If you’re a Dan Brown fan, prepare yourself. The new film, “Angels & Demons,” is different than the book. Yes, there are plenty of thrills, but director Ron Howard tinkers with the plot. I enjoyed the ...

One of the treats of my job (other than meeting the occasional movie star and having the excuse to eat popcorn for every meal) is the reading. Not that I ever need an excuse to read (I just spent the ...

It’s a process enveloped in mystery, secrecy and spirituality. The selection of the next Roman Catholic pope will unfold before our eyes — or rather, out of sight — beginning Monday in Vatican City.

Dan Brown’s novel “Angels & Demons” is essentially made up of talking and running; Ron Howard’s new film is much the same. But this is one of those cases where the film is just a bit better than the ...

Ron Howard's new adaptation of Dan Brown's novel provokes Catholic criticism. April 23, 2009 — -- When God's got a role, someone's bound to get upset. Ron Howard's "Angels & Demons," his prequel ...

Anyone who has read Dan Brown's "Angels & Demons" knows that a missing canister of antimatter is one of the most important elements of the entire story. So it's fitting that Sony has quietly launched ...

“Angels & Demons,” Ron Howard’s follow-up to the stiff, stately 2006 “The Da Vinci Code,” might have been classy, entertaining junk — if only it were entertaining. The picture is based on the Dan ...