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'Tomorrowland' likeable and fun, but tries too hard

Wednesday, 27 May 2015, 13:17 Last update: about 12 years ago

There's a lot to like about Disney's "Tomorrowland." It's got George Clooney and Hugh Laurie, robots and explosions, a positive message, and it puts the fate of the future in the hands of two smart...

Lincoln Child returns with 'The Forgotten Room'

Wednesday, 27 May 2015, 12:39 Last update: about 12 years ago

In "The Forgotten Room," professor Jeremy Logan tackles another baffling case - that might be his last. Lincoln Child, of the writing duo Preston & Child, has written several outstanding...

Faith No More screams back to life

Tuesday, 26 May 2015, 13:53 Last update: about 12 years ago

Eighteen years after releasing their last studio album, Faith No More returns in rude, crude health. "Sol Invictus" kicks off in menacing fashion with the album's eponymous, piano-led track,...

At Cannes, Norway's Trier maps complex US family drama

Tuesday, 26 May 2015, 13:16 Last update: about 12 years ago

In Trier's Cannes Film Festival entry "Louder Than Bombs," a bereaved father and two sons struggle to console and understand one another after the death of their family's matriarch, a famous...

Melissa Rivers lauds and laughs in 'The Book of Joan'

Tuesday, 26 May 2015, 12:33 Last update: about 12 years ago

Before launching into a slew of brazen zingers, comedian Joan Rivers often used her signature catchphrase, "Can we talk?" Nine months after Rivers' sudden death, her daughter, Melissa Rivers, is...

Hollywood accused of gender bias in hiring women directors

Saturday, 23 May 2015, 14:41 Last update: about 12 years ago

The ACLU of Southern California and the national ACLU Women's Rights Project said Tuesday they are asking federal and California civil rights agencies to investigate what they call "the systemic...

A Hemingway makes sense of her family's troubles

Saturday, 23 May 2015, 14:20 Last update: about 12 years ago

Born into one of America's best-known families, Mariel Hemingway grew up with the advantages of sharing the name of her grandfather Ernest Hemingway and the burden of growing up in a family at least...

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