Capt. James T. Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise embark on a manhunt to capture a terrorist mastermind. With Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Benedict Cumberbatch and Zoe Saldana. Written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof.
Ten bands jammed out over the two-day Bluegrass Festival in Aiken on Friday and Saturday, playing both traditional tunes associated with the genre and “new grass,” a more progressive style.
In the Roaring ‘20s, a Midwestern writer is drawn into the world of New York City’s upper crust, including his socialite cousin; her philandering husband; and an enigmatic, party-throwing playboy. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire,...
The Aiken Concert Band opened up the 39th annual Hopelands Summer Concert Series on Monday with some summer tunes to warm up the audience. Approximately 530 people were in attendance, according to Hopelands Gardens and Rye Patch Reception Center Supervisor...
• “The Amazing Race” season finale — All that panting and gasping you hear is coming from the final three teams as they chug toward the finish line in Washington, D.C. This still-enthralling reality series crowns another...
The playboy industrialist and armored superhero Tony Stark, aka Iron Man, is brought to the brink of destruction by a new enemy known as the Mandarin. With Robert Downey Jr., Ben Kingsley, Gwyneth Paltrow and Don Cheadle. Written by Drew Pearce and...
A long-divorced couple are forced to pretend otherwise for the sake of their adopted son’s wedding when his ultra-conservative biological mother unexpectedly decides to fly halfway around the world to attend. With Diane Keaton, Robert De...
There’s a natural beauty and romanticism about baseball that transitions to the silver screen as perfectly as a well-turned double play. If you add in a powerful story that resonates through history as sharply as the crack of the bat on a...
LOS ANGELES — The surprise box office success of the uplifting Jackie Robinson biographical film “42” suggests that audiences are ready for a PG-13-rated movie filled with coarse, racially charged language. It also raises...
Author Kim Boykin will sign copies of her book, “The Wisdom of Hair,” Saturday at the Aiken County Public Library at 3 p.m. Copies of the book will be for sale as well, with proceeds going to the library. “The Wisdom of Hair” was...
After humans have evacuated a decimated Earth, one of the last drone repairmen on the planet has a startling encounter that causes him to question the past. With Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman and Olga Kurylenko. Written by Karl Gajdusek and Michael...
A biopic about the legendary ballplayer Jackie Robinson, who broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. With Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie and Christopher Meloni. Written and directed by...
George Plimpton knew the score. A generation or so ago, the late Paris Review editor developed what he called the “Small Ball Theory” of sports writing, which posits “a correlation between the standard of writing about a...
