Some of us (me, that is) didn’t even catch the Major League All-Star Game last night (won by the Americans, natch), but there’s a game on tonight we’ll try to tune into: the Class AAA All-Star Game. It’s on ESPN2 at 10 p.m. EDT. Representing the Durham Bulls: shortstop Reid Brignac, elected to the starting […]
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Food, Inc. explores the costs and horrors of consumption
Food, Inc. opens Friday in select theaters Robert Kenner’s Food, Inc. paints a grim, Orwellian picture of our lives and how we put food in our bodies. Thanks to a confluence of greed, ruthless efficiency, indifferent regulators and complaisant courts, a small group of huge corporations has seized control of the food chain. The result […]
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RailHawks’ Norkus and Bundu named to USL-1 team of the week; get ready for visit from insane Canadians
Just in from the USL home office: Caleb Norkus and Sallieu Bundu have spots on Week 14’s team of the week for their performances in the RailHawks’ 1-0 victory over the Charleston Battery on Saturday. Among the contributions of Norkus, who started the game at right back: He drew a crucial foul from the Battery’s […]
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RailHawks sign Richardson, add Caribbean heat to attack
Today, the RailHawks made an announcement that those who attended the July 3 friendly against Wilmington must have eagerly anticipated: The signing of Guyanese forward Gregory Richardson. I was (happily) at the beach so I missed what appears to have been an exciting debut by the trialist, who assisted Kupono Low on a goal in […]
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Moon
Moon opens Friday in select theaters With only a single live actor on the spaceship set for the entirety of the film, Moon is a laudable attempt at a return to the low-tech sci-fi films we used to have, before George Lucas came along. It’s also pretty dreadful in some similar ways as the era […]
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The RailHawks & Panama, the USL & the MLS: Night of the long knives?
WAKEMED SOCCER PARK/ CARYThe RailHawks fielded a reserve-heavy lineup and beat a Panamanian national squad composed of same, 1-0, on a Brian Plotkin strike in the 59th. I wasn’t there for the goal. I was at the office late, and only caught the last 20 minutes. Here’s Rachel Ullrich’s account in the N&O. I wasn’t […]
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Last picture show at the Varsity
The last picture show in Larry McMurtry’s novelmade far more famous thanks to Peter Bogdanovich’s 1971 filmwas a metaphor for the passing away of youth, and of a certain kind of small-town life. Last Thursday in Chapel Hill, while billions around the world hovered over their Facebook updates and Twitter feeds that spat out endless […]
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No Fire tonight, but the hot shoe is burning down the avenue: RailHawks play Panama friendly at 7 p.m.
Tonight’s game in Cary was supposed to be against the Chicago Fire. The Wilmington Hammerheads forced a change in those plans two weeks ago. Now the Fire are in Wilmington for the third round of the U.S. Open Cup while the ‘Hawks play a recently scheduled friendly versus the Panama national team at 7 p.m. […]
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Hard times for Carolina RailHawks, but good riddance to June; Rennie: Help may be on the way
WAKEMED SOCCER PARK/ CARYWhen the final whistle blew after five minutes of stoppage time, and the RailHawks were once again without a victory, losing 2-1 to the Puerto Rico Islanders, the normally unflappable Martin Rennie gave ventever so brieflyto his feelings. A water bottle on the grass felt the brunt of Rennie’s one-time professional kick, […]
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Statement from owners of Varsity Theater (yes, itâs closing tonight)
Just an hour ago, Bruce and Mary Jo Stone, the owners of the Varsity Theater on Franklin Street, released a written statement confirming the closing of the theater. Although the document doesn’t specify the effective date, presumably the theater will close after tonight’s final showings of The Hangover and The Brothers Bloom. In the statement, […]
