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Birthday Bombs

he chugs vodka. She vomits from car windows. She chain-smokes. No, she's not going through sorority rush--she's Nadia (Nicole Kidman) in the tortuous bride-by-mail comedy, Birthday Girl.


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The Incredible Shrinking Spacey

Is it Hollywood's great irony that its highest measure of success has marked the end of Kevin Spacey's edge, or is it just bad career choices? The two years since his Oscar for American Beauty have...


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Orchestral Bliss

As the mid-semester drone sets in and midterms rapidly approach, like the weather everything seems monotonous and dull.


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Zero 7: Simple Things

Given the overwhelming proliferation of so-called "chill-out" records, you might be inclined to pass on Zero 7's inaugural effort.


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Aurora in the Heavens

ne of the finest restaurants in Chapel Hill isn't on Franklin Street. Aurora, an upscale Italian eatery formerly nestled in trendy Carrboro, is a hidden treasure just off Highway 54.


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Revenge Is a Dish best Served Cold

Assuming that most people probably have not read Alexander Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo since high school--if at all--they still won't be at any loss going into this most recent adaptation.


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False Prophecies

Just seeing it can scare a film aficionado to death. Not the blurry, gray creature of The Mothman Prophecies but the phrase "based on a true story.


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Gaga For Dada

Durham is no longer the tobacco town it used to be. In need of a renaissance, the city is struggling to find some sort of new identity, which the municipal government cannot provide.


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Maiden Voyage Shipwreck

hat is it with the British? Their music press seems to have a knack for spotting American talent even before we do, hyping them up until we Yanks sit up and pay attention to the good stuff we got...


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Real Art

or those who are partial to New York theater, the theater in this area is typically unbearable.