CHECK IT OUT: Charlize Theron is the leader of a group of ancient immortals
WATCHCheer Charlize: The summer movie season may be non-existent this year, but Netflix had a pinch-hitter ready to stream: “The Old Guard.” This comic book adaptation stars Charlize Theron as the...
View ArticleRead It and Reap: 'Hot' books for a variety of readers
I have a problem with “hottest summer read” lists. Too often, they dwell on cute and kind of brainless novels with colorful, graphic covers. They may well suit the tired, overworked head but don’t...
View ArticleCHECK IT OUT: 'True Love,' Shaggy sounds, immigrants' story; and high-seas...
READStay 'True': Don't let its pastel pink-and-blue cover fool you. Sarah Gerard's new novel, "True Love," Harper (224 pages, $25.99) is about as far from a standard rom-com as a book can get. It's...
View ArticleCHECK IT OUT: Lori McKenna's latest album, a 'Bright' book, 'Cursed' magic,...
LISTENMore McKenna: A songwriter who has won Grammys for penning hits for Tim McGraw and Little Big Town, Lori McKenna — who's from Stoughton — steps back into the forefront with her 11th album “The...
View ArticleBook Smart: Thriller? Drama? Romance? What to read if you're looking for...
Normally this is the time of year when we gather books and load up beach bags and travel carry-ons for that much-anticipated vacation. Yet the summer of 2020 feels very different with many of us...
View ArticleNewton poet Heather Treseler earning accolades for first book
With her first book of poetry, a chapbook titled "Parturition" published earlier this year, and a growing list of poetry prizes, Newton Centre resident and Worcester State College associate professor...
View ArticleFramingham author’s new children's book celebrates creativity with a...
"Lali's Feather," by Framingham author Farhana Zia of Framingham, is a sweet story that begins when a little girl finds a feather in a field.Lali is curious and sets out to find the feather a home. But...
View ArticleFrom Ferrante to Woodward: A full fall season in books
NEW YORK — The best news about the fall season in books is that there will be a fall season in books.The coronavirus has shut down cineplexes, performance centers, museums and comedy clubs, but books...
View ArticleRead It and Reap: 'The Hate U Give' a powerful read perfect for these times
Book clubs should strongly consider adding Angie Thomas’s spectacular — and prescient — novel, “The Hate U Give” to their reading lists. The novel sweeps through the horror of a young teen forced into...
View ArticleCHECK IT OUT: What to watch, stream, read and listen to this week
WATCH'I’m Thinking of Ending Things': As the writer of “Being John Malkovich,” “Adaptation” and “The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” Charlie Kaufman’s imagination has long been boundless and...
View ArticleHere's our picks. One thing to stream, listen to, read and rent this week.
STREAMRocky ride: The always wonderful Haley Lu Richardson stars in "Unpregnant," a comedy/drama, streaming on HBO, about a teenager in Missouri who is seeking an abortion and has to cross more than a...
View ArticleBook Smart: Tales of betrayal
Three powerful novels do a marvelous job of highlighting the many paths that lead to intimate betrayal.
View Article'An Unexpected Quest': Mass. author hits all 50 states in new book
In Jim Ford's amusing new short film "Small World," two American tourists (played by Ford and Hannah Sloat) in a far away foreign land realize they are not just both from New England, but, as the...
View ArticleCHECK IT OUT: 4 things to stream, listen to, watch or read
STREAMMore Millie: It’s somewhat fitting that “Stranger Things” breakout Millie Bobby Brown gets her first starring role in a Netflix film, “Enola Holmes.” To be fair, it was supposed to be a...
View ArticleLies, lies and more lies: Hank Phillippi Ryan's believable new mystery:
It's not so much who will be the first person to lie but who isn't lying in this impressive stand-alone novel from award-winning Massachusetts author Hank Phillippi Ryan."The First To Lie" weaves...
View ArticleJames Patterson awards $500 grants to thousands of teachers
NEW YORK — Thousands of schoolteachers will receive $500 grants from author James Patterson to help students build reading skills, especially as schools struggle to adapt to the coronavirus...
View ArticleBooks: Finding hope amid paralyzing grief in Julia Alvarez's 'Afterlife'
Poet and novelist Julia Alvarez is back with a jewel of a novel, "Afterlife" that explores the life of a woman coping with widowhood and isolation in a small Vermont town.Dominican immigrant Antonia...
View ArticleCheck It Out: Mariah Carey, Judy Garland, infidelity and a Parisian adventure
BINGEParisian adventure: How about a trip to Paris with Lily Collins for company and Darren Star (“Sex and the City”) as tour guide? “Emily in Paris,” a 10-episode romantic comedy on Netflix, stars...
View Article4 things to do: Watch, listen, stream and read
WATCHVisit 'Utopia': Broadway is dark and most concert tours have been abandoned, but you can still feel the thrill of being inside a packed house in “ David Byrne’s American Utopia.” Spike Lee's...
View ArticleCheck It Out: 4 things to do this week
We've got some ideas for what to read, listen to, watch and stream.
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