REVIEW: THE RATHBONES by Janice Clark

We moved a lot when I was young.  We weren’t military but my father was a federal employee so he took various assignments, mostly up and down the Eastern seaboard.  No matter where we lived, we were never very far from the ocean.  At times it was only a few steps — which was terrifying…

REVIEW: SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN (2012)

This is the best movie of the year (at least, so far). It’s charming but not saccharine, sweeping but not grandiose. As it is based upon a book, story is paramount. It is from Lasse Halstrom, the director of Chocolat, after all. Emily Blunt plays Harriet Chetwode-Talbot, a smart, sleek and organized asset manager. Her portfolio…