Tangled opens Wednesday throughout the Triangle (see times below) Our rating: During a New England car trip several years ago, I sought out as many indigenous, homespun landmarks as time would allow. After crossing a particular covered bridge in Vermont, I peered back at a sign nailed above the archway, only to see that the […]
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 is decidedly dark, and tremendous
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 is now showing (see times below) Our rating: In a film rife with depictions of torture and genocide, the most haunting scene in the decidedly dark but tremendous Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (hereafter HPDH1) is a wordless, isolated moment during its opening sequence. […]
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The girl who nailed the coffin shut
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest opens Friday in select theaters (see times below) Our rating: When last we saw Lisbeth Salander, the Goth anti-heroine with a dragon back tattoo had risen from being shot in the head and buried alive by her abusive KGB defector father to clock Daddy in the head with […]
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Due Date doesn’t deliver
Due Date opens Friday throughout the Triangle (see times below) Our rating: It says something about the current comic movie landscape when a scene featuring a masturbating dog can somehow seem strangely passé. So, how does director Todd Phillips up the ante in his latest, the loopy road trip Due Date? Put that canine in […]
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Puerto Rico Islanders derail Carolina RailHawks 3-1 on aggregate, win USSF D-2 championship
Carolina RailHawksPuerto Rico Islanders celebrate USSF D-2 championship win Carolina RailHawks WAKEMED SOCCER PARK / CARY — Saturday evening began as one of extraordinary positives for the Carolina RailHawks. The club hosted the first league championship in its four-year history before a crowd of 5,074, unofficially the largest attendance for a league match at WakeMed […]
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Carolina RailHawks out-everythinged by Puerto Rico Islanders 2-0 in 1st leg of USSF D2 championship
WEBCAST—Under a waning hunter’s moon over Bayamón, Puerto Rico, the Carolina RailHawks fell prey to a ravenous Puerto Rico Islanders squad that prevailed, 2-0, in the first leg the USSF D2 Pro League championship series. Carolina manager Martin Rennie made good on his promise that the RailHawks would adopt a conservative approach for the away […]
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Carolina RailHawks soften the Montreal Impact 2-1 on aggregate; advance to USSF D2 championship
Carolina RailHawksTom Heinemann celebrates his series-winning goal over the Montreal Impact WAKEMED SOCCER PARK / CARY — Like sands through the hourglass, so are this year’s matches between the Carolina RailHawks and the Montreal Impact. The four-game regular season series between the two clubs was highlighted by handballs called, handballs not called, player and coach […]
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Carolina RailHawks makes Minnesota see stars, win 4-0 to advance in playoffs
Carolina RailHawksDaniel Paladini celebrates his playoff series-winning goal over the Minnesota Stars WAKEMED SOCCER PARK / CARY — When it rains, it pours, and the number of droughts that ended with the Carolina RailHawks’ first-round playoff-clinching 4-0 victory over the NSC Minnesota Stars must have left many wondering whether the construction of an ark might […]
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First-round playoff travel team – Carolina RailHawks
The Carolina RailHawks travel team in Minnesota for tonight’s initial leg of a home-and-away series against the NSC Minnesota Stars was revealed to Triangle Offense this morning by team officials. They are: Eric Reed – GKSean O’Connor – GKDevon McKenney – DDaniel Woolard – DBrad Rusin – DKupono Low – DMatt Bobo – DCory Elenio […]
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Playoff preview — Carolina RailHawks at Minnesota Stars
For the 2010 regular season, the Carolina RailHawks scored the second-most goals in the 12-team USSF D2 league. And, only four clubs — Rochester, Portland, Vancouver, and Montreal — surrendered fewer goals than the RailHawks. Meanwhile, the NSC Minnesota Stars—Carolina’s 1st-round opponent in the D2 playoffs, which begin Wednesday evening—allowed the most goals (36) of […]
