Booklist Video Reviews

This fifteenth issue of Booklist Online Video Review, containing 19 new video reviews…

This issue’s starred reviews are two adult titles, Million Calorie March and Semper Fi: Always Faithful. The first film follows Gary Marino on a 1,200-mile walk from Jacksonville, Florida, to Boston, Massachusetts, to raise awareness about obesity. Despite injuries and other obstacles, Marino, who once weighed 397 pounds, never loses his sense of humor, making his journey both inspiring and lighthearted. On the other hand, there’s nothing lighthearted about Semper Fi: Always Faithful, a gripping documentary focusing on a retired U.S. Marine’s successful efforts to expose the extreme cover-up of one of the worst cases of water contamination in U.S. history, at U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune. Always faithful, indeed…

Young filmmakers may be interested in a new literary video contest for kids, presented by children’s authors Jon Scieszka and Kate DiCamillo. The finalist videos will be featured at the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival at Symphony Space in New York City on December 2, 2012. See www.90secondnewbery.com for more details about this exciting competition.