Sometimes it breaks your heart to be a film-fan and critic in Central Pennsylvania. For the second time in recent days, I sat virtually alone in the theater watching a well-made thriller that isn’t gonna get the attention it deserves. First, on a late October Friday, I was the sole viewer at A Talent for
If 30,000 used books sounds to you like a little bit of heaven, you might want to stop at Grumpy’s Used Bookstore next time you head toward Harrisburg on Route 15. That’s the large yellow building on the right as you pass through Liverpool — about 70 minutes south of us, and well worth a
Last week, our headline in this space was “Happy About Grumpy” — and I suppose for folks who aren’t dopey or sleepy, that might conjure up Snow White’s seven pals. But there’s nothing dwarfish about our inspiration: a terrific used-book store in Liverpool, PA. Nearly all of my readers have seen Grumpy’s Books — a
When I first saw the trailer for A Talent for Murder, I thought Helen Mirren actually was Patricia Highsmith. Of course, that won’t mean much to most Webb readers, as the late Highsmith remains outside the pale — despite giving us one of the most insanely compelling characters in all of 20th-century fiction. Featured in
I wager most Webb readers have driven down to Harrisburg from our area — cruising along that lovely stretch of Route 15 beside the broad and tree-lined Susquehanna River. Among other things, you can often spot bald eagles on this drive (more on those later!). But perhaps you’ve also wondered about that odd-looking bookstore right
