Eric Weston

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Army Captain Eric Perkins has been part of a few secret missions. He just returned from his third deployment, the latest in Afghanistan, after two in Iraq. But Tuesday morning's mission was so secret he couldn't even tell his own daughter about it. After all, the mission was to surprise her. 'I'm shaking a little,' Capt. Perkins said. 'I don't know if I'm going to be able to hold it in.' At 2 p.m. he walked into Mrs. Weston's kindergarten class at Joseph W. Grier Academy. His young daug

A down-and-out Doo Wop band tho takes a bumbling detour into burglary in their endless quest to make good on their dreams.

An alcoholic, one-time executive becomes a surrogate father to a troubled 11-year-old boy. Cassavetes supported his uncommercial personal projects with his firey and realistic acting, brings a touch of class to this slightly maudlin social study.