Arts & Culture

Whatever success the show — which began on NBC but had a longer life in syndication — may have had back in the 1990s, it takes more than an ensemble of good-looking people running around in bathing suits to sustain a feature film.

The internet’s capacity to establish enriching connections among human beings is what fascinates Jesuit Father Antonio Spadaro in a new book titled “Friending God.”

For better or worse, bathroom-themed gags have long been a staple of kids’ movies. But the family road comedy “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul” (Fox) carries this trend to excess.

Cynics beware: The teen-oriented romantic drama “Everything, Everything” (Warner Bros.) bears more than a little resemblance to one of those fairy tales involving a princess locked up in a castle who needs a handsome prince to rescue her.

“Stars Over Clear Lake” gives readers a nostalgic glimpse of life in small-town America in the 1940s when ballrooms existed in many towns throughout the country.

A two-part exhibition, one at the Vatican and the other at the Jewish Museum of Rome, explores together the significance of the menorah.

“Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse” (Fantagraphics) is a continuing series of hardbacks that collects the entire Gottfredson Mickey run, beginning in 1930 and ending with his last strips in 1975 and contain extreme ethnic humor.

A pastor of a parish in Springfield, Vermont, who lives in a 5,000-square-foot rectory, feels his preference is a 21 foot tiny house he built himself.