The 10-year-old hero at the center of the film "The House With a Clock in Its Walls" likes to look up words in the dictionary, like "foreboding" and "indomitable." He might want to be familiar with...

"Namaste the Hard Way: A Daughter's Journey to Find Her Mother on the Yoga Mat" (HCI), by Sasha Brown-Worsham A girl's emotional connection to her mom never stops evolving, even decades after the...

The first part of the festival MUSIC+ organised by The Classique Foundation is just over. This included 3 highly successful and acclaimed recitals by international and local artists;...

Keith Morrison, the "Dateline" correspondent, has spoken to countless murder suspects and grieving family members over the years. But he says he truthfully never had an appetite for covering...

Alejandro Escovedo, "The Crossing" (Yep Roc) Drawing up a family tree of Alejandro Escovedo's lengthy career results in a small forest with branches spread out across punk, rock and alt-country....

What evil lurks behind the mommy vlogger with an "oopsie jar"? Paul Feig's "A Simple Favor" is a suburban noir about two mothers with grade-school kids that veers into "Gone Girl" territory...

"Vox" (Berkley), by Christina Dalcher Can you imagine a time when women aren't allowed to speak more than 100 words per day? What if excessive communication results in increasingly painful...

Jodie Whittaker calls being cast as the first woman to portray Doctor Who "a step in the right direction" when it comes to gender equality in Hollywood, but doesn't feel that she's broken a glass...

Lenny Kravitz, "Raise Vibration" (BMG) In these divided times, we need a musical hero to bring us together. Preferably, we need a rock 'n' roll swashbuckler who can carry a message of love and a...

"Assassination Nation" is trying to make you uncomfortable. The film even starts out with about a dozen "trigger warnings" previewing the horror that is to come in this internet age Salem witch trial...