Tyson opens Friday in select theaters Robin Givens was right about one thing: Mike Tyson is a manic-depressive. The gallons of ink spilled over deciphering whether the renowned, enigmatic former heavyweight champ is a vile, brutish thug or a pigeon-raising, Oscar Wilde-quoting Renaissance man may as well have been poured down a drain. Both incarnations […]
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John Wall commits to Calipari, er, Kentucky
Just across the wire services: multiple sources report that John Wall has informed Coach John Calipari that he will sign with the Kentucky Wildcats. Click this link for the full story on espn.com
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Evan Rachel Wood commands the stage in Romeo & Juliet
The 1930s quasi-gangland setting for Theatre In The Park’s presentation of Romeo & Juliet allows for certain production latitudes. For example, it isn’t often that the playbill for Williams Shakespeare’s most famous play contains the following disclaimer: “This production contains cigarette smoke.” But, smoke it does, as Evan Rachel Wood graced the stage alongside her […]
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Evan Rachel Wood commands the stage in Romeo & Juliet
THEATRE IN THE PARK / RALEIGHThe 1930s quasi-gangland setting for Theatre In The Park’s presentation of Romeo & Juliet allows for certain production latitudes. For example, it isn’t often that the playbill for Williams Shakespeare’s most famous play contains the following disclaimer: “This production contains cigarette smoke.” But, smoke it does, as Evan Rachel Wood […]
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So much history to uncover in Angels & Demons
Angels & Demons opens Friday throughout the Triangle I’m of two minds about using the Catholic Church and its shadowy tenets as entertainment punching bags, first in the film adaptation of Dan Brown’s runaway bestseller The Da Vinci Code, and now in its follow-up, Angels & Demons. On one hand, there is something discomfiting about […]
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J.J. Abrams’ new Star Trek movie honors both the past and present
Star Trek opens Friday throughout the Triangle I’ll give this to J.J. Abrams: I never thought I would hear the Beastie Boys in a Star Trek movie. Yet, as a pre-pubescent James T. Kirk improbably barrels down an Iowa byway behind the wheel of a vintage C2 Corvette convertible, cheating both death and the pursuing […]
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The Price isn’t right as Columbus clips Durham Bulls
DBAP / DURHAMAn announced crowd of more than 9,000including my 6-year-old son and Iventured to the Durham Bulls Athletic Park to enjoy some lovely weather and the final kid-friendly 5:05 p.m. start time for a Saturday evening Bulls’ home game this season. The atmosphere was wonderful, especially with second-row seats along the first base line, […]
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Full Frame’s sneak preview revealed (and screened)
The worst kept secret at this (or any) film festival is often the identity of the unpublicized ‘sneak preview” screening. Tonight, I attended the showing of this year’s Full Frame sneak, which I can now publicly reveal is director Ian Olds’ FIXER: THE TAKING OF AJMAL NAQSHBANDI, which played to positive reviews in January at […]
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Full Frame 2009 – Awards nominees
Not to mix metaphors, but with the curtain raised on the 12th annual Full Frame Documentary Festival, the lid is off this year’s nominees for the festival’s major awards. Below is a list of nominees for the coveted Grand Jury Prize, Charles Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award, and HBO Emerging Filmmaker Award: 2009 Full Frame Grand […]
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Adventureland is tame
Adventureland opens Friday in select theaters Everyone who ever had a crappy summer job during their younger years can relate to the subculture in Adventureland. Out of a stew of school-age workers and their adult-age overseers, hierarchies are forged, rivalries form, friendships grow and romance blooms. Some of these relationships are genuine, but most of […]
