel sorry for any dude whose dick I can see from the back. That’s the first strike against the lead character as played by Michael Fassbender in Steve McQueen’s latest film, Shame. Yes, it is silly […]