LOVE IS STRANGE Opening Friday LOVE IS STRANGE opens with the wedding of Ben (John Lithgow) and George (Alfred Molina), a New York City couple of nearly 40 years who are finally enjoying overdue marital equality. However, the rest of the world still lags behind this social progress. Even though George’s sexual orientation has been […]
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Something old, new and borrowed: Carolina RailHawks kick home blues with 3-1 win over San Antonio Scorpions
WAKEMED SOCCER PARK/ CARY—Facing the prospect of the first four-match home losing streak in club history, it was all boots on deck for the Carolina RailHawks. The long-awaited arrival of Nacho Novo—check. The short-term loan acquisition of a Major League Soccer striker in Devon Sandoval from Real Salt Lake—check. Prying Zack Schilawski away from his […]
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Jabang, Jabang: Tar Heels declaw Pitt Panthers in men’s soccer 3-0
FETZER FIELD/ CHAPEL HILL—The headline is that the North Carolina Tar Heels won a decisive 3-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Panthers to open its 2014 ACC men’s soccer season. The real story of the match is the player who propelled them to the win. The first goal and assist by redshirt sophomore Nyambi Jabang paced […]
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Movie review: No mean streets for old men in The Drop
The Drop ★★★ ½ stars Now playing It’s approaching the point where I would happily watch Tom Hardy read the phonebook in a movie. The dialogue would be predictable, but you know he would amp up the Method once he reached the Smiths. Hardy’s latest is a deceptively muted role in The Drop, a grimy […]
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Nacho Novo, Glasgow Rangers legend, signs with Carolina RailHawks
The Carolina RailHawks’ long-gestating rumor is now official: Nacho Novo, the lauded Spanish striker who spent seven seasons with Glasgow Rangers of the Scottish Premier League, has signed with the RailHawks of the North American Soccer League (NASL). The 35-year-old Novo, who last played this spring for Carlisle United in England’s League One, traveled to […]
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Sardonic flippancy in The Trip to Italy
THE TRIP TO ITALY Opening Friday One sly moment in THE TRIP TO ITALY takes place in a trattoria in Monforte d’Alba, the first stop for UK celebrities Steve (Coogan) and Rob (Brydon) on their jaunt across Italy. As in 2010’s The Trip, where the comedy duo embarked on a restaurant tour of Northern England, […]
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Too many Elvises in The Identical
THE IDENTICAL Opening Friday Elvis Presley is dead, but Elvis impersonations will live forever. Ryan Pelton, who was an Elvis impersonator in casinos and state fairs, makes the large leap to feature film in THE IDENTICAL. Pelton plays adult twins born in the Depression-era Deep South who were separated at birth. Both have a genetic […]
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Bruins ruin Tar Heels’ opening weekend as top-ranked UCLA men’s soccer clips UNC 1-0
FETZER FIELD/ CHAPEL HILL—The North Carolina Tar Heels men’s soccer team demonstrated this weekend that they are a good team. The UCLA Bruins showed that they might be a championship-caliber team. After defeating No. 11 Wake Forest on Friday, UCLA traveled to Chapel Hill and ground out a 1-0 win over the No. 10 Tar […]
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Train wrecked: Atlanta Silverbacks defeat anemic Carolina RailHawks 2-0 for third straight home loss
WAKEMED SOCCER PARK/ CARY—Colin Clarke said he didn’t recall a more lackluster home performance in his three seasons as manager of the Carolina RailHawks than their 2-0 loss to the Atlanta Silverbacks Saturday evening at WakeMed Soccer Park. There are few, if any, who would disagree. After earning their second straight road victory last week […]
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Triangle soccer fans have a bevy of options
The U.S. Women’s National Team played soccer in Cary for the sixth time last Wednesday. But it had never before played in front of a Triangle crowd so large. A reported 9,992 spectators filled WakeMed Soccer Park for the team’s international friendly against Switzerlanda single-game record for the venue, and its first capacity crowd since […]