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 […]
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Gomorrah is too preachy for its own good
Gomorrah opens Friday in select theaters The opening scene of the fact-based Italian gangster film Gomorrah encapsulates everything that is good and, ultimately, wanting in this critically acclaimed picture. As mafia members relax in a tanning salon, a group of rival gangsters stroll in, issue a few pleasantries to their brethren in crime, and then […]
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No NIT for Pack
Tonight, the National Invitation Tournament unveiled their 2009 men’s basketball brackets, and, unfortunately, N.C. State was not among those chosen for the post-season tournament. The ACC teams selected were Virginia Tech and Miami, whose NCAA bubbles burst earlier this evening. Davidson also made the NIT and will open the tournament at South Carolina on Tuesday, […]
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The Class is flawed but riveting
The Class opens Friday in select theaters In his 1945 book Teacher in America, cultural historian Jacques Barzun wrote, “Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition.” Oh, what the now-centenarian Barzun must think today as he, like many, witness a decline of educational institutions that mirrors the […]
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Is Watchmen art or fanboy porn?
Watchmen opens today in theaters throughout the Triangle The renowned, mercurial, comic-book writer Alan Moore once declared that his epic graphic novel series Watchmen was unfilmable. While now a technically inaccurate statement, one gander at the long-awaited cinematic rendering of Moore’s magnum opus provides ample appreciation for the spirit behind his proclamation. The film is […]
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Greivis grievance punctuates Maryland’s 71-60 win over N.C. State
RBC CENTER/ RALEIGHWhen Greivis Vasquez tossed in a meaningless three-point basket as time expired on Maryland’s 71-60 victory over N.C. State in Raleigh Sunday evening, a cascade of boos rained down from the already less-than-capacity crowd still remaining in the RBC Center. The shot left Wolfpack guard Javier Gonzalez fuming that such a stunt could […]
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Trees see the Forest to 85-78 victory over Wolfpack
TV/RAYCOM – N.C. State hung around…and hung around Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum Thursday night. But, in the end, the Wolfpack could not overcome a stellar night by Wake Forest sophomore forward James Johnson as the Demon Deacons avenged their Feb. 11 loss in Raleigh with a 85-78 victory. Johnson scored a career-high 28 points […]
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Balanced Pack attack smites Cavaliers
RBC CENTER/RALEIGH – Aside from the fact that two N.C. State players claimed Bad Boys II as their all-time favorite movie during a Jumbotron vignette that played during N.C. State’s 72-67 win over Virginia in Raleigh, the game’s most shocking statistic of the night might also be, ironically, the team’s most gratifying one: Brandon Costner, […]
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Follow the Yellow Jacket road
TV/RAYCOMThere’s no place like homeor Atlantawhen it comes to padding the win column for the N.C. State men’s basketball team. No team in the ACC carries a wider disparity between their home and away winning percentage than the Wolfpack, even after their impressive 86-65 victory at Georgia Tech. This is N.C. State’s first conference road […]
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The devil is plastic in Shopaholic
Confessions of a Shopaholic opens Friday throughout the Triangle Confessions of a Shopaholic opens itself to obvious accusations that it is merely a cheap knockoff of such haute couture homages as The Devil Wears Prada and Sex and the City. Here, Manhattan-based protagonist Rebecca Bloomwood (Isla Fisher, Wedding Crashers) intones Carrie Bradshaw-esque monologues about fashion; […]
