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Review: Pride & Prejudice by PlayMakers at UNC
We attended a preview performance of Pride & Prejudice by the PlayMakers Repertory Company at UNC last night. All in all, I would say it was a decent performance, but its main flaw was one that...
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Movie Review: X-Men Origins: Wolverine
The last couple blockbuster action flicks I’ve seen — “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” and “Watchmen” — have kind of been letdowns. Not that they were horrible, but I expected them...
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Movie Review: Star Trek
I would warn you that this review probably contains some spoilers, but really, the new Star Trek movie was spoiled long before I started writing this review. It was widely known that J.J. Abrams was...
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Our Own “Best of the Triangle” List
The Independent Weekly published its Best of the Triangle 2009 list last week. We agree with some of the choices, while others left us a bit befuddled. Here’s our own list of some of the best...
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Review: “The Sound of Music” Musical in Raleigh
Say “The Sound of Music”, and most of us immediately think of the movie, Julie Andrews spinning on the vast green hills of the Alps, and the beautiful shots of Salzburg. The movie has become such a...
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Review: Zombieland
Looking at the list of movies I saw in theaters this year, I won’t have guessed that Zombieland would be the best of the bunch (which includes disappointing summer blockbusters such as Star Trek,...
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China: Alive in the Bitter Sea
While dropping off some stuff at the local PTA store a little while back, we browsed through the collection of used books and picked up a bunch, including “China: Alive in the Bitter Sea”, a 1982 book...
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A “Wicked” Good Performance with a So-So Script
The beautiful setting inside the Providence Performance Arts Center. Also, note the giant dragon above the stage. The marquee outside the Providence Performance Arts Center. While in New England...
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Revival of A Classic Game Genre
Thanks to Telltale Games, Guybrush Threepwood is back, with a vengeance! While I was growing up, I became a huge fan of adventure games. The love affair began with me typing “Push rock” and seeing a...
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Restaurant Review: Sitar India Palace, Durham, NC
The non-vegetarian thali at Sitar Indian Cuisine. I’ve only had Indian food a couple times in my life and neither experience was anything to dwell on. That, plus my general lack of enthusiasm for...
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Book Review: Lost on Planet China
I had previously written about my displeasure with the fact that J. Maarten Troost’s Lost on Planet China called my hometown, Guangzhou, an urban cesspool. I just finished the book, and despite that...
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In Jurassic Park: The Game, Telltale Finds A Way
When I heard that Telltale Games was going to develop a video game based on the movie Jurassic Park, I was excited, intrigued, and a bit ambivalent. Excited because Telltale Games is by far my...
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Chromecast Review: Exceeding Expectations After 60 Minutes
I ordered Google’s Chromecast on the second day after its unveiling, by which time the video-streaming device was already sold out. After waiting almost a month, I finally got my Chromecast today. I’ve...
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Life with a Chromebook: Living in the Browser
Last month, I got an Acer C720 Chromebook as a present. I had been looking to replace my old netbook for a while, and the idea of a Chromebook intrigued me. How well can I get by with a computer that...
View ArticleIn Search of Foodie Deals in Sin City
Ah, Vegas, land of celebrity chefs and restaurants so ultramodern they look like something out of a Kubrick production. We’re just back from a three-day jaunt to Sin City, where we sought reasonably...
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Review: Durham’s Revolution Rocks
Every time we go to Revolution, we walk away impressed. The dishes we’ve tried have ranged from very good to stellar, and often make us giddy with their innovative flavors and presentation. Recent...
View ArticleDining in San Francisco: The Standouts
This August, we took a long-awaited trip to San Francisco, where we sampled as many of the city’s myriad types of cuisine as possible in seven days. Here’s part one of a series of capsule reviews about...
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Dining in San Francisco: Breakfasts, Lunches, and Java
This August, we took a long-awaited trip to San Francisco, where we sampled as many of the city’s myriad types of cuisine as possible in seven days. Here’s part two of a series of capsule reviews about...
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Dining in San Francisco: Dinners and Sweets
This August, we took a long-awaited trip to San Francisco, where we sampled as many of the city’s myriad types of cuisine as possible in seven days. Here’s part three of a series of capsule reviews...
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Review: Hitting the Indian Food Jackpot at Chapel Hill’s Mint
Franklin Street’s Mint doesn’t appear, at first glance, like a typical Indian restaurant: Its atmosphere is understated, with little more than Bollywood music playing in the background to clue you in...
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