Cake to Bring Flavor to Raleigh

Cake has always been just a bit off-kilter. From enigmatic album titles to a strange mix of the playful and the pensive, the band has never been afraid ...

Film Festival Celebrates Capra's Life

RALEIGH -- The N.C. Museum of Art kicked off the Frank Capra Film Festival on Friday night by screening "Frank Capra's American Dream," a documentary ...

Passion for Pharmacy, Writing Can Coexist

While other students lament writing seven-, 10- or 20-page papers, fourth-year pharmacy student Simba Wiltz published his own impressive number of pages ...

Influential War Films

Our nation's wars have been revisited in film throughout the years. Here is a short list of notable war movies, the year in which they were released and ...

Dresden Overpowered by Inconsistent Vocals

Sorry About Dresden Cat's Cradle Jan. 25 Three Stars With powerful music, commanding stage presence and Budweisers resting on their amps, Sorry ...

'Mothman Prophecies' Provides Creepy Thrills

"The Mothman Prophecies" Three Stars The town of Point Pleasant doesn't stay true to its name in the good-looking but flawed new thriller "The Mothman ...

40oz Makes an Impact; Halstead Goes Solo

40oz Impacto 4 Stars And you thought 40oz was just a Sublime cover ban. Actually, the ska-based Chapel Hill group has wasted no time releasing an album ...

Caviezel Swashbuckles as Count of Monte Cristo

"The Count of Monte Cristo" Three Stars Is it possible for a film to have too many sword fights? Apparently the answer is no. Not if it's based ...

'In The Bedroom' Surprising Domestic Drama

"In the Bedroom" Four Stars

Benson Album Reminiscent Of Mature Beatles Pop-Rock

Brendan Benson Lapalco 4 Stars At a time when pop is usually associated with snot-nosed punks, vapid stadium-rock drones and singers who don't even ...

The Art of War

Since the terrorist attacks in September and the onset of the war in Afghanistan, America is experiencing a renewed interest in war films. But what has ...

History of War Films Reflects Shifting Public Opinion

It is widely believed that films have power to influence. But when it comes to portrayals of wars, this influence has been used both to encourage and ...

Beastly 'Brotherhood' Bends History

"Brotherhood of the Wolf" Three Stars Wouldn't "Four Weddings and a Funeral" have been infinitely more entertaining if it had less talking and more ...

'All My Sons' Showing Timely

Spring is typically a lighthearted time, but Company Carolina's first play of the spring semester, Arthur Miller's "All My Sons," might take audiences ...

Festival Brings Capra's Life, Film To Art Museum

Frank Capra, one of America's best-loved film directors, is being honored with a retrospective film festival at the N.C. Museum of Art. Capra's works, ...

'Troopers' Tour to Promote Film

Getting paid to make comedies and travel with friends to different college campuses is all in a day's work for Broken Lizard. A comedy troupe of five, ...

Bad Cops Fail to Serve In 'Super Troopers'

Super Troopers 2 Stars If "Super Troopers" presents the reality of law enforcement, we should all stay at home, lock our doors and prepare for the worst. "Super ...

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