Nov 4-10, 2015

Nov 4-10, 2015 / Vol. 29 / No. 37

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SPECTRE: Bridge of spies

SPECTRE **1/2 (out of four) DIRECTED BY Sam Mendes STARS Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz To see rankings of all the previous James Bond films from worst to first, go here. For ample lists about everything 007, including Best Theme Songs, Best Villains, Best Character Names and more, go here. While it might feel like the…

Matt Brunson

Suffragette: Equal to the task

SUFFRAGETTE *** (out of four) DIRECTED BY Sarah Gavron STARS Carey Mulligan, Helena Bonham Carter With Suffragette, screenwriter Abi Morgan has managed to pen a movie about Britain’s working-class women that’s a far sight better than the dud she scripted about Britain’s upper-class harridan, Margaret Thatcher. Whereas The Iron Lady soft-pedaled its central character and…

Matt Brunson

Bizarre crime from Charlotte police files (Nov. 5)

Gun Gone: Police filed a non-criminal report regarding an incident that happened in southeast Charlotte last week. A fashion crime was committed after all, however. A 52-year-old man told officers he lost his handgun and clip after placing it on top of his car before driving off. Perhaps the worst part of this man’s story…

Ryan Pitkin

Weekly horoscope (Nov. 5-11)

For All Signs: For this month I shall be writing about a major challenging aspect between Saturn and Neptune that will be exact on Nov. 26. It will be in astrology news through 2016. It is already happening. Saturn rules hard core reality, the rules, and limits of our lives. Neptune rules the spiritual, the…

Vivian Carol

Phonte and Nicolay remain focused on the Foreign Exchange

With their fifth studio album, Tales From the Land of Milk and Honey, The Foreign Exchange has perfected its sophisticated take on R&B, incorporating not only a range of sticky sweet melodies, but also a smattering of nuanced romantic themes like domesticity and compromise. But whatever you do, don’t call it “grown man music.” “I’d…

Kyle Mullin

El Cafetal is a Colombian eatery worth checking out

As the summer wound down, many started binging on Netflick’s newest series Narcos. Filmed in Colombia, the Goodfellas-esque Narcos informs a new generation of the evolution of cocaine trafficking beginning in the late 1970s by following the rise of the legendary Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar. Unfortunately, the series may also serve as a reminder…

Tricia Childress

Three questions for Maynard Noble of The Workman’s Friend

You don’t have to be from Ireland to appreciate a good ol’ Irish pub. That’s true for Charlottean and restaurant owner Maynard Noble, although his wife is an Irish lassie who undoubtedly has influenced his love for the Emerald Isle. Noble is one of three owners — there’s also Tommy Timmins and Kevin Devin, an…

Anita Overcash

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