Top Picks: Kacey Musgraves' album 'Pageant Material,' PBS's TV show 'Poldark,' and more
Dinosaur animation
Moviegoers came face to face with dinosaurs in the recent box-office smash 鈥淛urassic World.鈥� Ever wonder how those prehistoric beings appear so lifelike on the big screen? Check out this video by Legacy Effects in which artists and engineers explain how they created the apatosaurus and what robotics they used to bring it to life at .
Summer fixation
PBS鈥檚 new adaptation of Poldark, starring Aidan Turner as the British redcoat who returns from fighting the American Revolutionary War only to discover his family鈥檚 Cornwall property in ruins and his childhood sweetheart betrothed to his cousin, has been this summer鈥檚 must-see series. With grit and brawn Ross Poldark draws life and renewal from rubble in ways that challenge cherished traditions of British nobility. It airs on PBS Sunday evenings through Aug. 2. Visit for recent episodes and behind-the-scenes videos. The series is also available on DVD and Blu-ray.聽
Texas-sized talent
Country maverick Kacey Musgraves speaks her mind and refuses to follow country music鈥檚 rules, but she鈥檚 100 percent the real deal and her dazzling tiara shines on her second album, . Songs like 鈥淏iscuits鈥� (鈥渕ind your own biscuits and life will be gravy鈥�) and 鈥淔amily Is Family鈥� (鈥淵eah, friends come in handy, but family is family鈥�) tell you all you need to know about this talented Texas songbird.
From soccer goalie to soldier
Viewers get a chance to go deeper than the headlines about Syria with the 鈥淧OV鈥� documentary . The film tells the story from the vantage point of Abdul Basset al-Saroot, who was once the goalkeeper for the Syrian national soccer team and a peaceful Arab Spring protester. What made him later turn into an advocate of violence against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad? Find out when the program airs July 20 at 10 p.m. on PBS.
James Taylor鈥檚 world
Sweet Baby James has a new album. is James Taylor鈥檚 first album of original material in 13 years and all the hallmarks are there: He sings as charmingly as ever and plays deftly on the guitar like we鈥檝e come to expect, and his band expertly carries the mid-tempo grooves and stays out of the way. It鈥檚 great to have some new James Taylor material, even if nothing here rises to the bar he set so high, so long ago.
