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Real scares escape 'Captivity'

By Bryan Reed | July 19

MOVIEREVIEW Captivity 2 stars "Captivity" is half of a good schlock flick. The first half of the movie, starring Elisha Cuthbert (Kim Bauer ...

Aretha cancels, Al Green now booked

By Alexandria Shealy | July 19

The Carolina Performing Arts Series announced Monday that Aretha Franklin, slated to headline in the season-opening concert Sept. 13 in Memorial Hall, ...

'Order' soundtrack fails to enchant

By Alexandria Shealy | July 19

MUSICREVIEW Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Soundtrack 2 stars If, amid all the Harry Potter frenzy generated this month, the soundtrack ...

'Phantom Limb' exorcises its emotions

By Bryan Reed | July 19

MUSIC REVIEW Pig Destroyer Phantom Limb 3.5 stars Grindcore tends to be an exclusive, unapproachable genre. Even its very name scares off ...

'You Kill Me' doesn't slay with laughter or drama

By Meredith Norman | July 19

MOVIEREVIEW You Kill Me 3 stars "You Kill Me" has the interesting premise and the cast needed for a successful movie, but doesn't quite knock 'em ...

Potter series connects a generation

July 19

When DTH Summer Editor and all-around nice guy Clint Johnson approached me to pen this Farewell to Charms (Get it? Charms = magic = Harry Potter. Eh ...) ...

Spoon feeds tasty indie pop

By HARRY KAPLOWITZ | July 19

MUSICREVIEW Spoon Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga 4 stars Fans of the Austin band Spoon could make an argument for dividing the career of Britt Daniel and his ...

Awaiting a hallowed arrival

By Bennett Campbell | July 19

Seventeen years after British author J.K. Rowling initially imagined the teenage wizard by the name of Harry Potter on a train from Manchester to London, ...

Justice releases dance album of Biblical scale

By Bryan Reed | July 12

MUSICREVIEW Justice + 4 stars There's an intangible quality to good dance music. It's not a readily-quantifiable measure; it's not counted ...

Durham singer comfortably folk

By Bryan Reed | July 12

LOCALMUSICREVIEW Don de Leaumont Said The Firefly To The Hurricane 2.5 stars Folk music, like just about every other "traditional" style has been ...

Little magic in latest 'Potter'

By Meredith Norman | July 12

MOVIEREVIEW Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 2.5 stars "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" attempts to cast a spell on audience ...

Students get A-list internships in Hollywood

By Alexandria Shealy | July 12

As they say in Hollywood, it's all about who you know. And it's this understood reality that helps make the entertainment business one of the most ...

'Order' ignites rebirth among Harry Potter fans

By Staff Editor | July 12

CORRECTION: Due to a photographer error, this article incorrectly spells the name of Sydnee Yates. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the error. Read ...

Love story a treat for once

By Bennett Campbell | July 12

MOVIEREVIEW Once 4.5 stars Advertised as a modern-day musical, but in its unfolding, almost redefining the genre, "Once" accomplishes very effectively ...

The White Stripes rock out

By Bryan Reed | June 28

MUSICREVIEW White Stripes Icky Thump 4 stars With Icky Thump, Jack White has finally crafted the classic rock album he always wanted. On their ...

'La Vie' too French, sad for American audiences

By Meredith Norman | June 28

MOVIEREVIEW La Vie En Rose 2.5 stars In the new film, "La Vie En Rose," several French characters discuss how American people of the 1930s will ...

Future Kings a worthy heir to genre's throne

By Bryan Reed | June 28

LOCALMUSICREVIEW The Future Kings of Nowhere The Future Kings of Nowhere 3.5 stars There's a reason bands like The Ataris and The Promise Ring, ...

'A Mighty Heart' doesn't beat strong

By Alexandria Shealy | June 28

MOVIEREVIEW A Mighty Heart 2.5 stars The brutal murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002 at the hands of a militant Pakistani group brought ...

Norway's Datarock keeps the data rockin'

By Bryan Reed | June 21

MUSICREVIEW Datarock Datarock Datarock 3 stars To deliver an album with a face value redundant enough to legitimately be referred to as Datarock's ...

'Sweet Land' moving, subtle

June 21

MOVIEREVIEW Sweet Land 3.5 "Sweet Land" is the kind of film that very gradually creeps up on you until, probably one or two days after seeing, ...