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VISIONS film festival celebrates undergrad success

Juliane Bullard | Assistant Layout Editor March 31, 2011

UNCW's film department is hosting the VISIONS film festival and conference this Friday, April 1 in Lumina Theater with free admission for the general public. The festival will showcase international talent...

REVIEW: Buzz artist Oh Land aims at international breakthrough

Pernille Larsen | Staff Writer March 31, 2011

With the release of her second eponymous album, Danish electro-pop singer Oh Land and her management have lined up the big guns. She performed the first single off her self-titled album "Oh Land,"...

A Clean Sort of Grunge: review of the Flannel Rebellion at Wild Wing Café

Jeremy Smyczek | Staff Writer March 23, 2011

Along with the usual suspects like grey hair and a softening midsection, one knows that he has been alive for a little while when the music of his teen years is rediscovered by a new generation, rebranded...

REVIEW: Lykke Li serves soulful torch songs on sophomore album

Pernille Larsen | Staff Writer March 9, 2011

Four years have passed since the Swedish indie pop singer, Lykke Li, released her debut album. By the sounds of her new record "Wounded Rhymes," she has done a lot of growing and breaking up since. In...

REVIEW: ‘Rango’ is an instant animated western classic

Chris Harris | Staff Writer March 9, 2011

With Pixar studios holding a monopoly on great animated movies, it was beginning to seem that no other animation studio would be able to compete. Fortunately, Gore Verbinski's 3-D animation venture "Rango"...

Oscars: What’s next for the winning actors

Steven Zeitchik | Los Angeles Times (MCT) March 2, 2011

LOS ANGELES _ They might have stood on the most prestigious stage in Hollywood on Sunday night. But this year's Academy Award winners won't necessarily be in Oscar mode when they next pop up on a movie...

REVIEW: ‘A Discovery of Witches’ puts readers to sleep

Alice Fisher | Staff Writer February 23, 2011

Much praise has already been heaped on Deborah Harkness' debut novel, "A Discovery of Witches." Popular website Amazon.com labeled it as their book of the month for February. But is this novel worthy of...

REVIEW: ‘Blue Valentine’ sends viewers on an emotional rollercoaster

Pernille Larsen | Staff Writer February 23, 2011

It would be a big gamble to place a bet on Michelle Williams' performance in "Blue Valentine," the emotional knock-out which has earned her a second Academy Award nomination. In the category of Best Female...

Cameron Dailey, the new T. Swift

Juliane Bullard | Assistant Layout Editor February 9, 2011

In a venue where the ceiling drips water into several scattered buckets, painted skulls serve as decorative centerpieces and moth eaten cushions are the furniture, Cameron Dailey starts his set with a...

Second installment of horror game provides single player entertainment

February 4, 2011

When "Dead Space" was released in 2008, it was a revelation in the survival horror genre. It emphasized strategy and induced genuine scares in the player. It was a game infamously known as one that most...

REVIEW: ‘No Strings Attached’ hooks viewers with superb cast and script

Gillian Perry | Assistant Lifestyles Editor January 26, 2011

The concept of friends with benefits is nothing new to most college students, but it's taken to a whole new level in "No Strings Attached," starring Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher. The movie explores...

REVIEW: Cage the Elephant shows off their talent and maturation in new album

Ben Ochoa | Staff Wrter January 26, 2011

How does a band go from having a song off their debut album as the free single of the week on iTunes, to a year and a half later having the number one most downloaded record on iTunes? Ask Kentucky-based...

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