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Miranda Lambert's album highlights duality as singer, writer

Tuesday, 6 December 2016, 15:39 Last update: about 8 years ago

Double albums are rare these days and the best ones came out decades ago in vinyl form. But country star Miranda Lambert revives that tradition in an expansive new album, "The Weight of These Wings,"...

In 'Allied,' with Brad Pitt, love in the fog of war

Tuesday, 6 December 2016, 14:47 Last update: about 8 years ago

Zemeckis' control of his camera is absolute, if self-consciously so. In "Allied," with Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard, he has resurrected the espionage thriller in all its classical glamour with a...

'All the Little Liars' is entertaining novel

Tuesday, 6 December 2016, 13:23 Last update: about 8 years ago

Long before her Sookie Stackhouse series, Charlaine Harris was best known for her lively tales about small-town librarian Aurora Teagarden. Her latest novel, "All the Little Liars," marks Harris'...

Twisted Sister behind him, Dee Snider has a creative surge

Saturday, 3 December 2016, 14:57 Last update: about 8 years ago

With Twisted Sister in his rearview mirror after 40 years of glam metal mayhem, vocalist Dee Snider has unleashed a torrent of creative fury on his new solo album, "We Are the Ones." While at...

Superb 'Manchester by the Sea' swells with emotion

Saturday, 3 December 2016, 14:11 Last update: about 8 years ago

It's hard to overstate the magnificence of Kenneth Lonergan's "Manchester by the Sea ." His third feature following "You Can Count on Me" and "Margaret" is one that swells with the spectrum of...

Stefanie Pintoff's 'City on Edge' is gripping story

Saturday, 3 December 2016, 13:41 Last update: about 8 years ago

Stefanie Pintoff brings back Eve Rossi and her unorthodox team from last year's "Hostage Taker" with another stellar case in "City on Edge." Preparations for New York City's annual Macy's...

Shawn Mendes, the serious, striking musician, emerges

Friday, 2 December 2016, 14:57 Last update: about 8 years ago

When Shawn Mendes went into the vocal booth to sing "Mercy," the gravelly, deep, emotional rock song from his latest album, he discovered a new side of himself. He found his voice. "When I...

'Trolls' is big-hearted sensory overload

Friday, 2 December 2016, 14:10 Last update: about 8 years ago

It's somewhat fitting that the new DreamWorks Animation feature "Trolls " is coming out right after Halloween. The movie is a sugary sweet confection of sights and sounds that will surely leave a...

Richer version of 'Road to Perdition' is released

Friday, 2 December 2016, 13:40 Last update: about 8 years ago

Readers can be forgiven if they believe there's nothing more to be done with "Road to Perdition," the murderous tale of a mob kingpin, his favored hit man and the lengths each was willing to go to...

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