"Bonfire" (Crown Archetype), by Krysten Ritter As an actress, Krysten Ritter has been building a solid career playing characters on the edge — the doomed Jane in "Breaking Bad," the lead in...

Researching the life of Leonardo da Vinci left Walter Isaacson in a playful mood. "He's the most fun, joyous person I can imagine," says the best-selling biographer, whose "Leonardo da Vinci"...

Mickey Hart, "RAMU" (Verve Forecast) There's plenty of movement on Mickey Hart's 14th studio album, as the Grateful Dead drummer extends his prolific solo career centered on his amazing...

The perfect veneer of 1950s suburban life is just a mask for the deep rot and hypocrisy festering underneath the trimmed lawns in George Clooney's "Suburbicon," a derivative and somewhat edgeless...

Gene Simmons wants you to be rich and powerful, but it's not going to be easy. You're going to have to learn English, wake up early, turn off the TV and study. "I want to shake you up and tell,...

Rapper Jeezy was so poor growing up as a child that he and his mother sometimes knocked cockroaches off their meals so they could eat. It's a moment Jeezy will never forget. The four-time...

"The Post " is kind of like the Yankees of movies. A Steven Spielberg directed film about the Pentagon Papers starring Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep and a murderer's row of all your favorite television...

"Wonder Valley" (Ecco), by Ivy Pochoda A naked man running through rush-hour traffic that's backed up for miles jumpstarts "Wonder Valley," author Ivy Pochoda's enthralling look at people mired...

Carpenters fans have a dozen reasons to be on top of the world this week. Nearly 30 years since the last LP album of new Carpenters material was released, remastered vinyl versions of 12 of the...

A film about the last Russian czar's affair with a ballerina sparked outrage among some Russians that has been expressed through pickets, arson, and Molotov cocktails hurled at a movie...