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Pete's Dragon' (pleasantly) stays earthbound

Friday, 26 August 2016, 12:15 Last update: about 10 years ago

After an exhausting summer buffet of set pieces, superheroes and whatever s-word you might use for "Suicide Squad," the gentle "Pete's Dragon" is a welcome palate cleanser. Where other summer movies...

Top-selling edition of Constitution by conservative press

Friday, 26 August 2016, 12:04 Last update: about 10 years ago

Since Khizr Khan held up a copy of the U.S. Constitution last week at the Democratic National Convention and offered to lend it to Republican nominee Donald Trump, sales for the government's founding...

Haley Bonar's observant songs own 'Impossible Dream'

Thursday, 25 August 2016, 12:37 Last update: about 10 years ago

Haley Bonar's songs on "Impossible Dream" are both personal and universal, stories with an indie film ambience detailed enough to fill a larger screen. Born in Canada, raised in South Dakota and...

In 'Jason Bourne,' a digital dragnet tightens

Thursday, 25 August 2016, 12:15 Last update: about 10 years ago

Jason Bourne, as played by Matt Damon across four movies, is forever disappearing off the grid only to reluctantly resurface years later and again menace the CIA. He's the spy who came in from the...

'Guy Novel' is widely improbable spy thriller

Thursday, 25 August 2016, 12:03 Last update: about 10 years ago

Michael Ryan is primarily known as a Guggenheim-winning poet, although he has also written a critically acclaimed memoir and a book of essays. But his first novel, "Guy Novel," is part wildly...

Film: Epic clash over Amazon is a gripping real-life drama

Wednesday, 24 August 2016, 12:13 Last update: about 10 years ago

The bloody confrontation occurred at a remote, scrubby expanse called Devil's Curve, where the Andean foothills meet the Amazon jungle. A bitter turning-point in modern Peru, it became known as the...

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