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Set sail with the spirited, familiar 'Moana'

Saturday, 10 December 2016, 14:51 Last update: about 9 years ago

Stop me if this sounds familiar: A Disney animation film about a bright and spirited young woman who feels stifled by outmoded expectations and dreams of exploring beyond the confines of her home....

Readers will feel lost in 'The Tourist' by Robert Dickinson

Saturday, 10 December 2016, 13:53 Last update: about 9 years ago

Robert Dickinson's latest novel, "The Tourist," is billed as a conspiracy thriller, but it's a sci-fi novel that explores various ramifications of time travel. In a future that appears bleak,...

Royal Philharmonic Elvis CD brings fresh takes to classics

Friday, 9 December 2016, 15:45 Last update: about 9 years ago

The Wonder Of You: Elvis Presley With The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, on October 21, 2016, Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment "The Wonder of You," recorded at...

Miles Teller comes back swinging in 'Bleed for This'

Friday, 9 December 2016, 14:50 Last update: about 9 years ago

He's been going at breakneck speed with a series of ups and downs that many actors won't see in a decade. In just two years he went from breakout revelation of "The Spectacular Now" to the star of an...

'Moonglow' by Michael Chabon

Friday, 9 December 2016, 13:52 Last update: about 9 years ago

In his latest novel, "Moonglow," author and Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Chabon aims for the moon and successfully touches down on the lunar surface after a journey that leaps across the decades, the...

Quest still on: Tribe makes prodigious return on final album

Thursday, 8 December 2016, 15:45 Last update: about 9 years ago

On Veteran's Day, A Tribe Called Quest released their first album in 18 years with all four founding members - Q-Tip, Phife Dawg, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Jarobi - taking part. Phife, who called...

Julie Dash's landmark 'Daughters of the Dust' is reborn

Thursday, 8 December 2016, 14:50 Last update: about 9 years ago

When it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, its director of photography, Arthur Jafa, won best cinematography. In 2004, it was added to the Library of Congress's National Film Registry....

'Ruler of the Night' transports readers to Victorian London

Thursday, 8 December 2016, 13:51 Last update: about 9 years ago

David Morrell's conclusion to the trilogy featuring Thomas De Quincey is another example of stellar writing and storytelling. In the two previous novels featuring the essayist and opium addict,...

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