4+ hour, 47+ min ago  (243+ words) So you're watching a new series and it's off to a promising start. The story moves, the characters make sense, and you can see some greater theme or vision taking shape. Then you get to about the midway point, which…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (584+ words) In 2022, the book was reissued to readers in the United States, where it's become a social media darling, frequenting the New England Indie Bestseller List and GoodRead's annual Reading Challenge as this year's top read science fiction title. And, in…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (597+ words) The Criterion Channel mostly has movies, but then, director Wong Kar-wai is best known for his movies, so it makes a certain amount of sense that his first TV series is on the streamer. "Blossoms ... This week's TV: "Stranger Things…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (343+ words) Turns out that Thia is missing everything below the waist, but she's still capable of conversation. That's because, like Ash in 1979's "Alien," she's a synthetic made by the evil Weyland-Yutani company. The two "Predator"-"Alien" crossover movies made this…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (176+ words) Netflix released a new trailer for the fifth and final season of "Stranger Things" on Thursday, offering fans a glimpse at what's to come as the series heads into its last batch of episodes. "We sort of like got to…...

5+ mon, 1+ day ago  (370+ words) Ax, 76, a pianist with a long history of collaborating with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, decided to "sort of cheekily [take] the bull by the horns," and hand-wrote Williams a letter. According to Ax, it said: "Dear Mr. Williams, if you…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (812+ words) I wasn't a musician when I got to Berklee," Mann, 64, recalled in a recent video interview. Some people just figure things out for themselves or are born able to do it. Must be nice. I'm somebody who needed to learn....

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1113+ words) The Emmy-winning, Grammy-nominated composer and musician Bear McCreary is accustomed to using a museum's worth of instruments in his scores, which span video games, film, and TV. Throughout his career ... Bear McCreary talks Slash, squeezeboxes, and "The Singularity' The Emmy-winning,…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (433+ words) The Force was with many Japanese, as well as visitors from abroad, at a "Star Wars" event where Lucasfilm announced that the next installation in the franchise. "I guess I was dreaming about " Star Wars " even before I saw the…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1096+ words) As the show prepares to launch its second season, it's worth revisiting what made the first season so unusual. Star Wars spinoff "Andor" offers an urgent and timely message about facing fascism As the show prepares to launch its second…...