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'Annie's Bones' by Howard Owen is stylishly written

Friday, 8 June 2018, 08:36 Last update: about 9 years ago

"Annie's Bones" (Permanent Press), by Howard Owen Grayson Melvin was just 18 when Annie, the girl of his dreams, broke up with him in a North Carolina college parking lot. Weeping, she ran from...

Summer Movie Preview: 'Crazy Rich Asians' changes everything

Thursday, 7 June 2018, 08:42 Last update: about 9 years ago

It's been 25 years since a major Hollywood studio released an English-language film with a primarily Asian cast. The last was Wayne Wang's adaptation of the generational tear-jerker "The Joy Luck...

19th-century plant pioneer changed how America eats

Thursday, 7 June 2018, 08:34 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

"The Food Explorer: The True Adventures of the Globe-Trotting Botanist Who Transformed What America Eats" (Dutton), by Daniel Stone. Who knew avocados, citrus and cherry blossoms had a...

Summer Movie Preview: McCarthy and Falcone's family business

Wednesday, 6 June 2018, 08:40 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Melissa McCarthy hasn't had a movie in theaters since "Ghostbusters" two years ago, but it's not like she's been taking a break. She's been hard at work preparing multiple projects with her...

The man who cannot forget returns in Baldacci's 'The Fallen'

Wednesday, 6 June 2018, 08:31 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

"The Fallen" (Grand Central Publishing), by David Baldacci In David Baldacci's "The Fallen," Amos Decker, who had a terrible head injury while playing football, can recall all of his memories to...

Slick neo-noir 'Gemini' stays surface level

Tuesday, 5 June 2018, 08:39 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Writer-director Aaron Katz's "Gemini " is a very stylishly executed and well-cast attempt at a Lynchian neo-noir that doesn't really work. Glum and meandering, the Los Angeles-set mystery about a...

'The Art of the Wasted Day' explores silence and solitude

Tuesday, 5 June 2018, 08:29 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

"The Art of the Wasted Day" (Viking), by Patricia Hampl Critically praised Patricia Hampl invites readers to take a journey to explore the idea of a life steeped in leisure without...

Foreigner soaks '70s, '80s classics in orchestral splendour

Monday, 4 June 2018, 09:00 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Foreigner "Foreigner With The 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus" (ear music) It really MUST feel like the first time when the members of the band keep changing. Foreigner, the...

'RBG' amuses, entertains, and yes, inspires

Monday, 4 June 2018, 08:38 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

Is RBG getting enough kale? That was the question — only partly in jest — that circulated back in early 2017 when President Donald Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court....

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