Above: Author Bethany Bennett will present her novel "Dukes Do It Better at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Auntie's Bookstore. (Photo/Auntie's Bookstore)
What with the success of the Netflix series...
Above: Burt Reynolds and Sally Field star in the 1977 movie "Smokey and the Bandit." (Photo/Universal Pictures)
At one time, Burt Reynolds was the biggest movie star in the world. In fact...
Above: Kaiju (like Godzilla above) are the subject of John Scalzi's new novel "The Kaiju Preservation Society." (Photo/Warner Bros.)
Audiobook review: "The Kaiju Preservatio...
Above: Tom Cruise stars in "Top Gun: Maverick," which opens Friday. (Photo/Paramount Pictures)
In so many ways, 1986’s “Top Gun” is the perfect Hollywood film.
It&rsq...
Above: Annamaria Vartolomei stars in the French film "Happening." (Photo/IFC Films)
Movie review: "Happening," co-written and directed by Audrey Diana (from the novel by Annie E...
Above: A newly remastered version of "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" will screen beginning Sunday. (Photo/Paramount Pictures)
The first episode of “Star Trek” – po...
Above: The movie "All Sorts" will open tomorrow at the Magic Lantern Theatre. (Photo/Mutiny Pictures)
It’s not often that Spokane sees a red-carpet movie opening. Yet that’s e...
Anyone who has driven West on Interstate 90 has seen the Scablands. The area bears the scars of the great Missoula Floods of millennia past.
The geologist J Harlen Bretz knew that, though he was ri...
Above: "Men," starring Jessie Buckley, opens Friday. (Photo/A24)
Horror comes in many forms, from zombies to devil-possessed dolls to leering serial killers.
But for women in particula...
Above: "Downton Abbey: A New Era" opens Friday. (Photo/Focus Features)
Like other series about upper-crust British life that preceded it, the BBC’s popular “Downton Abbey&rdqu...
Above: The Norwegian film "Ninjababy" opens Friday at Regal's Coeur d'Alene Riverstone Stadium. (Photo/Sorø Films)
I’ve never understood the formula for movie schedul...
Above: "Ponyo" will screen at four area theaters as part of Studio Ghibli Fest 2022. (Photo/GKIDS)
Anime fans rejoice: Studio Ghibli Fest 2022 continues for three days beginning Sunday.
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Above: Ryan Kiera Armstrong stars in a new adaptation of Stephen King's novel "Firestarter." (Photo/Blumhouse)
How’s this for an obvious statement? Stephen King novels and ...
Above: Annamarie Vartolomei stars in the French-language film "Happening." (Photo/IFC Films)
Today’s big story, other than the ongoing war news from Ukraine, involves the very real ...
Above: The meat makes the mouth water at Seattle's Lady Jaye West. (Photo/Lady Jaye West via Instagram)
As I write this, it’s raining. That’s a welcome occurrence in some respects, ...