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Movie Review: A Perfect Enemy (2020)
Directed and co-written by Kike Maíllo, A Perfect Enemy is a Spanish-German-French mystery psychological thriller and a hidden gem. Tomasz Kot and Athena Strates star in this small-budget thriller, which keeps the viewer guessing for most of its runtime. The plot revolves around a strange encounter between a successful architect and an enigmatic young woman. Read more
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Berkley Chess School, Berkley, CA
It’s time again for an offbeat topic. Thanks to my son’s unbridled passion for chess, I had the pleasure of chaperoning him to a tournament at the Berkeley Chess School. Situated on San Pablo Avenue in Berkeley, the school beckons anyone passing by with its unique chessboard facade. Here, “facade” is indeed a misnomer, for Read more
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Movie Review: Rahasya (2015)
The truth about real-life incidents, like an unsolved homicide, while devastating to a family, can provide fertile ground for filmmakers to exercise their creativity and take a few poetic liberties. They are given a ready-made plot, allowing them to add or remove characters as necessary, change a few events, and speculate on the missing pieces. Read more
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Movie Review: Tell No One (2006)
Based on a book of the same name by Harlan Coben, Tell No One is a complex romantic thriller film where a doctor tries to uncover the mystery behind the disappearance of his wife. The film is directed by Guillaume Canet. Dr. Alexandre Beck (François Cluzet), a pediatrician, and his wife Margot (Marie-Josée Croze) are Read more
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Movie Review: Appointment with Death (1988)
In this post, we look at another Agatha Christie whodunit where Peter Ustinov reprises his role as the classic sleuth Hercule Poirot for the last time. Like most Agatha Christie movies, Appointment with Death features a stellar ensemble cast, including Lauren Bacall, Carrie Fisher, John Gielgud, Piper Laurie, Hayley Mills, Jenny Seagrove, and David Soul. Read more
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Movie review: Bound (1996)
Bound is an intense neo-noir, violent,erotic, and perhaps romantic thriller from the Wachowskis. It tells the story of two women who become lovers and conspire to steal money from a vicious gangster, but get trapped in a dangerous situation. Its plot shares some similarity with another great movie, The Handmaiden, which I reviewed earlier. Unlike Read more
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