The Amazing Spider-Man 2★ Opening today That faint cheering sound you hear during The Amazing Spider-Man 2 isn’t coming from excited audiences. Instead, it’s echoing from the offices of DC Comics as their execs realize there may be a chink in the armor of Marvel’s movie universe. While the screenplay for director Marc Webb’s previous […]
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RailHawk resurrection: Carolina steamrolls Strikers 4-1 to extend home unbeaten streak to 17 games
WAKEMED SOCCER PARK / CARY—At the outset of his postgame press conference, Zack Schilawski stared down for several seconds at the match stat sheet resting on the media room podium. “You scored two goals,” cracked one reporter, breaking the extended silence. Schilawski cackled. “Thanks, I couldn’t believe it. I had to make sure.” Indeed, the […]
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Atlanta Ultras, supporters group for NASL’s Silverbacks, hit with 3-game ban
UPDATE, 4-17-2014, 10:00 p.m.: Today, the Atlanta Silverbacks posted a press release to their team’s website, officially confirming the three-game ban imposed on the Atlanta Ultras supporters group. In the release, the club attempting to clarify that this suspension was imposed by the club, not the NASL. The release states that “the league was not […]
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The Carolina RailHawks turn to moneyball tactics in 2014’s tough player recruitment market
The Carolina RailHawks knew they couldn’t re-sign Brian Shriver. Instead, they have to try to sign the next Brian Shriver. This Saturday, in their home opener for the 2014 regular season of the North American Soccer League, the RailHawks face the Fort Lauderdale Strikers at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary. It’s Carolina’s second game in […]
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Different game, different team: Carolina RailHawks 2014 NASL preview
No more wondering about roster additions. No more pining for boffo friendlies. And no more ice storms cancelling preseason scrimmages. Ready or not, the Carolina RailHawks open their 2014 season this weekend. The RailHawks travel to Indianapolis this Saturday to kick off their 2014 North American Soccer League (NASL) regular season. This year, a nine-game […]
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Martial arts mayhem in The Raid 2
THE RAID 2 Opens Friday Among the endless array of assassins littering THE RAID 2, two are credited only as “Baseball Bat Man” and “Hammer Girl,” which should give you an idea of the audacious violence in this Indonesian action opus. Running nearly 50 minutes longer than 2011’s The Raid: Redemption, with an equally inflated […]
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NASL Commissioner Bill Peterson discusses league expansion, playoffs, MLS, paid match streaming and other topics in advance of 2014 regular season kickoff
On Tuesday, Bill Peterson, embarking on his second season as commissioner of the North American Soccer League (NASL), held a couple of media conference calls in advance of the 2014 NASL regular season, which kicks off this weekend. Next week, Peterson will visit North Carolina when he attends a Carolina RailHawks fan forum planned for […]
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Come fly with us: Triangle Soccer Fanatics reorganize and recruiting new members
Oh when the ‘Hawks go marching in, Oh when the ‘Hawks go marching in, Lord how I want to be in that number, When the ‘Hawks go marching in. posters TSF the group officially announced its reorganization INDY Week a new paid membership plan the Crocketteers Ralph’s Mob Flight 19 the Borough Boys So, last […]
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Superhero spy-jinks
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER Now playing One question persists throughout CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER. Why doesn’t somebody call The Hulk? When a covert threat emerges to both the super-spies of S.H.I.E.L.D. and 20 million average people, you’d hope the future of mankind wouldn’t rest only on a shield-flinging super soldier, an ex-KGB agent […]
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A not-so-Grand Piano
Grand Piano Opens Friday Just because there’s a MacGuffin, it doesn’t mean a film merits the label “Hitchcockian.” And just because a plot is a jigsaw puzzle doesn’t make it suspenseful. Grand Piano tries to hit the high notes set by the maestro of the thriller genre, but its derivative narrative and fumble-fingers execution make […]