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Monday, March 16, 2009
Found video / CL-TV Originals Aida is coming to Charlotte
Posted By Ciara Lilly on Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 11:11 AM
AIDA, the Broadway play, will be at the Booth Playhouse on March 20-21. The tickets are only $15! For more information, check out www.blumenthalcenter.org. Not too familiar with Aida? Here is a musical selection from musical artist, Toni Braxton titled "God Loves Nubia."
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Found video / CL-TV Originals When imagination gets you a free pass to an asylum...
Posted By Ciara Lilly on Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 10:55 AM
After watching this video, I am left with one question: When do we draw the line on sensationalism? I am afraid to say that we are entering an era where mannequins, yes mannequins, are being personified. Next, TMZ will be stalking the mannequins at your local mall. You have been warned...
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Found video / CL-TV Originals What a cruel prank...
Posted By Ciara Lilly on Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 8:33 AM
Any other time this prank would have been hilarious, but during this recessional period, I cannot help but to feel bad about laughing. Watch as this innocent guy gets pranked in front of thousands into thinking that he hit the $500,000 shot during halftime, making him instantly wealthy. I am willing to bet that he will never attend another basketball game.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Movie Trailers / CL-TV Originals Watchmen: A clockwork orange
Posted By Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman on Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 4:10 PM
By Matt Brunson
Clunky football metaphors are never out of season, so even though the NFL turned off its scoreboards earlier this winter, along comes Watchmen to inspire a gridiron grasp -- namely, that director Zack Snyder is the cinematic equivalent of the quarterback who's clearly no MVP but is just good enough to get his team to the Super Bowl.
In bringing (along with co-scripters David Hayter and Alex Tse) the sacred graphic novel by writer Alan Moore and illustrator Dave Gibbons to the big screen, Snyder makes almost all the right plays -- the movie is visually resplendent and remarkably faithful to the source material -- but too often fails to find the heart buried deep within the darkness. With the surprisingly adept Dawn of the Dead remake, the bloated fanboy fave 300 and now Watchmen, Snyder demonstrates that he knows his way around expensive movie equipment, but he hasn't shown much affinity for his fellow humans. It's no coincidence that the worst scene in Watchmen is the one in which superheroes Nite Owl (Patrick Wilson) and Silk Spectre (Malin Akerman) engage in hot and heavy sex. As staged, the sequence is completely risible; I've seen '80s teen sex comedies less awkward than Snyder's attempt at conveying intimacy through intercourse.
Read the rest of Matt's review here.
Watch the movie trailer here:
Monday, March 9, 2009
Found video / CL-TV Originals Consumed with free time?
Posted By Ciara Lilly on Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 12:56 PM
Check out the modern twist on the rubix cube, the Pentaminx. This puzzle was hand-assembled, with 975 individual parts, and 1,212 stickers that were each placed by hand, totaling 75 hours for completion. Now imagine how long it will take to solve it? If you're up for the challenge, the puzzle goes on Ebay on March 12.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Found video / CL-TV Originals Ani DiFranco is coming to Charlotte
Posted By Ciara Lilly on Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 12:31 PM
On Wednesday, March 11, Ani DiFranco will be performing LIVE at the Neighborhood Theatre. So for all the DiFranco fans out there, this is a must-see event. And for those who are unfamiliar with Ani DiFranco's music, do not be "shy," here's an introductory video. The show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are currently on sale. $35 for general admission, $55 for VIP.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Movie Trailers / CL-TV Originals Close but no (Cuban) Cigar
Posted By Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman on Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 5:18 PM
By Matt Brunson
In some cities, director Steven Soderbergh's epic look at revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara has been screened as two separate films: Che: Part One (subtitled The Argentine during production) and Che: Part Two (Guerilla). Locally, however, we're getting the whole enchilada in one 4-1/2-hour version. But whether viewed in one or two sittings, the fact remains that Soderbergh's ambitious but erratic film wastes its generous running time by failing to really burrow beneath the media myth, determined not to provide much insight into the individual whose iconic image has adorned countless T-shirts and posters.
Read the rest of Matt's review here.
Watch the trailer here:
CL-TV Originals Tim and Eric in Charlotte
Posted By Carlton Hargro on Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 10:21 AM
To coincide with this week's cover story, we found some clips of Tim and Eric — of Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! — while they were in Charlotte last month. Some of the sound sucks, but the shit is funny:
