Director Eli Roth’s newest film is an example of a genre that is a decade past its prime. Like its fellow children’s adventure novel adaptations The Chronicles of Narnia, The Golden Compass, and Bridge to Terabithia, The House with a Clock in Its Walls is a film that will easily win over children, but requires…
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It takes “A Thousand Perfect Notes” to finally achieve happiness
C. G. Drews’ heartbreaking debut novel begins with this line: “What he wants most in the world is to cut off his own hands.” What follows is a well-written, depressingly accurate look at domestic abuse, and how to leave these relationships with courage. Beck Keverich is a high school student who spends his time playing…