Although it sometimes accompanies fine films such as "Zero Dark Thirty" and "Argo," the phrase "inspired by a true story" tacked onto the front of a movie too often warns...

"The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend" (Bloomsbury), by Glenn Frankel   A modest hit in theaters in 1956, "The Searchers" has grown in stature to become, for...

Veronica Falls, "Waiting for Something to Happen" (Slumberland)   The second full-length album from indie pop's Veronica Falls is a tasteful guitar pop set, brighter in tone...

A spider crawls up the leg of 18-year-old India Stoker (Mia Wasikowska) early in Park Chan-wook's English-language debut, "Stoker," and she regards it passively,...

"Me Before You" (Pamela Dorman Books), by Jojo Moyes   There are books that you cannot put down. There are also books where you become so invested in the characters, you force...

Terri Lyne Carrington, "Money Jungle: Provocative In Blue" (Concord Jazz)   Producer Terri Lyne Carrington follows up her Grammy-winning, all-female "The Mosaic Project"...

"Extinction" (Thomas Dunne Books), by Mark Alpert   A Chinese experiment involving the use of political prisoners and a supercomputer goes horribly wrong in Mark Alpert's...

From the twisted minds of producers Peter Farrelly (Hall Pass, Shallow Hal) and Charles Wessler (There’s Something About Mary, Dumb & Dumber), comes Movie 43 -- the outrageous new ensemble...

I Give It A Year is a brand new comedy from the writer of Borat and Bruno that lifts the veil on the realities of the first year of marriage.   Since they met at a party, ambitious...

Michael Bolton, "Ain't No Mountain High Enough: A Tribute to Hitsville U.S.A." (Montaigne Records)   In his nearly four decade career, Michael Bolton has released some two...