Creative Loafing (Charlotte)

The Amazing Spider-Man: Tangled webnew

Perhaps it's best to think of Sam Raimi's 2002 Spider-Man and Marc Webb's 2012 The Amazing Spider-Man as the cinematic equivalents of Coke Classic and New Coke.

Creative Loafing (Charlotte) | Matt Brunson | 06-29-2012 | Reviews

Tags: The Amazing Spider-Man

Moonrise Kingdom takes the crownnew

Equal measures sweet and bittersweet, Moonrise Kingdom is nothing less than Wes Anderson's best film to date.

Creative Loafing (Charlotte) | Matt Brunson | 06-29-2012 | Reviews

Tags: Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom

Ted: Bear hugs for allnew

Rude, raunchy and decidedly non-PC, Ted is the sort of movie for which trailers serve no purpose, since they can't convey the R-rated content in PG-approved snippets.

Creative Loafing (Charlotte) | Matt Brunson | 06-29-2012 | Reviews

Tags: Ted, Mila Kunis, Matt Brunson

Chasing Stan Leenew

How I got to sit down with the man, the myth, the legend.

Creative Loafing (Charlotte) | Joanne Spataro | 06-26-2012 | Culture

Tags: Stan Lee

Protesters dump 500 pounds of coal in front of Bank of Americanew

And then teach the bank how to clean up its mess.

Creative Loafing (Charlotte) | Ryan Pitkin | 06-25-2012 | Business & Labor

Tags: Rainforest Action Network

Seeking a Friend for the End of the Worldnew

Seek it out.

Creative Loafing (Charlotte) | Matt Brunson | 06-25-2012 | Reviews

Tags: Patton Oswalt, Keira Knightley, Steve Carell, Matt Brunson, Lorene Scafaria, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World

Just Me and the Boybandsnew

Or... omygod, why One Direction is, like, totally awesome!

Creative Loafing (Charlotte) | Mark Kemp | 06-21-2012 | Music

Tags: The Beatles, MTV, Nick Lowe

DNC 2012 Notebook: Adding a banana to the Uptown viewnew

Wednesday, Chiquita unveiled its logo on the side of the NASCAR Hall of Fame building.

Creative Loafing (Charlotte) | Mary C. Curtis | 06-19-2012 | Elections

Tags: Elections, Democratic National Convention, DNC 2012

The Power of White Flournew

Children's book teaches important lesson.

Creative Loafing (Charlotte) | Anita Overcash | 06-19-2012 | Fiction

Tags: Ku Klux Klan, Neo-Nazis, Coup Clutz Clowns, David LaMotte, White Flour Childrens Book

The Gay It Forward Couponnew

Discount service unifies LGBT and business communities.

Creative Loafing (Charlotte) | Laura Camilo | 06-19-2012 | LGBT

Tags: LGBT, Amendment One, Gay It Forward Coupon

Saving Grace: Against Me! singer begins public gender transitionnew

It's one thing to blur the lines of androgyny a la David Bowie, but Tom Gabel is changing completely.

Creative Loafing (Charlotte) | Joanne Spataro | 06-14-2012 | LGBT

Tags: transgender, Against Me!, Tom Gabel, androgyny

The DNC Memory Holenew

Political circuses, the new Prozac.

Creative Loafing (Charlotte) | John Grooms | 06-14-2012 | Commentary

Tags: Democratic National Convention, DNC, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, DNC 2012

Yet again, Republicans deny women their rightsnew

The Senate Minority blocked the Paycheck Fairness Act, telling women across the country that they are not entitled to the same pay as their male counterparts.

Creative Loafing (Charlotte) | Erin Tracy-Blackwood | 06-09-2012 | Politics

Tags: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Paycheck Fairness Act, GOP War on Women