Jules Verne's The Mysterious Island falls flat, with rote characters and poor special effects.
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Theater Review (NYC): ‘Amelia’ by Alex Webb at Fort Jay, Governors Island
Alex Webb's two-person Civil War drama makes its New York debut in a dark cold stone chamber inside a former rebel prison camp.
Read More »Book Review: 1861: The Civil War Awakening by Adam Goodheart
Goodheart cogently chronicles the political machinations leading to the election of Lincoln, the secession of the Southern states, and the start of the Civil War.
Read More »Book Review: Manifest Destinies: America’s Westward Expansion and the Road to the Civil War by Steven E. Woodworth
A magnificent account of the era before the outbreak of the Civil War.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: The Conspirator
An interesting historical footnote, director Robert Redford's courtroom drama doesn't catch fire.
Read More »Blu-ray Reviews: Gettysburg – Director’s Cut / Gods And Generals – Extended Director’s Cut
Warner Home Video commemorates the Civil War with two spectacular (albeit incredibly-long) epics.
Read More »Book Review: The Civil War: The First Year As Told By Those Who Lived It, Edited by Brooks D. Simpson, Stephen W. Sears, and Aaron Sheehan-Dean
The first year of The Civil War as told by those who were there.
Read More »Unleashing Ministers of Peace in Sudan
What will ultimately win the day though for Sudan is its own ministers of peace.
Read More »CRS Continues School Meals for Peace Tradition in Sudan
Sudan is also at a pivotal crossroads in terms of peace and reconstruction
Read More »Interview with Children’s Author Donna McDine
Donna McDine's first book is a heart-warming story set in the civil war.
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