"Warm Bodies," the latest permutation of the zombie screen phenomenon, places heart over horror and romantic teen angst over sharp social commentary. The low gore quotient and emphasis on...

"Pound Foolish: Exposing the Dark Side of the Personal Finance Industry" (Portfolio/Penguin), by Helaine Olen   After the financial crisis began in 2008, it suddenly became OK,...

Jonas Kaufmann, "Wagner" (Decca)   Just about anything the German tenor Jonas Kaufmann does these days is special, and he sounds in particularly fresh voice as he ventures into...

It's supposed to be a parody of itself, right?   That's the only way to explain the ridiculously over-the-top, repetitively numbing fifth film in the "Die Hard" franchise,...

Piper Donovan, the heroine of a mystery series by Mary Jane Clark, is fearless and inquisitive, and this trait often puts her in danger. In "Footprints in the Sand," the latest in the...

"Dancing to the Flute" (Atria), by Manisha Jolie Amin   A little boy appears in an Indian village, not remembering his name nor where he was from. But he is charming, clever and...

The genders have been reversed but the supernatural, star-crossed teen angst remains firmly intact in "Beautiful Creatures," which clearly aims to pick up where the "Twilight"...

There's no shortage of classic recordings of the second and most popular opera in Wagner's four-part "Ring" cycle.   This new version — first installment of a...

A new publication on Mattia Preti complementing the international exhibition ‘Mattia Preti – Faith and Humanity’ which is to be held in Malta at the Grandmaster’s Palace this...

Fans of the Eels will be surprised to know that the band's frontman, Mark "E'' Everett, seems to have been lifted from his melancholy — a sentiment that has inspired the...