Photo by Leigh Ann Couch His first novel, The Family Fang (Ecco, $23.99) only been out for a few weeks, but Kevin Wilson is already making waves as an author. The book’s received rave reviews, including a full page in Time magazine and a profile of the author in the New York Times, and has […]
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Hunting for the old-fashioned kind of trolls in Norwegian horror film
Magnet Releasing A few times a year, there’s a Blair Witch Project knock-off that employs the “found footage” gimmick popularized by that film to give the audience a few good old-fashioned low-budget jumps. Improved technology has expanded this to a series of viral “did you just see that?” shorts with odd monsters visible in the […]
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One Day is a long time
One Day open Friday throughout the Triangle (see times below) Our rating: Those who found the cutesy animated titles the weakest part of director Lone Scherfig’s last film, the Oscar-nominated charmer An Education, will find themselves irritated again 20 times over by her latest, One Day. As the film checks on its characters each July […]
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Paperhand Puppet’s The Serpent’s Egg is a lovely piece of all-ages storytelling
The Serpent’s Egg Paperhand Puppet Intervention • Through Sept. 5 at Forest Theatre • Sept. 9-11 at N.C. Museum of Art Those willing to brave the humidity of a summer’s night will find many a smile at Chapel Hill’s Forest Theatre with Paperhand Puppet Intervention’s The Serpent’s Egg. Water bottles are, thankfully, just a dollar. […]
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A pizza delivery guy becomes a criminal in 30 Minutes or Less
30 Minutes or Less opens Friday everywhere (see times below) Our rating: Though inspired by a horrific real incident where a pizza delivery guy was killed while robbing a bank with a bomb he claimed had been forcibly strapped to his chest, 30 Minutes or Less might be one of the funniest films of the […]
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Steaming to the future: It’s a good week for Triangle SF/fantasy fans
Starting this Saturday, three local events will feature a variety of acclaimed genre creators. Let’s start with the homegrown one, which is also the biggest of the three gigs. Bull Spec‘s Cabinet of Curiosities Extravaganza, which takes place at Durham’s Fullsteam brewery this Saturday, July 30, will have the creators of local SF magazine Bull […]
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NC Theatre’s Hairspray and Hot Summer Nights’ A Field of Glory in Raleigh
Hairspray NC Theatre At Raleigh Memorial Auditorium Through July 31 A Field of Glory Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy At Kennedy Theatre, Progress Energy Center Through July 31 In two productions that opened at the Progress Energy Center this past weekend, the subject is changing times and black-white relations, but a century apart. The […]
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Former Triangle resident Onur Tukel breaks out with Septien
UNC graduate and filmmaker Onur Tukel has gone from living in the Triangle to showing his work at Sundance. The writer, artist and director, who lived in Durham and shot a short film in Cary, received rave reviews at the film festival earlier this year for Septien, an oddball comedy about a trio of impoverished […]
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Author Michael Sims discusses the universal love for Charlotte’s Web
What inspired a simple story about a spider? Author Michael Sims found the truth when he decided to examine one of the most beloved children’s books of all time in The Story of Charlotte’s Web: E.B. White’s Eccentric Life in Nature and the Birth of an American Classic (Walker and Company, $25). Sims, who’ll appear […]
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Wonderettes isn’t challenging, but it’s still fun
The Marvelous Wonderettes Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy @Kennedy Theatre Through July 10 website for more info There isn’t much to The Marvelous Wonderettes at Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy. And when the curtain fell for the first act, I was briefly convinced the play was over. As it turned out, I was […]
