When a songwriter writing about death gets it right, as Jackson Browne did on "For a Dancer," the results can be revelatory, heartbreaking, and uplifting all at once. Inspired by the death of someone ...

Based on Crichton's 1987 novel, Sphere follows a group of scientists — Norman Goodman (Dustin Hoffman), Harry Adams (Samuel L. Jackson), Beth Halperin (Sharon Stone) and Ted Fielding (Liev Schrieber) ...