The Conspirator opens Friday throughout the Triangle (see times below) Our rating: Not until about 20 minutes into The Conspirator do you realize why Robert Redford would direct a historical drama about the trial of one of the conspirators behind Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. The opening act is a well-crafted recounting of the conspiracy to simultaneously […]
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Career Award winners Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern review the first part of their legacy
In addition to Stern and Sundberg, a number of film subjects will attend and participate in a Q-and-A session following this festival’s screenings, including Angel Alejandro, Darryl Hunt and Myo Myint—who will be seeing Burma Soldier for the first time with a live audience. When Ricki Stern learned that she and her filmmaking partner, Annie […]
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Puerto Rico drowns…er, downs Carolina RailHawks 2-1 in season opener
David FellerathCrews work to clear the field at WakeMed at the height of last night’s storm. WAKEMED SOCCER PARK / CARY — After an offseason filled with corporate dissolutions, eBay auctions, and an ownership change, the Carolina RailHawks finally returned to on-field action for their 2011 NASL season opener against the Puerto Rico Islanders, the […]
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Precocious kids and corrupt adults in Hanna
Hanna opens Friday throughout the Triangle (see times below) Our rating: Hanna isn’t merely a departure from director Joe Wright’s mannered filmography. It feels more like his antidote for it. A stylized fable whose substance doesn’t measure up to its resounding razzmatazz, Hanna is a blend of breathless chase thriller and fairy-tale conceit. It’s as […]
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Grappling with demons in Win Win
Win Win opens Friday in select theaters (see times below) Our rating: We first glimpse Mike Flaherty (Paul Giamatti) in Win Win huffing through a morning jog: exercise ordered by his doctor to combat chronic stress. Abby, Mike’s daughter, asks where Daddy is. “He’s running,” answers his wife, Jackie (Amy Ryan), a Jersey girl who […]
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Help is on the way – Carolina RailHawks reel in Hammerheads 1-0 for scrimmage victory
Carolina RailHawksAllan Russell winds up last year versus Miami FC WAKEMED SOCCER PARK / CARY – It was the little things that were important Saturday night at WakeMed Soccer Park during the final scrimmage of Carolina RailHawks’ preseason. The RailHawks played their first match this year on the main stadium turf. And, Carolina scored their […]
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Old and new: Clint Dempsey, Tim Howard and U.S. men’s soccer team train in Cary [Slideshow!]
Photo by Peggy BooneTwo stars of the U.S. national team, Clint Dempsey (left) and Tim Howard, also faced off against each other Saturday in Liverpool. WAKEMED SOCCER PARK / CARY—On Saturday, two English soccer teams, Everton and Fulham, met at Goodison Park in Liverpool in a battle of clubs fighting for survival: Fulham to avoid […]
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Sainey Touray, we hardly knew ye — RailHawks and Battery draw 0-0 in preseason scrimmage
Carolina RailHawksSainey Touray during headier times WAKEMED SOCCER PARK / CARY — On a beautiful almost-spring day, the Carolina RailHawks drew 0-0 with the Charleston Battery in a preseason scrimmage before an estimated crowd of 300-400 fans whose folding chairs and blankets encircled the touchline at Field 4 at WakeMed Soccer Park. The match itself […]
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U.S. men’s soccer team, including Donovan, Dempsey and others, to train in Cary next week
Things are getting cranked up at WakeMed Soccer Park. In a Wednesday press release, U.S. Men’s National Team head coach Bob Bradley named the 24-player roster that will train beginning March 20 at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C. in advance of international friendlies versus Argentina on March 24 in New Jersey and Paraguay on […]
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The price of upheaval: Carolina RailHawks announce 2011 preseason schedule
File photo by Jeremy M. LangeOnce and future RailHawks: Jonny Steele, who played for the RailHawks in 2007, is seen here in a Puerto Rico uniform clashing with Cary mainstay Matt Watson, right, in a 2009 game. The Carolina RailHawks released their 2011 preseason schedule Monday, along with revealing a number of new player signings. […]
