Although 'Iron Man 3' is a huge blockbuster right now, you may want to skip it... More >>

Although the action, music, and visuals are highlights in the new Tom Cruise movie "Oblivion," parents should only take older children to see it... More >>

Jackie Robinson proved that true talent has no color and showed what it really means to be a hero. Here's a review of the new biopic celebrating his career... More >>

Recently I recalled, out of thin air, a young lady I met while I was in college. That was 38 years ago. I had never dated anyone at the time. More >>

The Croods are the Flintstones of our time, a modern stone-age family (and I foresee the family Halloween costume of 2013, just like the Incredibles were a few years back). More >>

Every once in a while, a book or a movie opens our eyes to things we haven't thought much about before - things that really matter. This week I had such an experience when I went to a screening of a new documentary called "Girl Rising." More >>

A reader asks:... "Got any inexpensive ideas for Easter gifts for the kids? Also, do you have any ideas that would focus on the real meaning of Easter and not just bunnies and eggs?..." More >>

My parents did play favorites, or at least expected a lot more out of me as the oldest than they did the youngest, which I think is common. More >>

My childhood was interesting. Born in 1950 to older parents (Dad was 60 and Mom was 44 when I arrived), I had a sister 12 years my senior and a brother 4 years older than I. More >>

In Oz the Great and Powerful, Professor Oz (James Franco) is a shady traveling magician, scraping by while performing his con-man show across the "dusty podunks" of the Midwest. More >>