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'Afterlife' is mind-bending thriller

Wednesday, 16 August 2017, 14:46 Last update: about 10 years ago

The line between life and death is a mere dimension that's easier to breach than previously thought in "Afterlife," Marcus Sakey's latest mind-bending thriller. FBI Agent Will Brody finds himself...

Detroit's '67 riots halted music, helped recalibrate sound

Saturday, 12 August 2017, 16:54 Last update: about 10 years ago

It wasn't sweet music that brought Martha Reeves to the microphone at the Fox Theatre that day in July 1967; it was brutal reality. Detroit was burning. Headlining a string of shows for a...

In 'Valerian,' cosmic splendor struggles for liftoff

Saturday, 12 August 2017, 16:27 Last update: about 10 years ago

When even most of the good spectacles carry a strong whiff of prepackaging, try taking in the air of Luc Besson's sci-fi extravaganza "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets." Its atmosphere...

'Watch Me Disappear' is a suspenseful story

Saturday, 12 August 2017, 16:03 Last update: about 10 years ago

For some people, the idea of unconditional love is fraught with conditions, especially when a relationship has been built on lies and secrets as the superb "Watch Me Disappear" shows. Janelle...

Florida divers, snorkelers submerge for reef music festival

Friday, 11 August 2017, 16:53 Last update: about 10 years ago

A local radio station's broadcast underwater in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary on Saturday attracted about 400 divers and snorkelers who listened to music and announcements advocating reef...

'To the Bone' walks fine line of depicting eating disorders

Friday, 11 August 2017, 16:26 Last update: about 10 years ago

Writer and director Marti Noxon struggled with anorexia and bulimia for 10 years. It's her story, albeit a fictionalized version, that she tells in "To The Bone," a feature film coming to Netflix on...

'The Man of Legends' is an engaging novel

Friday, 11 August 2017, 16:02 Last update: about 10 years ago

Kenneth Johnson, who has worked on TV shows such as "The Six Million Dollar Man," ''The Incredible Hulk" and "V," adds to his repertoire with the engaging novel "The Man of Legends." A...

Can big-screen comedy survive the superhero era?

Thursday, 10 August 2017, 16:26 Last update: about 10 years ago

Days before the opening of the Will Ferrell-Amy Poehler comedy "The House," producer Adam McKay could see the writing on the wall. The box-office forecast for the film wasn't looking good. In the...

Jeff Abbott keeps readers on edge in 'Blame'

Thursday, 10 August 2017, 16:01 Last update: about 10 years ago

The girl who can't remember will be forced to seek answers she doesn't want to find in "Blame," Jeff Abbott's latest thriller. Two years earlier, a car crash killed her friend David and left Jane...

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