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Walkmen Break Out

On their debut album Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone, The Walkmen demonstrate that they have created a sound that is both consonant with the music of fellow New York rockers The Strokes...


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Van Wilder vs. Duke

As Van Wilder, the newest film in the National Lampoon series, hits theaters, students paying $7 to the box office and $36,000 to the bursar may wonder if they're getting their money's worth,...


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Art Outside The Lines

Art exhibits are typically housed in galleries with white-washed walls and empty rooms to prevent the surroundings from overwhelming the art.


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Weekend at the Cradle

Concerts can be so tedious. Every time you hand your cash over to the greasy-haired hipster at the ticket window, you're gambling with the unpredictable, uninsured world of live music.


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All in the Family

MTV's behind-the-scenes docu-sitcom, The Osbournes, is making a toilet-splash with its portrayal of legendary rocker Ozzy Osbourne and his misfit family--and television copycats are sure to follow.


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Cheap Thrills: No Need to Panic

Panic Room is a simple movie with a simple plot and characters with simple motivations. It is a damsel in distress (Jodie Foster) and monetarily motivated criminals.


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Double's Documentarians

Cannes on the French Riviera. Sundance in Ski Country. And DoubleTake, the nation's premiere documentary film festival, right here in Durham.


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Mark Samuels: A Brilliant Madness

Mark Samels director of A Brilliant Madness, a documentary about the life of John Forbes Nash, Jr., contrasts how documentaries and feature films like A Beautiful Mind depict real-life stories.


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Apocalypse Wow

Taking a name like ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, a band limits itself to exactly two options: merciless parody, or merciless ass-kicking.


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Death to Williams!

n the miserable Death to Smoochy, Robin Williams plays a gutter-talking, over-written former children's television show host trying to get his old job back.


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Celebrity Syndromes

I turned on the local news the other night, hoping to learn a little about what goes on outside of the Gothic Wonderland.