2016’s The Limehouse Golem is an atmospheric thriller set in Victorian London, directed by relative newcomer Juan Carlos Medina – whose previous feature film was 2012’s Painless. Bill Nighy stars as Inspector John Kildare a formerly well regarded police officer, who has been previously sidelined. As a vicious serial killer known as the ‘Limehouse Golem’ claims their latest victim, he
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Hercule Poirot, the Belgian detective with the ‘little grey cells’ is back on the Big Screen! This time in the form of actor / director Kenneth Branagh, the 2017 film adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express is a sold enough version of the Agatha Christie whodunnit. Originally written in 1934, Christie’s novel takes to the screen with an all
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Barbara Stanwyck is back for her second appearance in this year’s Alphabet challenge in the dark film noir thriller from 1948 – Sorry, Wrong Number. The film begins with a crossed wire phone call between a bedridden Leona Stevenson (Stanwyck) who through this overhears two men seemingly planning a murder. With a start that is straight out of the gates
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For R in the Alphabet Challenge, we head over to Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window. The classic 1950’s crime thriller directed by the great man himself, stars James Stewart in the lead role of L.B. Jeffries. Jeffries is, 6 weeks into a broken left leg, wheelchair bound and stuck in his apartment in a very hot New York summer. His girlfriend
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N in the Alphabet Challenge, is No Man of Her Own, the 1950’s film noir drama starring Barbara Stanwyck in the main role and was directed by Mitchell Leisen. The film is based on the novel ‘I married a dead man’ by Cornell Woolrich. The film sees Stanwyck as Helen Ferguson, a pregnant lady disowned by the baby’s father Stephen
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For the ‘I’ film, we turn to the crime thriller with strong civli rights themes, the 1967 In the Heat of the Night directed by Normal Jewison and is based on the novel of the sane name by John Ball. The film is set in the town of Sparta in Mississippi, USA, following the murder of prominent local businessman Phillip
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Taking a break from what has been a hugely successful and lucrative run as Tony Stark in various Marvel films, Robert Downey Jnr starred alongside Robert Duvall in this 2014 drama. The film is the first production by RDJ’s production company co-created with his wife Susan – Team Downey. The film is directed by David Dobkin, whose previous work largely
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Tom Cruise returns as Jack Reacher (from the series of novels by Lee Child) in a rare sequel for the biggest movie star on the planet. In ‘Jack Reacher : Never Go Back’ Reacher is drawn into a conspiracy within his former battalion when he returns to meet Major Susan Turner (Cobie Smulders). Ultimately for the promise offered by Cruise’s
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For the 6th day in the Alphabet challenge, we’re off to Minneapolis, Minnesota for the film 1996 film ‘Fargo’. Directed and written by the Coen brothers, this classic comedy / drama / thriller film is the tale of a a kidnapping and subsequent events that spiral out of control. It went on to reap a number of awards including 2
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Foxcatcher is a 2014 film that recounts the true story of wrestling brothers Dave and Mark Schultz and their involvement with John DuPont (of the wealthy American family DuPont). Having both taken a gold medal from the 1984 Los Angeles olympics in different weight categories within the field of Wrestling, both brothers went on to join du Pont’s ‘Foxcatcher’ wrestling
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