Woody Allen's late period has been defined by a quality you wouldn't have expected from the man who produced the inspired chaos of "Bananas" or the Fellini-esque carnival of...

"Blood Aces: The Wild Ride of Benny Binion, the Texas Gangster Who Created Vegas Poker" (Viking), by Doug J. Swanson   Benny Binion, native of tiny Pilot Grove, Texas, began his...

In the documentary of his record-breaking deep-sea dive, "Deepsea Challenge 3D," James Cameron asks, "Am I a filmmaker who does exploration work on the side, or am I an explorer who...

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Femi Kuti is, like his father, a recording artist and an activist.   Now he's a storyteller as well, advising Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney on the documentary "Finding...

"Into the Storm" is a movie that addresses the fearsome power of nature. Alas, it also addresses the fearsome power of a bad script to distract us from the fearsome power of...

Billy Joe Shaver, "Long In The Tooth" (Lightning Rod)   Old cowboys love to lament that contemporary country music's in a sorry state and guilty of casting aside sage singers...

Rebooting the popular franchise after Paramount acquired the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle" rights, producer Michael Bay and director Jonathan Liebesman have taken on a full recap of the...

He is 86 years old, his eyesight is failing and much of his recent work reads like a man saying goodbye.   But W.S. Merwin continues to write poems; he cannot help...

In just four years, One Direction has cultivated a feverish fan base so strong, the boy band can sell out U.S. stadiums, a feat that mirrors 'N Sync's success more than a decade ago, and an...