Since I’m not a teenage girl or a middle-aged woman, I don’t really get the appeal of Stephenie Meyer’s phenomenally popular Twilight series of vampire tales. (Yes, I realize how sexist that sounds, but from what I keep reading, that is apparently the target market for the books.) When...

Most of my exposure to the works of Roald Dahl has been through the movies. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Witches, and James and the Giant Peach have all hit the big screen with varying degrees of success. The latest entry is the stop-motion animated film FANTASTIC MR. FOX, directed by...