Jack Reacher returns in 'Night School'
Wednesday, 23 November 2016, 15:18
Last update: about 11 years ago
"Night School," featuring Lee Child's enigmatic hero Jack Reacher, goes back to 1996 when Reacher was still in the military. After receiving a medal, Reacher takes on a mysterious assignment....
Let's do the time warp again! Rocky Horror remake rocks
Tuesday, 22 November 2016, 16:26
Last update: about 11 years ago
Let's do the time warp again! More than 40 years after one of the great cult films of all time introduced an unsuspecting public to sweet transvestites, a mad scientist making an erotic...
Love helps Jim James survive on 'Eternally Even'
Tuesday, 22 November 2016, 16:21
Last update: about 11 years ago
My Morning Jacket's Jim James takes a melancholy turn on "Eternally Even," a dreamy if somber overview of some of life's pressures and challenges. The focus of James' attention is clear from the...
'Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk' is a mesmeric trip
Tuesday, 22 November 2016, 15:41
Last update: about 11 years ago
"Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk " is not a war movie in the traditional sense. There are battle scenes, and brothers in arms banter, sure, but like its pioneering technology, on a pure story...
Ex-journalist explores nation's Secret Service dogs
Tuesday, 22 November 2016, 15:16
Last update: about 11 years ago
Even non-dog lovers will be fascinated by Maria Goodavage's in-depth examination of the highly trained canines and their equally impressive human handlers in "Secret Service Dogs: The Heroes Who...
Tove Lo finds herself high at the club but not happy
Saturday, 19 November 2016, 15:33
Last update: about 11 years ago
Pop singer Tove Lo warns us at the very top of her strong sophomore album that maybe we shouldn't always believe her. "You know I'm under the influence/So don't trust every word I say," she...
'The Joneses' is another studio comedy misfire
Saturday, 19 November 2016, 14:32
Last update: about 11 years ago
The modern studio comedy increasingly feels limp, suffocated by the financial imperatives of high-concept plots and desperately in search of signs of life. Greg Mottola's "Keeping Up With the Joneses"...
'Wrong Side of Goodbye' is masterful crime novel
Saturday, 19 November 2016, 14:06
Last update: about 11 years ago
Harry Bosch has retired from the Los Angeles Police Department, but he still finds himself in the middle of a puzzling mystery in "The Wrong Side of Goodbye" by Michael Connelly. Bosch has two...
Rick Astley re-emerges with surprisingly strong CD
Friday, 18 November 2016, 15:33
Last update: about 11 years ago
No, you're not being Rick-rolled . He's back. Rick Astley, the soulful English pop star with the bouffant hair who sang "Never Gonna Give You Up" in the 1980s, has...
The evolution of Amy Adams on view in 'Arrival,' 'Nocturnal'
Friday, 18 November 2016, 14:31
Last update: about 11 years ago
For a time, Amy Adams, a former chorus girl from Colorado, was known for her princesses and country girls: sweet and sunny characters that helped make Adams a star. "I call them the innocents -...