Gladiator II” isn’t quite the prestige film that the first one, a best-picture winner, was. It’s more a swaggering sword- -and-sandal epic that prizes the need to entertain above all else.

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Famous astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson will bring one of his favorite talks, "An Astrophysicist Goes to the Movies," to ...

The 2023 movie "The Color Purple" will be shown at 5:30 p.m ... For more information, call 803-642-2020 ext. 3. A book club ...

Although Paul Schrader, Bill Maher and others have slammed the movie, video game creator Hideo Kojima said he could see it ...

Happily, there are a host of witty, satirical and downright hilarious books out there, waiting to put a smile back on our faces. From comic novels and memoirs, to essays and poetry, humour has filled ...

We have people who read true crime or light novels and others (who) read more graphic novels that have turned into movies ... Book Club with the first meeting scheduled for Nov. 2 at the Barney ...

Welcome to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. Hello, fellow readers. I’m culture critic, fervent bookworm and hoops head Chris Vognar. This week we speak with poet and essayist Hanif ...