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Entries Tagged as 'Murder mystery'

Something Wrong with the Official Version of the Assassination

March 7th, 2010 · 6 Comments

JFK (1991)
Directed by Oliver Stone
Screenplay by Oliver Stone & Zachary Sklar, based on the books On The Trail of the Assassins by Jim Garrison and Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy by Jim Marrs
Produced by Oliver Stone, A. Kitman Ho
Running time: 189 minutes (theatrical version)/ 206 minutes (director’s cut)
Should I Care?
Before Michael Moore came [...]

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Tags: Alternate universe · Based on book · Crooked officer · Dreams and visions · Forensic evidence · Gangsters and hoodlums · Hitman · Interrogation · Military · Murder mystery · Paranoia · Shot In Texas

Highly Chaotic, Explosive, Volatile, Armageddon-like Ending

February 21st, 2010 · 7 Comments

Strange Days (1995)
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
Screenplay by James Cameron and Jay Cocks, story by James Cameron
Produced by James Cameron, Steven-Charles Jaffe
Running time: 145 minutes
Should I Care?
For all those movie geeks wondering how cool it would be if James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow ever made a movie together — a sci-fi epic conceived, co-written and [...]

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Tags: Alternate universe · Crooked officer · Cult favorite · End of the world · Femme fatale · Gangsters and hoodlums · Murder mystery · Prostitute · Psycho killer · Woman in jeopardy

Alain Resnais Makes Get Carter

February 7th, 2010 · 3 Comments

The Limey (1999)
Written by Lem Dobbs
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Produced by John Hardy, Scott Kramer
Running time: 89 minutes
Should I Care?
Taking a look at a movie, stepping back and taking a look at it again benefits few films as thoroughly as The Limey, the fractured, hard boiled egg that director Steven Soderbergh whipped up on break [...]

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Tags: Bathtub scene · Crooked officer · Cult favorite · Dreams and visions · Gangsters and hoodlums · Hitman · Interrogation · Murder mystery · Road trip · Shootout

Too Much Substance for Some People

January 17th, 2010 · 5 Comments

Dark City (1998)
Screenplay by Alex Proyas and Lem Dobbs and David S. Goyer, story by Alex Proyas
Directed by Alex Proyas
Produced by Andrew Mason, Alex Proyas
Running time: 103 minutes (theatrical version)/ 111 minutes (Director’s Cut)
Should I Care?
In the sub-genre of alternate universe movies, Dark City demands to be seen with almost as much energy as [...]

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Tags: Alternate universe · Bathtub scene · Beasts and monsters · Cult favorite · Dreams and visions · Femme fatale · Interrogation · Man vs. machine · Murder mystery · Prostitute