Neil Morris
Indy Week
Raleigh, NC, United States
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Nothing Says "Christmas Day" Like Adam Sandler Flop-Sweating Through the Safdie Brothers' Fever Dream
Kevin Garnett, The Weeknd, Mike Francesa, and John Amos all show up, playing themselves. It's that kind of movie. → Read More
Mary Poppins Returns' Devotion to the Original Creates Familiar Delights and a Sense of Irrelevance
Emily Blunt and Lin Manuel-Miranda have to carry a lot of lineage in this Dec. 19 opening. → Read More
Alfonso Cuarón’s Masterful Roma Is Well Worth Streaming but Begs for the Cinema Screen
Luckily, Raleigh's Alamo Drafthouse is one of the limited number of theaters showing the film starting December 14. Get tickets soon or get thee to Netflix. → Read More
Why Does the Umpteenth Spider-Man Movie Feel So Vital? One Changed Word in Uncle Ben’s Famous Dictum Tells All.
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse opens on Friday, Dec. 14. → Read More
Sundance-Winning Short Turned Feature Film Thunder Road Airs Out the Ills of the John Wayne Ideal
We speak with local producer Ben Wiessner in advance of the film's regional premiere at Alamo Drafthouse. → Read More
NC Courage drops NWSL title to Portland Thorns, 1-0
When used idiomatically, a "junkyard dog" denotes a person with an especially combative demeanor. In the weeks leading up to Saturday's NWSL championship final, North Carolina Courage manager Paul Riley had taken to branding his squad as "junkyard dogs," a paean to their self-ascribed tenacity and fight. → Read More
Home, bittersweet home: NCFC, Puerto Rice draw 0-0
Saturday's 0-0 tie is North Carolina FC's first scoreless draw since September 10, 2016, and NCFC remains winless in six home matches for the NASL's fall season. → Read More
Family affair: Courage down Dash, 1-0, to earn home playoff game
Kristin Hamilton's first-half goal was the difference in a 1-0 Courage victory that saw Sam Mewis face off against her sister, Kristie Mewis, of the Houston Dash. → Read More
Another late penalty hands North Carolina 1-1 draw
After 90 minutes of paltry play, North Carolina FC again benefited from an added-time penalty, this time handing the home team a 1-1 draw. → Read More
Indy Eleven douses waterlogged NCFC 2-1
Two weeks ago, Indy Eleven was winless on their 2017 season. It now has two victories in a week's time, both over the North Carolina FC. Dovetailing off last week's 2-0 result, Indy came to WakeMed Soccer Park tonight and left with a 2-1 win. → Read More
The Book of Henry Is a Blatant Tearjerker Whose Elaborate Plot Serves a Useless Solution
Director Colin Trevorrow and novelist Gregg Hurwitz's glorified TV thriller opens on Friday, June 16. → Read More
NC Courage run out to third straight win, 3-1 over Orlando
In the end, the Courage kept up their early season success. The team allowed its first goal of the year, but three scores on their side proved sufficient for a 3-1 victory. It's the Courage's third win in as many matches. → Read More
Taste of the Triangle: NC Courage downs Portland 1-0 in home opener
Against the consensus top team in the NWSL, the Courage dominated the box score and ultimately the score line, earning a 1-0 victory in their new hometown debut. → Read More
Full Frame XX: In Steve James's Abacus, a Small Family Bank Is the Lone Scapegoat for the 2008 Mortgage Crisis
We speak with the legendary director of Hoop Dreams and Stevie about his new film and the nature of truth in an anti-fact age. → Read More
Times are a-changing as North Carolina FC readies to open 2017 season
It's been an offseason of change around the erstwhile Carolina RailHawks. For starters, they're now the North Carolina Football Club, an umbrella brand that now also envelopes one of the largest youth soccer organizations in the country after a merger with the Capital Area Soccer League (CASL). → Read More
Three things that mattered this year in film
Weak tax breaks hurt the state film industry, luxury cinema came to the Triangle and local filmmakers and festivals shined. → Read More