Peter Hastings’s movie incarnation of the popular graphic novel series presents a cheerful whirlwind of goofball gags, silly puns and moments of real poignancy in an endearing, unpolished package.

This is the effect of Leo Kelly, now 11, who has been reviewing the drink for roughly half of his life as the “Shirley Temple ...

I try to have my dinner reservations booked and my gifts purchased so that my wife has a great day. I know if I make her day, she'll make my night.