Everyone involved in the making of "Mary Poppins Returns " felt the pressure to do justice to the original 1964 film. Rob Marshall worked on it for three straight years. Animators came out of...

Christian Bale had a choice to make. He'd been hemming and hawing about Adam McKay's very unconventional proposition that he play Dick Cheney in a biopic about the former vice president of the United...

"The Widows: a Novel" (Minotaur), by Jess Montgomery The atmosphere of an old-fashioned Western permeates this intriguing debut that mixes workers' rights, corruption, Prohibition and women's...

John Mellencamp, "Other People's Stuff" (Republic Records) In his youth John Mellencamp was known to be cocky. That brashness carried him to the big stage, where he became a stadium-scale rocker...

Saoirse Ronan says she was "more than ready" to make the transition on film, and in real life, from young girl to commanding woman. Her new role in "Mary Queen of Scots," gave her the opportunity to...

"The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington" (Flatiron Books), by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch George Washington faced some big problems as he tried to fortify New York City...

The National Book Council is pleased to release the programme of cultural events for the Campus Book Festival 2019 (FKK19). As customary, the festival will take place at the University Quadrangle on...

LP, "Heart to Mouth" (BMG/Vagrant) There's a reference to shape-shifting tucked into the lyrics of "When I'm Over You," the second song on LP's new album, "Heart to Mouth," and it didn't get...

The name Joanna Kulig might not ring a bell for the majority of American moviegoers, but that could all change in the coming weeks with the theatrical expansion of "Cold War." The Polish drama from...

"Sugar Run: A Novel" (Algonquin), by Mesha Maren Flawed people and a forceful look at an area ravaged by an economic downturn and a rising opioid epidemic meld in the character-driven "Sugar...