In Lois Lowry's book "The Giver," a young boy named Jonas lives in what seems like a perfect world. It's a safe place, where everyone has enough to eat, a decent house to live in and a job that suits ...

The film version of The Giver, based on Lois Lowry’s Newberry Medal-winning 1993 novel, moves at the speed of syrup. Make that the speed of syrup from a clogged spout. That’s no way to carry a ...