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At first glance, the pairing of Samuel L. Jackson and Bernie Mac may seem unexpected, but the two show a surprising amount of chemistry on-screen in Soul Men. To say the result is funny and gratifying is an understatement.
Hidden among the fast food chains and gas stations on Fayetteville Street, the Hayti Heritage Center is often a discounted source of both the arts and education. Constructed to celebrate the local community's achievements, the center is also the home to St. Joseph's Historic Foundation, an educational resource that sponsors the annual Bull Durham Blues Festival.
Since the 1970s, Karamu Drama Group has aimed to broaden cultural perspective on campus through producing works by minority, especially black, playwrights. This semester, the troupe is presenting Douglas Turner Ward's poignant Day of Absence.
Anybody who liked Superbad will enjoy Sex Drive just as much. Based on the same brand of hormonal adolescent humor, Sex Drive is an Odyssean adventure. Where Superbad revolved around two similarly misfit male teenagers and their girl problems, Sex Drive tells of Ian's quest to meet his online girlfriend, Ms. Tasty, and subsequently lose his virginity.
Body of Lies should be great. Ridley Scott is at the helm, and both Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe are at his disposal. It should be spectacular by all means, but it's not. Instead of delivering a Gladiator-quality movie about CIA counterterrorism, Scott misses the mark with something akin to A Good Year.
Showing that love can help heal a child after experiencing tragedy, the Love after Loss exhibit at the Sanford Institute of Public Policy portrays Ethiopian children finding new families after being orphaned by HIV/AIDS.
Best known for his television work, British comedian Ricky Gervais (BBC's The Office) makes his silver screen debut in the new supernatural farce Ghost Town.
From Sept. 10 to 14, Chapel Hill's PlayMakers Repertory Company presented In the Continuum, an edgy, dramatic work illustrating the ravages of AIDS in the lives of two women.
In the 1950s, every Southern town had three key fixtures: a school, a church and a soda fountain.
Athol Fugard's The Island explores raw human emotion in its purist form on the intimate stage of Manbites Dog Theater.
Vin Diesel is an actor with talent. But much like Ben Kingsley, he possesses a knack for taking on terrible roles. Since appearing in The Pacifier, Diesel's films have become characterized as mediocre, but even by the Diesel standard, Babylon, A.D. severely underwhelms.
The eyes of comedy aficionados across the nation turned to Duke when one of its own won the RooftopComedy National College Comedy Competition in May. Tim Ball, Trinity '08, won the three-tiered contest by beating out contestants from 31 schools at the university, regional and national level.
Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay is both a hilarious political commentary and a nod to all the reasons why it's great to be a male college student.
Jackie Chan. Jet Li. One screen. One big let down. The fight scenes were great-like all the new martial-arts movies coming out these days-but even the spectacle of a white-clad Jet Li sparring with a Rastafarian Jackie Chan is not enough to salvage this storyline. But let's keep to what matters most-; the moves those guys were throwing were freakin' sweet! Seriously, watching the Praying Mantis style take on Tiger style should be a prerequisite of achieving full manhood. No life is complete without experiencing the awesomeness of Asian women battling each other and wishing you were the token white guy in the film.
The tagline says, "Terror has evolved," but the new thriller, The Ruins, is really just more of the same old, same old.
Peter Shaffer's theatrical classic Amadeus has enthralled audiences through a tale of jealousy, madness and the struggle for redemption. Written in 1979 and adapted to film in 1984-where it won eight Academy Awards-the original play has proven to be as timeless as any of Mozart's operas. The play is now being performed by the PlayMakers Repertory Company.
Set in the context of a young generation struggling to find its identity, the classic musical Grease is a complex love story that has endured for decades. Duke's own theater company, Hoof 'n' Horn, is bringing the perennial fan favorite to life in Reynolds Theater tonight.
One of the most frustrating things about college is that there are so many opportunities to explore and such a limited time to do it. The Movie Making Marathon is designed specifically to combat this reality.
The Durham Arts Council offers visual arts enthusiasts a chance to view quality works ranging from established painters to up and coming artists. Its two newest exhibits feature paintings by three different artists-Nancy McCallum, Mark Brown and Mario Marzan-each of whom focuses on a different theme.
Margaret Lazarus, an Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, conducted a presentation and discussion of Oscar-winning documentaries last night in Griffith Theater. She agreed to an interview with recess' Braden Hendricks to share her thoughts on being a filmmaker and her experiences in the field. Tonight she will present her own films and answer questions at 7 p.m. in East Duke 209.
