Viewpoints and Voices - Southpoint Access (Page 2)

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[Editor Review] Disclosure Day - Wes Platt

Great performances, particularly from Emily Blunt, Colin Firth, and Colman Domingo. Impressive visuals and action sequences on the big screen.

Southpoint Access

A SoDu Dad's Reflection on Father's Day

Southpoint Access publisher Wes Platt reflects on the small, everyday acts of parenting that help shape families, strengthen communities, and inspire the work of local journalism.

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[Reader Review] Widow's Bay - Jimmy W.

Do you wanna watch Jaws, Friday the 13th, Midnight Mass, Evil Dead, King of the Hill, and like nine Stephen King movies but you only have time for one thing? Widow's Bay.

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[Nerdspresso] Backrooms: Creeping Out with Empty Spaces

It is like a nightmare that abruptly wakes you confused and uneasy in the dead of night. You’re not sure why it frightened you.

The Gourmand Next Door

[The Gourmand Next Door] Home Sweet Home

For the last 50 years, our state’s wine production and influence have been heavily tied to the success of Duplin. The tastes that have been developed in the intervening years from Prohibition have changed from the unctuous and luscious to drier, more acidic wines favored in Europe.

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[Nerdspresso] A Nerdy News Round-Up - June 12, 2026

Emergency meeting! Paramount+ drops a new animated series based on Among Us. Plus: new releases in comics, novels, and games!

Viewpoints and Voices

[Letter to the Editor] Durham Should Fund Family Drug Treatment Court

Retired Judge Nancy Gordon says opioid settlement dollars should support family reunification and recovery.

Nerdspresso

[Nerdspresso] Novocaine: Battle of the Nepo Babies

You will hide your eyes even while you’re laughing at some of this movie’s most excruciating moments. Novocaine is the most fun you’ll ever have wincing. It plays like Die Hard as body horror.

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[Nerdspresso] This Is the Way - to Enjoy Star Wars Without Expecting a Time Machine

The Mandalorian and Grogu is entertaining and more authentic than The Force Awakens and The Rise of Skywalker. Those flicks always felt to me like they were more a product of corporate synergy than storytelling. You can tell that this new flick was made by fans

The Gourmand Next Door

Washington Wine: Where Rainy-State Myths Give Way to High-Desert Vines

East of the Cascades, Yakima and Walla Walla reveal why Washington has become one of America’s most important wine regions.

Nerdspresso

[Nerdspresso] Rachel McAdams Bloody Good in "Send Help"

Fans of The Evil Dead will appreciate Send Help’s more extreme moments and devilish twists. McAdams and O’Brien are both all in for this mayhem. The energy of their love/hate connection crackles throughout the movie.

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[Nerdspresso] Bat Nipples and Bad Jokes: Embrace the Cheese of Batman & Robin

There’s a reason this movie totally changed his career, and it’s not because it was a huge hit. Clooney has self-deprecatingly confessed that he feels personally responsible for torpedoing Batman’s movie mojo for nearly a decade. This experience taught him to be more selective.

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