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Barry Lopez looks for hope beyond the 'Horizon'

Wednesday, 17 April 2019, 09:35 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"Horizon" (Alfred A. Knopf), by Barry Lopez Part travel journal, part history, part science lecture, part autobiography, and completely unique, "Horizon" feels like the crowning achievement of...

Trio of child-sex documentaries puts a spotlight on parents

Tuesday, 16 April 2019, 10:06 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

The mothers of the two accusers in HBO's "Leaving Neverland" said they were lulled by Michael Jackson's forlorn demeanor and fairytale world when they allowed him to take their boys into his...

Renee Wahl digs deep on evocative Americana set

Tuesday, 16 April 2019, 10:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Renee Wahl and the Sworn Secrets, "Cut to the Bone" (Double R Records) The first sound of Renee Wahl's voice on her fine new album is enough to set off the comparisons to Rosanne Cash. The...

DC superhero pic 'Shazam!' is a joy...seriously

Tuesday, 16 April 2019, 09:49 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Holy superhero fatigue, Batman, "Shazam!" is actually good. OK, so it's basically "Big" with superheroes and villains instead of businesspeople and girlfriends, but director David F. Sandberg has...

'The Liar's Child' is a compelling story

Tuesday, 16 April 2019, 09:33 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"The Liar's Child" (Ballantine Books), by Carla Buckley Young Cassie and her 5-year-old brother, Boon, live at the Paradise apartments near North Carolina's Outer Banks and are dealing with a...

Johnny Cash's cabin is setting for fine Todd Snider album

Friday, 12 April 2019, 10:01 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Todd Snider, "Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3" (Aimless/Thirty Tigers) The microphone pops when Todd Snider delivers an especially emphatic lyric, and his chair creaks under the weight of his...

In 'Us,' Jordan Peele holds a dark mirror to America

Friday, 12 April 2019, 09:41 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Jordan Peele has tightened his grip in "Us," a less satirical and more slaughterhouse horror parable than the writer-director's astonishing debut, "Get Out," that despite its deficiencies will leave...

'The Last Second' is a popcorn movie in print form

Friday, 12 April 2019, 09:34 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"The Last Second" by Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison (Gallery). The launch of a corporate satellite covertly begins the countdown to the end of the world in Catherine Coulter and J.T....

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