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How disappointing it is to introduce a feminist crime-solver in a deadly dull story

Watch: Tom Green and Richard Simmons plank, Kathy Lee talks dog poop DNA, and Anderson Cooper still hates Snooki

Cameron's juggernaut close to sinking "Titanic"; "Book of Eli" and "Lovely Bones" defy crappy reviews

There's undead, and there's moribund. Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss' new series is the latter. Ward yourself

Television critics spoke to Salon about the particular episodes that stood out from the rest in 2014

Oscar Isaac might have failed in his faux-Cockney accent on "Moon Knight" but a few Americans have met success

Asian-American characters used to be a rarity on TV. "Elementary" and a few others are changing that

Salon's book critic dishes on the popular titles she kicked to the curb this year

Slide show: From "Before Sunset" to "Dawn of the Dead," the follow-ups that were true originals

Enhanced e-books bring images, animation, soundtracks and games to the reading experience -- but don't add much

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Tim McMullan spoke to Salon about playing a book detective who steps into the real world to help solve a murder

Exotic Labor Day destinations: David Mitchell's post-apocalyptic "Cloud Atlas," Arthur Phillips' addictive saga of Egyptology, Michelle de Kretser's tale of murder in Ceylon, Patrick McGrath's yarn of debauchery in the tropics, and John Searles' unputdownable thriller.

A dead girl, a tortured painter, boozy sex and dark family secrets fuel a deceptive saga that travels from repressed England to wide-open New York to a Graham Greene tropical setting that feeds art but eats the soul.