![]() ![]() New on DVD this week: Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Ted 2, Roger Waters The Wall Special Edition, He Named Me Malala, Triumph of the Will (Blu-ray), Wolf Totem, Valley Inn, Stalingrad, Ghost Story and Dragon Blade. Just make sure it's the ABC Stage 67 production. Gloriously, the original can also be found, full length, on YouTube, so gather the family around the computer monitor with glasses of eggnog and enjoy. ![]() The time is the '30s, and the place is the rural South (roughly the time and place of To Kill a Mockingbird, written by his friend Harper Lee.) Though they're hard to find, videos exist from the two made-for-TV versions, the 1966 original (with Geraldine Page's Emmy-winning portrayal and narration by Truman Capote himself) and an inferior 1997 Hallmark version. This is a quaint, warm, funny and affecting tale of the friendship between a poor elderly woman and a young boy who is her distant cousin. ![]() Instead, I opted to recommend something not as well-known but equally good - the TV film made from Truman Capote's short story, A Christmas Memory. Scott Christmas Carol (both are super) or Jean Shepherd's hilarious A Christmas Story. As an alternative, critic Jack Garner recommends:Ī CHRISTMAS MEMORY: In my effort to recommend an appropriate Christmas movie for the season I, of course, considered either the Alistair Sim or George C. ![]()
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Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor Harper Perennial: 416 pp., 19.99 Books Love a good book Get the latest news, events and more from the Los Angeles Times Book Club, and help us get L.A. From New York Times bestselling adult author Joseph Fink comes a wickedly fun middle grade novel about a Halloween-obsessed girl named Esther Gold, who goes out trick-or-treating for one last year, only to find her town under the thrall of a mysterious presence.Įsther Gold loves Halloween more than anything in the world. From New York Times bestselling adult author Joseph Fink comes a wickedly fun middle grade novel about a Halloween-obsessed girl named Esther Gold. ![]() ![]() ![]() Our cheap used Skulduggery Pleasant books come with free. And if there’s anything Skulduggery hates, it’s torture… Will evil win the day? Will Stephanie and Skulduggery stop bickering long enough to stop it? One thing’s for sure: evil won’t know what’s hit it. 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