Stay in touch with the personal favorites of the KDL Staff. Each title is handpicked. This month’s selections include favorite holiday films.
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A Little Princess by Rated: NR Sara Crewe is the pampered daughter of an Army officer who is left in a strict boarding school when her father goes off to war. When he is reported dead, her world is turned upside down and she is made a servant at the school, yet she refuses to let her spirit be broken. Catalog Link |
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John Adams (HBO Miniseries) by Rated: NR While our new nation was suffering attacks from both within and without, John Adams had a vision of a nation of liberty and justice for all. He guided his peers—General George Washington, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson—in setting the values and agenda for a glorious, free America. Adams and his wife Abigail refined these ambitious democratic ideals, and their partnership became one of the most moving love stories in American history. Catalog Link |
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Seinfeld - Season 9 by Rated: Unrated Continuing the misadventures of these neurotic New York friends, Kramer finds out the amazing unknown uses of butter, George decides to associate food and television with his love life, Elaine borrows Kramer’s meat slicer to feed a cat, and more. Catalog Link |
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The Hebrew Hammer by Rated: R Jewish superhero Mordechai Jefferson Carver (a.k.a.: The Hebrew Hammer) attempts to save Hanukkah from a psychotic Santa Claus. Catalog Link |
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Top Chef: New York (Season 5) by Rated: NR The no. 1 food show on cable, as 17 new cheftestants head to the Big Apple to test their skills and compete for culinary stardom. Featuring some of the biggest names in food and entertainment, the fifth season welcomes newbie Toby Young to the judges’ table alongside host Padma Lakshmi, head judge and celebrity chef Tom Colicchio, and Gail Simmons. This season is the first ever on DVD. Catalog Link |
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Scrooged by Rated: PG-13 Modern version of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” with Bill Murray portraying a nasty, uncaring, unforgiving TV network president. On Christmas Eve he is visited by three ghosts who show him the error of his ways. Catalog Link |
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Christmas in Connecticut by Rated: NR A famous food writer lies about living on a farm, raising her children and being a good cook. In reality she is an unmarried New Yorker who can’t boil an egg. When her editor says she will spend Christmas with a heroic sailor, her job is on the line. Catalog Link |
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National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation by Rated: PG-13 Christmas is the perfect season for Clark Griswold and his family. Clark’s a disaster waiting to happen. You have to see it to believe it. There are 25,000 lights on the Griswold rooftop. An exploding turkey. And a house full of relatives. Catalog Link |
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Meet Me In St. Louis by Rated: Unrated The Smith family is crushed to learn of father’s transfer to New York. The five children don’t want to leave their friends, or, most of all, miss the the St. Louis World Fair. Catalog Link |
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Elf by Rated: PG This hilarious Christmas film tells the tale of a young orphan child who mistakenly crawls into Santa’s bag of gifts on Christmas Eve and is transported back to the North Pole and raised as an elf. Years later Buddy learns he is not really an elf and goes on a journey to New York City to find his true identity. Catalog Link |
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Miracle on 34th Street by Rated: PG Six-year-old Susan’s mother told her the “secret” about Santa a long time ago, so she doesn’t expect to receive Christmas gifts from Santa Claus. But after meeting a department store Santa who’s convinced he’s the real thing, Susan is given the most precious gift of all—something in which to believe. Catalog Link |
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Lost in Austen by Rated: NR Amanda Price gets propelled into the scheming 19th century world of Pride and Prejudice while the book’s Elizabeth Bennet is hurled into hers. As the plot unfolds, Amanda triggers new romantic twists and turns as she tries to help the Bennet sisters nab husbands and even manages to captivate the tantalizing Mr. Darcy. But what about Elizabeth, and what will become of one of the world’s greatest love stories? Catalog Link |
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A Christmas Story by Rated: PG A young boy must convince his parents that a toy rifle is the only Christmas gift that will make Christmas worthwhile. Not only do his parents face what many other parents do during that time of the year, but their actions fit in with the All-American Christmas. Catalog Link |
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While You Were Sleeping by Rated: PG A lonely young woman saves the life of a handsome stranger she has fallen in love with from afar. His family mistakes her for his fiancee, and she goes along because she likes his offbeat family so much. Matters take a hilarious turn when she meets and falls in love with her make-belive lover’s brother. Catalog Link |
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It's a Wonderful Life by Rated: NR An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would had been like if he never existed. Catalog Link |