Whodunit
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Movie Review: The Memory Game (2023)
Have you ever recalled an event from your past, only to find out later that the imagery of that memory belies what actually happened? This is one of the premises of The Memory Game, an intriguing Danish movie directed by Lien Willaert and starring Anna Drijver. The film is based on a book by Nicci 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: 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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Movie Review: The Mirror Crack’d (1980)
‘The Mirror Crack’d’ is a British adaptation of Agatha Christie’s ‘The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side,’ featuring Angela Lansbury playing the ‘elderly spinster’ sleuth Miss Marple for the first and only time. Directed by Guy Hamilton, with a screenplay by Jonathan Hales and Barry Sandler, the movie boasts an ensemble cast including many thespians Read more
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Movie Review: Jagratha (1989)
Mammootty reprises his role as the calm and collected Tamil Brahmin sleuth, Sethuraman Iyer. “Jagratha” is the second movie in the Malayalam CBI movie series and a sequel to “Oru CBI Diary Kurippu”. Like its predecessor, “Jagratha” is a slow-burn whodunit thriller that sharply focuses on the crime investigation without irrelevant subplots. Iyer returns in Read more
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