John Valentin feels as physically fit as he was in 1996, when he played shortstop for the Red Sox. Valentin logged 131 games that season and hit .296, scored 84 runs and drove in 59. That the ...

Childhood memories are part of filmmakers’ stock in trade, and many a director has based films on them — Fellini’s Amarcord, Boorman’s Hope and Glory, and Tornatore’s Cinema Paradiso, to name but ...