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(10/23/03 4:00am)
The January doldrums bring horror, goth and fantasy to the Carolina Theatre. Every year the Nevermore film festival celebrates the weirdest of the weird, from claymation-horror-musicals (The Happiness of the Katakuris) to low budget genre-busters like Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter. This year, you won't have to wait: On Friday the Carolina kicks off a Nevermore spin-off, the first annual Escapism Action, Adventure and Animation Film Festival.
(10/02/03 4:00am)
Meeting someone new is at once a remarkably ordinary and formidable experience. Everyone knows the chafe of loneliness; and while we're constantly surrounded by directionless individuals similarly lost, somehow it seems that no one ever really finds anyone. Those rare occasions when we actually do make contact and connect with another soul become the most dynamic and stimulating moments of our lives.
(09/18/03 4:00am)
Grifting is a lot like film making. Success at either relies on precise timing, charisma, and slight of hand. In either scenario, the true mark of talent is the patron's willingness to accept the subterfuge. A truly profitable grift is a beautiful thing. Like a well made film, it has balance and poetry.
(09/04/03 4:00am)
Are you sick and tired of sleepless nights, work piling up in a dank dorm room, while you develop blisters because you haven't put your Xbox controller down in six hours?
(08/28/03 4:00am)
This Saturday night you could fight for a booth at the Loop, fight for a Beast Light in Kilgo quad or watch a zombie fight a shark in a gory, underwater battle to the death.
(07/23/03 4:00am)
The film industry has always been driven, in large part, by the immense amount of revenue generated by merchandising in the wake of a blockbuster release. From t-shirts and movie posters to the latest Happy Meal toys, there is no realm of our modern consumer culture that has escaped unmolested by the Hollywood machine. Perhaps no commercial sector has exploited the merchandising of major movie studios more successfully than the world of video gaming. Whether it's the newest Disney cartoon characters or a grizzled action hero, it seems that every new release coincides with an identical appearance on game store shelves. While no one could dispute the mutual benefits of the likely pairing of video games and movies, this summer two brothers may have forever changed the way this partnership is viewed.
(07/23/03 4:00am)
Do you remember the excitement of NBA Jam? Throwing down alley-oop, triple axle, two-handed hammers with Zo and Deke? Driving the lane to put up reverse, hesitation, white-boy lay-ups with Stockton and Spud? Well EA Sports Big has brought all that big-talking, three-point swishing, rim-rocking excitement into a new era with their newest release, Street 2. This title follows up EA's wildly successful Street cartridge that brought the world of NBA superstars to the blacktop.
(07/23/03 4:00am)
From Australia comes a rare diamond amongst the coal of the usual Hollywood fare that floods the megaplexes during the long days of summer. The film, Whale Rider, tells the story of a people and their culture struggling to maintain a timeworn tradition against the temptations of a modern age. Their leader, an aging Maori chief named Koro, clings to the ways of the ancients as a guide for his people. While those around him struggle to incorporate their native past into a cosmopolitan present, occasionally slipping into lifestyles of comfort and drug use, Koro struggles to keep the Maori way alive. In the end, it is his granddaughter, the surviving twin of a newborn who was to be the savior of their people, who believes in the value of her culture, and in so doing is able to rally and lead the village into a brighter future.
(07/23/03 4:00am)
The new documentary from director Jeff Blitz peers long and hard into one of America's most time honored competitions; a grueling battle of wits, intelligence, guile and cunning, it could be none other than--the spelling bee! To put this monumental event into focus Blitz dives into the lives of eight of the contestants of the 1999 Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee. These sometimes touching, silly and even critical character vignettes give a wide angle look at the youth of our country. While they provide the backdrop for what will become a rigorous battle of wills and knowledge, these shorts play as abbreviated biopics that speak volumes about their subjects.
(01/30/03 5:00am)
It's a cold Saturday night. Snow falls on a windswept West Campus quad. You're out of booze and you smoked your last jay this afternoon. It seems as though you are doomed to commit the ultimate college sin. Working on the weekend!
(10/31/02 5:00am)
It's that time of year again kiddies, and your friendly neighborhood crypt keeper is opening up his basket of goodies for the frightful festivities. For all of the ghastly ghouls out there looking for a little scare this hallowed eve, let me present to you this offering of scrumptious screams.
(10/24/02 4:00am)
I'm not afraid to die. I've seen The Ring.
(10/03/02 4:00am)
You may have tasted Mostly Martha before, but familiarity doesn't always sour the palette.
(09/05/02 4:00am)
At some point in every great actor's career, he must begin to face his own mortality. For Clint Eastwood, that point is approaching faster than a runaway stagecoach. Having just released his 49th feature, Blood Work, Clint's resume sets him apart as one of Hollywood's all-time bad-asses. But, with his newest character's being a heart transplant recipient instead of an icy tough guy, the question needs to be asked--Has Clint aged like a fine wine or more like Anna Nicole Smith's butt? Let's go to the tale of the tape.
(03/07/02 5:00am)
Hollywood's latest raunchy sex comedy has arrived in a surprisingly fresh form. 40 Days and 40 Nights displays a wit and maturity that lifts it above recent bottom feeders.
(02/14/02 5:00am)
merica's position in the complex network of global interdependency is one fraught with responsibility, gravity, and consequence. The moral implications of the war against terror are many and subtle. Any movie to emerge in the new sociopolitical climate must handle these issues with the utmost skill.
