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Nancy Drew, a smart high schooler with a penchant for keen observation and deduction, stumbles upon the haunting of a local home. A bit of an outsider struggling to fit into her new surroundings, Nancy and her pals set out to solve the mystery, make new friends, and establish their place in the community

18 Jan Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)

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Embraced Balusters watched this version and the one with the same title from the thirties back to back. Originally it was in the service of my history of mysteries, but neither qualify. Only this one is worthy of comment, because of the apparent excellence of...

Published January 18, 2024

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Tagged: 2010s, f2019, p2019

JCVD (2008)

The Biggest Fight of His Life!

Filmmaker(s): Mabrouk El Mechri

Between his tax problems and his legal battle with his wife for the custody of his daughter, these are hard times for the action movie star who finds that even Steven Seagal has pinched a role from him! This fictionalized version of Jean-Claude Van Damme returns to the country of his birth to seek the peace and tranquility he can no longer enjoy in the United States, but inadvertently gets involved in a bank robbery with hostages.

19 Jan JCVD (2008)

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Hostages Divided friends recommended this because of the enfolded reality and story. Jean Claude, an actor in the film, plays himself as an actor between films who gets entangled in a “Dog Day Afternoon” movie-like robbery. If there was charm in this construction, it would have...

Published January 19, 2024

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Tagged: 2000s, f2008, p2009

Blondie Johnson (1933)

LOVE made her beautiful... WANT made her daring... MEN made her ruthless!

Filmmaker(s): Ray Enright

A Depression-downtrodden waif uses her brains instead of her body to rise from tyro con artist to crime boss.

20 Jan Blondie Johnson (1933)

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Suckers most of the movies in this period tried to find some new way of telling the detective story, many worked on the gangster side as well. Today, we don’t quite appreciate the cleverness in the variety. I think in part because the things that...

Published January 20, 2024

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Tagged: 1930s, f1933, p2006

Performance (1970)

See them all in a film about fantasy. And reality. Vice. And versa.

Filmmaker(s): Nicolas Roeg, Donald Cammell

In underworld terms, Chas Devlin is a 'performer,' a gangster with a talent for violence and intimidation. Turner is a reclusive rock superstar. When Chas and Turner meet, their worlds collide—and the impact is both exotic and explosive.

21 Jan Performance (1970)

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Yoko Koko retrospect, we completely ignore key tipping points, because they become accepted horizons behind us. Only if you are there, or have an insightful observer can you even capture the notion that something radical is going on. An extra bite of toast here, a...

Published January 21, 2024

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Tagged: 1970s, f1970, p2011

Batman (1989)

Justice is always darkest before the dawn.

Filmmaker(s): Tim Burton

Fantasy

Action

Batman must face his most ruthless nemesis when a deformed madman calling himself "The Joker" seizes control of Gotham's criminal underworld.

21 Jan Batman (1989)

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This Town Needs an Enema with Gilliam, Tim Burton isn't a real filmmaker, rather a production designer with a quirky taste. He creates a feel and shoves in the usual elements of characters and story and such. But the idea is that the ‘feel' of...

Published January 21, 2024

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Tagged: 1980s, f1989, p2002

Miss Marple: The Body in the Library (1984)

Filmmaker(s): Giorgi Ovashvili

Amateur detective Miss Jane Marple investigates the murder of a young woman whose body is found in the library at Gossington Hall, home of Colonel and Mrs. Arthur Bantry.

01 Feb Miss Marple: The Body in the Library (1984)

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The Switch mysteries are one of the most lavishly adventuresome experiences in literature, if one is interested in how narratives are constructed. The contract between reader and writer is rather complex, often involving virtual contracts with some of the characters as well. Christie is a...

Published February 1, 2024

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Tagged: 1980s, f1984, p2003

Murder in Three Acts (1986)

Filmmaker(s): Gary Nelson

In Acapulco, Hercule Poirot attends a dinner party in which one of the guests clutches his throat and suddenly dies. The causes seem to be natural until another party with most of the same guests produces another corpse.

03 Feb Murder in Three Acts (1986)

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Bicycle, not spacecraft strangest thing: when films are made of Christie structures, the first thing they worry about is the characterisation of the detective: Poirot or Marple. Clearly, the filmmakers obsess over the potential for engagement within the constraints of the original text, but they...

Published February 3, 2024

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Tagged: 1980s, f1986, p2019

Top of the Lake (2013)

One day, we won't be able to close our eyes anymore.

Filmmaker(s): Ján Lacko