by R.L. Bynum | Oct 23, 2017 | Media, Staying In
The print editions of The News & Observer and The Herald-Sun aren’t nearly as big or timely as they were years ago. But if subscribers don’t mind trading a physical paper for a computer or device, they can read well-done pages that look like print pages and only...
by R.L. Bynum | Oct 17, 2017 | Media, Staying In
Newspaper print editions are on death row, with the date that the presses finally shut down undetermined.How long your favorite print edition survives seems to depend on who owns the newspaper and how that chain is doing financially. Also crucial is how the company...
by Shawn Krest | Oct 10, 2017 | No Effort TV Reviews, Staying In
This show is completely different from Everybody Loves Raymond. In THAT show, the adult son, his parents, and his adult brother live next door to each other, but they’re in HOUSES. In THIS show, they live in neighboring APARTMENTS. Here’s another way this show is...
by Shawn Krest | Oct 10, 2017 | No Effort TV Reviews, Staying In
We open with an extreme close up of Bobby Moynihan’s face, and—while I realize it’s unfair—all I can think is that I’m watching a SNL fake commercial. But I’m sure he can carry a show as the lead. I mean, what could possibly go wrong? The concept of the show is...
by Demetri Ravanos | Oct 4, 2017 | Staying In
I was 8 years old when I learned who Tom Petty was. It was 1989 and “Free Fallin’” was getting played on WABB in Mobile, Alabama seemingly every hour. I liked it a lot, so much so in fact that my mom bought me the 45 single to play on a tiny maroon turn table I had in...
by R.L. Bynum | Oct 3, 2017 | Media, Staying In
The college beats on the consolidated News & Observer/Herald-Sun sports staff will be shuffled in December, with longtime UNC beat writer Andrew Carter shifting to the depleted investigations team as sports investigations reporter. With management apparently...
by Shawn Krest | Sep 27, 2017 | No Effort TV Reviews, Staying In
As a public service, Raleigh & Company is committed to watching every new network television show of the Fall season … so you don’t have to. Don’t feel too badly for us, we don’t watch most of them for long. In fact, our primary measure of...
by Shawn Krest | Sep 27, 2017 | No Effort TV Reviews, Staying In
I didn’t budget much time for this uplifting drama about a teenaged, autistic genius doctor, but it managed to escape an early death with a quirky beginning. We see Freddie Highmore preparing for the day through a series of oddly cropped camera shots, reminiscent of...
by Shawn Krest | Sep 27, 2017 | No Effort TV Reviews, Staying In
We open at a Doctors Without Borders outpost in Syria, where a saintly female doctor works to save lives. She gives encouragement to patients during procedures and promises to follow up with them in post-op. This is someone we all want as our primary-care...
