REVIEW: THE RETURN OF CAPTAIN JOHN EMMETT by Elizabeth Speller

I am unhappy to report that the strongest element about this book is the cover art.  It hearkens back to the wonderful Great Western Rail (and other) posters of the 1920s and 30s in England — the Golden Age of Travel.  The contents, I’m afraid, do not.  The story is set in 1920, just as…

REVIEW: CHANGELING (2008)

I was conflicted about seeing this film. I almost always like Clint Eastwood‘s directing style, but I almost never like Angelina Jolie. Eastwood’s view through the camera lens is clean and pure. It is like looking up from a book when you have been reading all day, and suddenly all the words that have been…