Month: November 2022
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The Mystery of Her, a pleasant surprise
The Mystery of Her is a film I never heard of with stars I’d never seen before. I took a chance based on the quality of the trailer. It turned out to be well acted and surprisingly good. It’s another version of the memory loss story.
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Adopting Audrey, Jena Malone in a free-spirited indie
Adopting Audrey takes us through a few weeks in the life of Audrey as she attempts to be adopted as an adult by a family as dysfunctional as her own. She watches YouTube videos at night, especially about cute animals, and she noticed one video about adult adoptions.
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See How They Run, spoofing the whodunit
See How They Run is a whodunit that makes fun of whodunits – and Agatha Christie and writers and directors and actors and producers and even ushers. It makes fun of everything. You never know which timeworn whodunit trope will get satirized next. Plus, it is fun to watch just to see whodunit.
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Review: Enola Holmes 2, and Sherlock too
Enola Holmes 2 takes up where the original film Enola Holmes left off. Enola, played with madcap exuberance by Millie Bobby Brown, opens her own detective agency and waits eagerly for clients to arrive. She breaks the fourth wall to share her thoughts and eyerolls with the audience.
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Causeway, a gentle story of recovery
Causeway stars Jennifer Lawrence and Brian Tyree Henry in a quiet, introspective story about two traumatized people who find each other and help each other heal. The subtle reveal of character the two lead actors create is touching and brimming with vulnerability.
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The Takeover, a fast-paced action thriller
The Takeover is a non-stop action thriller about a hacker. It stars an excellent Holly Mae Brood as the hacker who gets herself in a whole mess of trouble with both the bad guys and the police. The film is from The Netherlands and is mostly in Dutch.
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The Good Nurse, a horrifying true story
The Good Nurse is a true story about a serial killer who worked as a nurse in hospitals. He got away with murder for years. In this film we see how he finally got stopped.
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Downton Abbey: A New Era review
Downton Abbey: A New Era has so many things happening, and so many happy endings, that you don’t notice that the 2022 spinoff from the popular TV series is over two hours long. The time is bursting with a big cast, lots of changes, and the continued emphasis on the continuity of family brought up…
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Deadwind (Karppi) s3, well done Finnish noir
Deadwind (Karppi) roars back for season 3 with some answers to questions from the past, some new mysteries to solve, and a closer understanding between the two lead detectives.