Category Archives: Crime
Death on the Nile
Release 2022
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Director: Kenneth Branagh
Writers: Michael Green, Agatha Christie
Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Emma Mackey
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7657566/
While on vacation on the Nile, Hercule Poirot must investigate the murder of a young heiress.
Windfall
Release 2022
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Director: Charlie McDowell
Writers: Charlie McDowell, Jason Segel, Justin Lader
Stars: Jason Segel, Lily Collins, Jesse Plemons, Omar Leyva
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15033192/
A man breaks into a tech billionaire's empty vacation home, but things go sideways when the arrogant mogul and his wife arrive for a last-minute getaway.
The Weekend Away
Release 2022
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Director: Kim Farrant
Writers: Sarah Alderson
Stars: Leighton Meester, Amar Bukvic, Iva Mihalic, Adrian Pezdirc, Marko Braic
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14817272/
A weekend getaway to Croatia that goes awry when a woman is accused of killing her best friend. As she attempts to clear her name and uncover the truth, her efforts unearth a painful secret.
West Side Story
Release 2021
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Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Tony Kushner, Arthur Laurents
Stars: Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Rita Moreno
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3581652/
An adaptation of the 1957 musical, West Side Story explores forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds.
Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Release 2022
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Director: David Blue Garcia
Writers: Chris Thomas Devlin, Fede Alvarez, Rodo Sayagues
Stars: Sarah Yarkin, Elsie Fisher, Mark Burnham, Jacob Latimore, Moe Dunford
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11755740/
After nearly 50 years of hiding, Leatherface returns to terrorize a group of idealistic young friends who accidentally disrupt his carefully shielded world in a remote Texas town.
Fistful of Vengeance
Release 2022
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Director: Roel Reiné
Writers: Cameron Litvack, Yalun Tu
Stars: Iko Uwais, Lewis Tan, JuJu Chan Szeto, Yayaying Rhatha Phongam, Jason Tobin
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14158554/
Kai Jin, a young Chinatown chef in present day San Francisco, becomes entangled with the Chinese Triad's pursuit of deadly ancient powers known as the "Wu Xing.
Kimi
Release 2022
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Director: Steven Soderbergh
Writers: David Koepp
Stars: Zoë Kravitz, Rita Wilson, Erika Christensen, India de Beaufort, Robin Givens
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14128670/
An agoraphobic Seattle tech worker uncovers evidence of a crime.
Miss Willoughby and the Haunted Bookshop
Release 2021
Genre Adventure, Crime, Mystery
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Director: Brad Watson
Writers: Josh Ridgway, Kate Wood
Stars: Robert Adams, Louise Bangay, Cassandra Barnes, Ruth Clarson-Horrocks, Nathalie Cox
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12825632/
A University professor with an insatiable appetite for investigation is asked by some old family friends to investigate a series of hauntings at their antique bookstore.
Nightmare Alley
Release 2021
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Director: Guillermo del Toro
Writers: Guillermo del Toro, Kim Morgan, William Lindsay Gresham
Stars: Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe, Richard Jenkins
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7740496/
An ambitious carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.
House of Gucci
Release 2021
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Director: Ridley Scott
Writers: Becky Johnston, Roberto Bentivegna, Sara Gay Forden
Stars: Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Jared Leto
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11214590/
When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel their legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately...murder.