The Chainsmokers disappoint on new, same-old album
Saturday, 29 April 2017, 16:40
Last update: about 8 years ago
The Chainsmokers wowed with their infectious single "Closer" and gave Coldplay a trendy EDM makeover on "Something Just Like This." But high hopes for a whole album by the DJ duo of Andrew Taggart and...
'The Lost City of Z' is a mesmerizing adventure
Saturday, 29 April 2017, 15:45
Last update: about 8 years ago
Modest and majestic at once, the films of James Gray patiently burrow their way into the souls of their characters and, maybe, into you. Gray is painterly and exacting - some might say to a fault. But...
Spoon's 'Hot Thoughts' is raw, sinewy, danceable
Friday, 28 April 2017, 16:40
Last update: about 8 years ago
Spoon's "Hot Thoughts" is raw, sinewy and often danceable, the band charging into its ninth album with a cruder and more experimental approach. Helmed by producer Dave Fridmann (Mercury Rev,...
'Logan' a satisfying end for Jackman's Wolverine
Friday, 28 April 2017, 15:44
Last update: about 8 years ago
"Logan " is not for the faint of heart - not just because of its brutal violence, but because it packs an emotional wallop you don't typically expect from a comic-book movie. Featuring Hugh...
'The Lost Order' by Steve Berry is gripping story
Friday, 28 April 2017, 15:07
Last update: about 8 years ago
"The Lost Order," Steve Berry's latest Cotton Malone adventure, combines the history of a secret society with a look inside the Smithsonian Institution - and it's terrific. Before the Civil War,...
Digging deep for that classic Deep Purple sound on new album
Thursday, 27 April 2017, 16:39
Last update: about 8 years ago
This album is so Purple even Prince would love it. Deep Purple, those space truckers from the late '60s whose four-chord intro to "Smoke on the Water" became the go-to practice riff for every kid...
Jordan Peele turns his focus to directing in 'Get Out'
Thursday, 27 April 2017, 15:43
Last update: about 8 years ago
"I don't necessarily love the attention," Peele said. "It takes a particular kind of toll on you." While that might be a dagger in the hearts of fans who came to know and love Peele as an...
'Inferno' brings insight and humanity to Ebola outbreak
Thursday, 27 April 2017, 15:05
Last update: about 8 years ago
In 2014, Dr. Steven Hatch, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, flew into a Liberian airport in the midst of the largest Ebola outbreak in history, donned...
Betty Who is back with her fizzy pop and all is OK
Wednesday, 26 April 2017, 16:38
Last update: about 8 years ago
These might be anxious times but don't worry, Betty Who is back. Betty Who? Exactly. Even her stage name is fun. A new album of her infectious, fizzy pop music might be just what we need right...