Jun 13-19, 2018
Queen City Kitties; instrumental music; Patois Counselors; Copper; God’s Trombones
Incredibles 2 worth tooning in
INCREDIBLES 2 *** (out of four) DIRECTED BY Brad Bird STARS Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter The vigorous embrace of mediocrity above all else currently grips a 21st century America that has become too lazy to think for itself (as witnessed by the ascendancy of FOX News and reality TV), and writer-director Brad Bird smartly…
Tag teams real and reel life
TAG **1/2 (out of four) DIRECTED BY Jeff Tomsic STARS Ed Helms, Jon Hamm Hawkeye was noticeably MIA in Avengers: Infinity War, but you can catch his alter ego Jeremy Renner in Tag, a hit-and-miss comedy with, perhaps surprisingly, more hits than misses. The most startling trivial pursuit regarding this film is that it’s based…
The Birth of a Nation, Death Wish, Jack the Giant Killer among new home entertainment titles
(View From The Couch is a weekly column that reviews what’s new on Blu-ray, DVD and Streaming. Ratings are on a four-star scale.) THE BIG COUNTRY (1958). Director William Wyler and leading man Gregory Peck, who had worked beautifully together on Roman Holiday, didn’t share such a rapturous relationship during the making of this excellent…
The Blotter: Painting the Town
Technicolor A customer in a Benjamin Moore paint store on South Boulevard recently decided he would test the colors in the store by splashing them everywhere, and ended up doing thousands of dollars in damage. According to a 21-year-old woman working in the store, the suspect began purposefully picking up paint cans and smashing them…
Listen Up: Hectorina Experiments on ‘Local Vibes’
The boys from Hectorina were gracious enough to spend a Sunday morning with us directly following an album release party for their new album, Muck, at Snug Harbor, so we’ve got to hand it to them for even showing up. We talk with Dylan, John and Zach about their fourth full-length release, the Charlotte scene…
News of the Weird: Squirt and Eat
Shoot First Customers at Hillary’s 3Sheets in Perth, Australia, are being offered water guns to shoot at seagulls, which have been ruining diners’ waterfront meals. “It was bad,” owner Toby Evans told Nine Network television on May 16, admitting the idea was “a desperate measure. Before, they’d wait until customers had finished and got up,…
Dilworth’s Copper Keeps Its Sparkling Rep Despite the Haters
In the land of cheesy grits and fried chicken biscuits, it’s the smell of murgh tikka masala — the traditional Indian dish of piping hot chicken swimming in a tomato cream sauce spiced with Indian herbs — that draws the crowds in Dilworth. Copper, a name that reflects a blend of historic Indian cooking tradition…
Charlotte Comes Together to Help its Feline Friends
The kitten is tiny, barely 7 inches long. Cradled in the volunteer’s arms, it kneads the baby bottle with its paws and its ears start to twitch. That’s a sure sign the kitten has learned to bottle feed, according to Ann McElwain “Their ears wiggle back and forth once they start suckling,” McElwain says. “It’s…
Snug’s June Residency Celebrates Wordless Music in Charlotte
Have you ever found yourself grooving to the music of an artist you like, getting lost in the rhythms and other layers of cool instrumentation, then realize their crappy lyrics have completely ruined the experience for you? Of course you have. Great songs with bad lyrics span the decades, from Iron Butterfly’s “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida,” way back…
‘God’s Trombones’ Brings Resounding Sermons to Spirit Square
[Image-1] OnQ Productions doesn’t usually perform at McGlohon Theater in Spirit Square, but when it does, it’s kind of a big deal. So shall it be, brothers and sisters, when God’s Trombones — sounds big, doesn’t it? — comes wailing, praising, shouting and testifying into the city for a three-night run beginning Tuesday, June 19.…
Bo White Unleashes Patois Counselors’ first ‘Proper Release’
‘Proper Release’ is now out on Ever/Never Records.
