One of North Carolina’s most promising bands, Bombadil,  returns from the brink, stronger than ever. Everything there is to know about the Unknown of Unknown Hinson. Fayetteville singer/songwriter Ethan Hanson set to release first new material in 2 years THE CULT-November 2011 We catch up with alternative hip hop trio Das Racist, who are on tour promoting their highly anticipated new L.P., Relax. North Carolina artist Adam Walls explains the appeal of interactive art. What You Should Listen To – November 2011 Book Review: The Leftovers by author Tom Perrotta Game Review: Dead Island

Reviews

Theater Review: Miss Saigon

November 16, 2011

Miss Saigon, the first musical of the Cape Fear Regional Theater’s highly anticipated 50th season had a lot to live up to.

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Movie Review: 50/50

October 12, 2011

Can’t a dude just love another dude?

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Game Review: Call of Juarez

October 5, 2011

Review by Kyle Spencer of GamingTruth.com C all of Juarez is an interesting series. It fared well with its debut, where many cited the game as being a “Call of Duty with a western theme,” but in many instances they were correct. Call of Juarez is a scripted, linear first person shooter that pits the [...]

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BOOK REVIEW: The Believing Brain by Michael Shermer

October 5, 2011

Review by  Tasina Ducheneaux I cannot do justice in this review to how fascinating author this book is. Michael Shermer’s new book, The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies — How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths is a fearless exploration of that which makes human culture tick. Shermer is [...]

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Movie Review: “Straw Dogs”

September 19, 2011

To rephrase Chekov’s famous saying, if there’s a bear trap in the first act of a play, someone better damn well be crushed in it in the final act. It was something like that. Like the original Straw Dogs Rod Lurie’s remake of Sam Peckinpah’s provocative 1971 movie has a bear trap.

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Movie Review: Sarah’s Key

September 11, 2011

Sarah’s Key is the riveting story of a courageous young child who becomes a haunted young woman.

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What You Should Listen To: Hopscotch

August 9, 2011

To help prime you for Hopscotch, this month we decided to highlight quintessential releases from some of the festival’s best regional acts.

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What You Should Listen To

July 7, 2011

Reviews of the best albums for July.

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Book Review: The Psychopath Test: A Journey Through the Madness Industry

July 6, 2011

Review by Tasina Ducheneaux Many of you will be relieved to know that I am not a psychopath, but after reading Jon Ronson’s fascinating work, I am, at best, maybe a narcissist. We have all read and heard the stories of the famous psychos such as Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, etc. But how many nutballs [...]

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Game Review: Duke Nukem Forever

July 6, 2011

Duke Nukem chews gum and loads slowly – and he’s all outta gum.

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