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'Finding Dory' is no trophy fish but it's a keeper

Saturday, 25 June 2016, 15:33 Last update: about 11 years ago

In Pixar's hands, the ocean - equal parts danger and wonder - is a vast metaphor for the choppy waters of parenting. Cloistered coral reefs of home are surrounded by frightful drop-offs and strong...

History, travel & comedy collide in 'Wonder Trail'

Saturday, 25 June 2016, 15:14 Last update: about 11 years ago

Steve Hely's plan is vague: travel south and make lots of stops along the way until he reaches the end of the world. And so begins "The Wonder Trail," Hely's account of everything from the history of...

Little Big Town's Pharrell-shaped CD is fun but lightweight

Friday, 24 June 2016, 16:25 Last update: about 11 years ago

Little Big Town, country music's top vocal group, achieved widespread fame by continually taking artistic risks and pushing boundaries. With "Wanderlust," they step out even further, working with...

The hocus pocus of 'Now You See Me 2' wears thin

Friday, 24 June 2016, 15:32 Last update: about 11 years ago

The magician heist movie "Now You See Me 2" disappears with not a poof, but in a hyper-kinetic blur of hectic plot mechanics, ceaselessly nattering characters and so many ploys of...

'Ink and Bone' is a tale of horror and mystery

Friday, 24 June 2016, 15:13 Last update: about 11 years ago

Lisa Unger returns to the small town of The Hollows with "Ink and Bone," another gut-wrenching tale of horror and mystery. Finley Montgomery has been visited by ghostly figures and experienced...

'Warcraft' a visual spectacle

Thursday, 23 June 2016, 15:31 Last update: about 11 years ago

So it may take a while for non-gamers to figure out who's who in the battle of orcs and humans at the center of the "Warcraft " film, which complicates an already dense mythology. Once it becomes...

'Listening to Prozac' doctor: antidepressants work

Thursday, 23 June 2016, 15:12 Last update: about 11 years ago

In 1993, Peter D. Kramer wrote "Listening to Prozac," a book that explored the ethics of prescribing what was then a relatively new class of antidepressants that, quite separate from treating...

Shirley Caesar's voice still powerful on new album

Wednesday, 22 June 2016, 16:23 Last update: about 11 years ago

Each of the 11 tracks on Shirley Caesar's "Fill This House" is filled with an energetic spirit of hope and self-empowerment. The 77-year-old gospel singer's voice is as powerful and vibrant as ever,...

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