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thursday, february 28,2008
DIVE RECOMMENDS
Album From the Vaults
Boris Amplifier Worship 2001 s
Amplifier Worship the sophomore album
for Japan s doom-titans, is an immense
record thick, heavy and awesome m
the purest sense of the word
Movie Rental Pick:
"Throne of Blood (Kumonosu jd)': Akira
Kurosawa translates Shakespeare's
"Macbeth' into an ominous atmosphenc
samurai tragedy
Something Random:
Origami Beauty truly, is as fragile as
folded paper
Events:
Today
Colossus Fighting Poseidon
Reservoir | Priest-worshipping power
metal (Colossus) plus jagged, wiry
post-punk (Fighting Poseidon) 10 p m
FREE 21 and up
Friday
Beach HousePapercuts/Wil Donegan
Local 5061 Beach House bnngs gauzy
indie sound to town presumably playing
plenty of tracks of its great new record
Devotion 9 p m $lO
Leap Day Dance Party
Jack Sprat | Is there really any more
appropriate way to celebrate an extra
night of the year than with a dance
party’ We really don't think so 11 p m
$3
Saturday
A Benefit for Esten
Cat s Cradle | Dirty Little Heaters,
Midtown Dickens and Opening Flower
Happy Bird 2 p.m FREE (donations
encouraged)
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Kerbloki/Hundred Air/Auxes
Local 506 | Chapel Hill s Kerbloki
brings Beasties-influenced party rap
while Hundred Air will take things in a
completely different direction with classic
Beaties-styled pop 10 p.m. $5
Barton Carroll
The Cave | Barton Carroll is the type
of singer-songwnter perfect for The Cave
Don't plan on leaving this show without at
least one tear in your beer 7:30 p.m. $5
21 and up
Simple/Reid Johnson (of Schooner)
The Cave | Simple draws on former
members of North Elementary and
Pleasant to craft intricate indie rock
Schooner s Reid Johnson is simply
one of Chapel Hill s best songwriters
Expect those songs to really stand out
in this solo acoustic set 10:30 p.m. $5.
21 and up
FrequeNC Records Night
Nightlight | What does FrequeNC
Records Night entail besides loads of
booty shakiri? What else do you want? l
Start time and cover not listed
Movies in the Union:
‘Lars and the Real Girl.’ Ryan Gosling
breathes plenty of life into a film about a
mans love for a sex doll Friday, 7 p.m.;
Saturday. 9:30 p.m.
"Michael Clayton,’ George Clooney
proves why he is still considered one of
Hollywood's highest regarded actors in
this film of one man's struggles inside
a powerful law firm Friday. 9:30 p.m.;
Saturday, 7 p m.
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MOVIE SHORTS
IN BRUGES
★★★★&
Watching “In Bruges" is like a trip
to the modern art museum. One
persons masterpiece is another’s
travesty.
Is “Bruges" a quirky action flick?
A dark comedy? A morally-mud
dled alternative drama?
Writer/director Mark McDonagh
won an Oscar for the 2006 short
“Six Shooter," and there’s no telling
what he had in mind when he con
cocted his feature-length debut.
And it’s hard to care after all, a
wonderful mess is still wonderful.
The cast is the film’s strongest play.
Colin Farrell’s childish and grumpy,
but ultimately lovable criminal wres
tles with his past Ralph Fiennes also
delivers a conspicuously talented
performance that is at once hilari
ous, heartfelt and terrifying.
And Brendan Gleeson, outshin
ing even the impeccable Farrell,
shows beautiful subtlety as a car
ing friend, a hardened killer and a
history nerd in one character.
The film's emotional high
points are purposefully injected
with an ironic silliness, while the
most harmless moments somehow
achieve surprising depth.
The film is almost flawless in its
execution yet it’s hard to say exact
ly what McDonagh was going for.
Still, a film that leaves such a
huge question mark in its wake
should be considered a triumph.
-Da tnd Bemgartt
BE KIND REWIND
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Michel Gondry’s “Be Kind
Rewind" is a silly story used to
illustrate the importance of neigh
borly love and social history.
Mike (Mos Def) works and lives
in a video store owned by the aging
Mr. Fletcher (Danny Glover), who
leaves the shop to his protege when
he leaves town for a few days.
But when Mike’s friend Jerry
(Jack Black) accidentally magnetizes
his brain and erases every tape in the
store, the two begin producing their
own remakes to keep the store open.
Soon, the duo’s “Sweded" remakes
become neighborhood hits.
Most of the film’s humor relies
on ridiculous or awkward situa
tions and seems to lie just below the
level of laugh-out-loud funny. And
the actors' performances at times
appear amateur, although this may
be an intentional repetition of Mike
and Jerry’s “Sweded” style.
Also running through the film is
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- Form In Translation -
The Art of
Judith Ernst
Opening Reception Friday, Feb. 29th * s:3opm
On Display through May 30th
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who is said to have lived in the build
ing housing the video store.
The Fats Waller story, which
eventually brings the neighbor
hood together, in spite of race,
background and— most important
generation, brings a surprisingly
wholesome element to the film.
Mike and Jerry’s homemade
film anthology also represents an
impressive collective knowledge
of popular film history. If nothing
else, viewers are sure to appreciate
the impromptu producers’ efforts.
* -Catherine Williams
SEMI-PRO
Asa recognizable star with mem
orable on-screen personas, Will
Ferrell is often a film’s driving force.
But in “Semi-Pro," the comic's per
formance is reduced to a side note.
An awkward grab bag of sup
porting actors, who take the lead
more often than not, confuse the
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film’s comedic foundation with a
maze of individual stories.
Ferrell plays the owner, coach
and power forward of a struggling
1970s basketball team. His is a part
of the real-life American Basketball
Association, known for wild show
manship and flashy playing.
Like 2004’s “Anchorman,"
“Semi-Pro" surrounds Ferrell with
an entourage of funnymen. But in
“Semi-Pro," their presence seems to
serve as dramatic relief within a film
already half-drained of humor.
But the actors aren't to blame.
The film was written to make sure
each storyline, no matter how
uninteresting or poorly developed,
received equal attention.
Sacrificing a bit of comedy for an
important message or an unusual
plot twist is acceptable, but the sup
porting characters bring neither.
If not for a handful of scenes and
the premise’s gold mine for ridicu
lous scenarios, “Semi-Pro" would
hardly be a comedy at all.
-Alexandria Shealy
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Edwin Amaudin, David Bemgartt,
Rachel Brody, Melissa Brown.
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Oehring, Luis Torres, Benn Wineka,
Catherine Williams, staff writers
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