Reviews
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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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Movie Review: Identity (2003)
From director James Mangold and writer Michael Cooney comes Identity, a movie that brilliantly blends the whodunit, psychological thriller, and mystery genres. The film boasts a stellar ensemble cast, including John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, Alfred Molina, Clea DuVall, and Rebecca De Mornay. The movie opens with a hearing on the eve of an Read more
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Movie Review: Talvar (2015)
As my readers are well aware, I enjoy watching whodunits where a shrewd sleuth unravels the mystery behind a murder and exposes the culprit. However, does this often happen in reality? Talvar, a Bollywood film based on an actual murder case, blends fact and fiction in its plot and, to some extent, answers this very Read more
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Podcast Review : Ultra Season 2
In the podcast series Ultra, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow detailed a little known chapter in our History that posed a grave danger to the very existence of our nation as a Democracy. In this installment, she returns with another chapter of History where the bedrock of our nation was shaken by dark forces within. The dark Read more
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Movie Review: The Day of the Jackal (1973)
In this post, we look at one of the best political thrillers of all time, a classic that came out in the early ’70s. Having read the book, written by Frederick Forsyth, a year earlier, I was eagerly awaiting the release of the movie. The movie did not disappoint then and does not disappoint even Read more
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