DVD Review: Defending Jacob By: Chris Chan (WARNING: Some oblique spoilers follow.) Based on the terrific bestselling novel by William Landay, Defending Jacob is the story of a family both torn apart and bound together by a shocking accusation.  As the eight-part miniseries opens, Andy and Laurie Barber (Chris Evans and Michelle Dockery) are living […]

Book Review: The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation By: Chris Chan Anne Frank’s story has become many young people’s first introduction to the horrors of the Holocaust.  Yet while her story of two years of hiding with her family and other Jewish people has been preserved for posterity in her diary, and […]