Disappearance at Clifton Hill stars Tuppence Middleton, which is the reason I wanted to watch it. She turned out to be an unreliable protagonist as Abby, a woman who tries to solve a crime she witnessed at age seven.
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Colewell, a quiet character study
Colewell is a lovely, meditative film starring Karen Allen. Although I label it a good film, I think it will appeal to a very narrow audience. Karen Allen gives a terrific performance as the postmistress of a small town. The film is on Showtime.
Continue Reading: Colewell, a quiet character studyReview: Mindhunter
Mindhunter, season 1, is a Netflix original. Set in the late 1970s, it’s about how the FBI began to develop a behavioral sciences division and look at the psychology of psychopaths and serial killers. These were early efforts to understand the criminal mind in days when the killers managed one-offs with a kitchen knife or a sawed-off shotgun.
I couldn’t help thinking about today’s mass murderers, who kill so many so quickly with automatic weapons. Nowadays, even if the FBI can understand the psychology of mass murderers, they are thwarted from doing anything about it by the gun lobby.
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