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A Quiet Place (***) PG-13

Posted by | April, 12, 2018 |

The horror thriller A Quiet Place is actor John Krasinski’s second turn at bat as director, following the thoroughly unmemorable 2016 indie effort, The Hollars. Thankfully, it’s a step up as opposed to what most expected from...

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A Tradition Unlike Any Other

Posted by | April, 5, 2018 |

It is Masters week and the golfing world will have its eyes on Augusta, Georgia. This is the one tournament that seems to draw sports fans from all walks of life. The return and resurgence of Tiger Woods has added additional...

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Crusin’

Posted by | April, 5, 2018 |

Ever stop by a car lot just to dream about owning a new car? With prices these days, a dream and a lucky penny might get you a test drive. After, a fan and cold lemonade returns you to consciousness from sticker shock, of...

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The Death of Stalin (***) R

Posted by | April, 5, 2018 |

An old cliché tells us that the truth is stranger than fiction. If one were looking for an example to prove their point, the historical comedy-drama The Death of Stalin could certainly serve as exhibit A. If the truth really is...

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Final Four Weekend

Posted by | March, 29, 2018 |

The field has been whittled down from 68 teams to four. The Final Four. We are left with an interesting field of survivors. We have two perennial powers, Villanova and Kansas, who were number one seeds. We have the hottest team...

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Open (minded) Carry

Posted by | March, 15, 2018 |

If you ask a gun owner why they “need” a firearm, you may get the immediate and defensive response that it’s because they have the right to. Some will even go as far as to quote the 2nd amendment from memory. Adopted on December...

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House Of Cards

Posted by | March, 8, 2018 |

Ironically, I am writing this on a very gloomy, dreary and yes…gray…day. However, yesterday the sun was shining. It was warm, so I was weeding flowers beds. Crawling across the ground until I came upon a patch of something green...

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A Fantastic Woman (***) R

Posted by | March, 8, 2018 |

The 2017 Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Film, A Fantastic Woman, is an engrossing character study revolving around the life and losses of the transgender woman of the film’s title. The Chilean film is more evidence that...

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Death Wish (**) R

Posted by | March, 8, 2018 |

Eli Roth is a director who’s made a career out of crafting horror films loaded with scenes of over the top blood and gore, as evidenced in such works as Hostel and Cabin Fever. Most of his films harken back to the days of the...

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A Wrinkle in Time (** ½) PG

Posted by | March, 8, 2018 |

The long-delayed big screen adaptation­—a TV version appeared some time ago—of the celebrated series of children’s books A Wrinkle in Time brought to mind a quote from years ago concerning another celebrated literary adaptation....

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Southern GRID

Posted by | March, 8, 2018 |

Before we begin this week’s article, a certain compelling bit of carefully collaborated, considerately chosen, clarification is called for. This column’s collective content (enough of the “c” word thing) is in no way, shape or...

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Red Sparrow (**) R

Posted by | March, 1, 2018 |

Actress Jennifer Lawrence and director Francis Lawrence reunite—Lawrence having previously directed three of the Hunger Games installments—in the spy thriller Red Sparrow. The result, in spite of a few rousing set pieces, is not...

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Annihilation (** ½) R

Posted by | March, 1, 2018 |

For all of its grandiose ambitions, Annihilation, writer/director Alex Garland’s eagerly anticipated follow-up to his celebrated 2015 film Ex Machina is more than a bit on the derivative side of things. How much of this is the...

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Do-It-Yourself

Posted by | March, 1, 2018 |

Any thoughts as to designing clothes, shoes, jewelry, a home? While this question may cause some of you start doodling with your pencil, head down, eyes averted in an attempt to not be noticed. Others, myself included, would...

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Tough Week On Tobacco Road

Posted by | March, 1, 2018 |

The last week of February usually has both North Carolina and Duke playing their best basketball in advance of the ACC Tournament and the NCAA Tournament. Not this year. Just one month after both schools lost at home on the same...

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Pitino Brought Louisville Down

Posted by | February, 22, 2018 |

The once proud Louisville basketball program has hit rock bottom. The NCAA announced this week that the school’s 2013 NCAA Championship is being taken away, along with all the wins head coach Rick Pitino’s team had that season....

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Super Bowl Blueprint

Posted by | February, 8, 2018 |

The NFL has long been a copycat league. Teams not taking part in the Super Bowl take time to evaluate the Super Bowl winner’s roster and system to see if they can learn anything that may help them. They do things like assess how...

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