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Sam Sewell-Peterson
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Tag Archives: Mystery
Review in Brief: Old (2021)
OLD is the kind of movie that makes you wonder, was M Night Shyamalan ever that good? The film follows several families trapped on an inescapable beech where time passes at such a rapid rate that children become adults in … Continue reading
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Tagged Gael Garcia Bernal, M Night Shyamalan, Mystery, Old, Thomasin McKenzie, Thriller, Vicky Krieps
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‘Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy’ at 10 – Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Colin Firth, Gary Oldman, Mystery, Spy Film, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tomas Alfredson
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Review in Brief: Batman: The Long Halloween, Part Two (2021)
THE LONG HALLOWEEN, PART TWO definitely lands. Like Part One it’s been somewhat streamlined and stripped back from Jeph Loeb’s imposing comic but does the complex characters justice and keeps you riveted and on your toes throughout. After months out … Continue reading
Review in Brief: The Woman in the Window (2021)
The most annoying thing about THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW is that Amy Adams gives a good performance. The next is that the film, about an agoraphobic child psychologist who is convinced she witnesses a murder in the house across … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Adams, Joe Wright, Mystery, The Woman in the Window, Thriller
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Reviews in Brief: Fear Street Trilogy (2021)
Welcome to Shadyside for a trilogy of horror films telling the story of the curse of Sarah Fier. This might have been inspired by the books of RL Stine, but be warned – GOOSEBUMPS this ain’t. FEAR STREET PART 1: … Continue reading
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Tagged Fear Street, Horror, Leigh Janiak, Mystery, Netflix, RL Stine
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Review in Brief: Batman: The Long Halloween, Part One (2021)
Batfans have been clamouring for this one for a long time. Faithfully based on Jeph Loeb’s run of the comics, THE LONG HALLOWEEN follows Batman (Jensen Ackles) on the tail of a holiday-themed serial killer as he works with DA … Continue reading
Review in Brief: Oxygen (2021)
An amnesiac woman (Mélanie Laurent) wakes up in a sci-fi cryo pod and has to figure out why she is there and how to escape using her logic and an only intermittently helpful AI (Mathieu Amalric). There have been lots … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexandre Aja, Mathieu Amalric, Mélanie Laurent, Mystery, Netflix, Oxygen, Sci-fi, Thriller
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Review in Brief: Run (2020)
Non-specific spoilers for RUN ahead. If there’s one mystery-thriller movie trope that really needs to die, it’s the Convenient Incriminating Evidence Box. Aneesh Chaganty’s sophmore feature is far less assured than SEARCHING, being about 50 minutes of a decent thriller … Continue reading
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Tagged Aneesh Chaganty, Kiera Allen, Mystery, Run, Sarah Paulson, Searching, Thriller
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The Vast of Night (2019) Review
Posted in Film, Film Review, The Film Magazine
Tagged Andrew Patterson, Jake Horowitz, Mystery, Sci-fi, Sierra McCormick, The Vast of Night
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Review in Brief: Butt Boy (2019/20)
Indie horror-mystery BUTT BOY has the schlockiest of schlocky conceits, but approaches it completely straight. Amazingly, it works. It’s a classic tale of a deadbeat alcoholic cop on the hunt for a serial killer, only this serial killer seems to … Continue reading
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Tagged B-movie, Butt Boy, Horror, Mystery, Tyler Cornack, Tyler Rice
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