A double weepie of flashbacks
Taking on the lead role in an adaptation of one of Nicholas Sparks’ unbearably saccharine, contrived and white, all-American love stories (Dear John, Safe Haven) is not an obvious launch pad to a succ ...
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Frank Sinatra thought it was his finest performance
Robert Tanitch reviews the latest DVDs THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN ARM (Network). When the credit titles are designed by Saul Bass you guess you are going to see something with a bit of class. Otto Premin ...
On this week in history
Every week we go back to re-visit some of the significant happenings that took place in living memory; just about, for some of us. To remind ourselves of how life has changed and how some things stay ...
The ties that bind: Grandparents and their grandchildren
There has been much discussion recently about the changing role that grandparents have in their grandchildren’s lives. Economic pressures coupled with an increase in families where both parents work m ...