The top 10 DVD rentals at Redbox kiosks for the week of July 11: 1. Memory (2022) — Universal 2. Last Seen Alive — Redbox 3. The Bad Guys — Universal 4. Morbius — Sony 5. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore — Warner 6. Father Stu — Sony 7. The …
Barton Goldsmith: And the darkest hour is just before dawn
When things get very complicated and upsetting, feeling low is understandable, and things aren’t going so well in the larger world right now. It’s also not far from the time of year — late spring and early summer — when suicide rates are higher than at…
Motormouth: Turn it off, or let it idle?
Q: I was wondering if there’s a rule of thumb for shutting off a car while waiting in line at the bank or pharmacy or coffee shop, etc. to conserve gas. If I think I’m going to be idling more than a minute, like at the bank, I shut the car off. Does th…
Commentary: Government indecision is strangling the drone industry. Our local roads could help
Amazon has just begun testing drone delivery in northern California, but it’s not all good news for a commercial drone industry struggling with employee reductions, shutdowns, acquisitions—and now more pushback from leery locals. In 2013, Amazon CEO Je…
Healthy Men: Fatherhood, folate and epigenetics
Dear Healthy Men: My wife and I are planning to start a family and her doctor suggested that she start taking prenatal vitamins to prepare her body for pregnancy. When I asked the doctor whether there was anything I should be doing to increase the chan…
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Ohio Senate candidate Vance asking donors to help pay debtsWASHINGTON — As Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance fell far short of his Democratic opponent Tim Ryan in recent campaign donations, one of the Republican’s chief fundraising vehicles says it prio…
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Movie review: French comedy ‘My Donkey, My Lover & I’ a delightful tale of self-discovery
Laure Calamy shines at the center of Caroline Vignal’s charming French comedy “My Donkey, My Lover & I,” in a performance that earned her a Cesar Award for best actress in 2021. The original French title of the film is “Antoinette dans les Cevennes,” o…
What to stream: With Ryan Gosling’s return in ‘The Gray Man,’ where to find actor’s best films
After four long years, Ryan Gosling returns to the movies, starring in the Netflix action Flick “The Gray Man.” The last we saw of Gosling, he was playing another notable “man,” as Neil Armstrong in Damien Chazelle’s moon movie “First Man” back in 2018…
This week’s bestsellers from Publishers Weekly
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, July 9, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan © 2022 NPD Group. (Reprinted from Publishers …