Doctor Cavanagh runs a sanitarium on the channel coast, where he gets secret orders from Berlin. You see he’s really one of those respectable-looking Nazi spies, who seem to have overrun England in wartime movies like this. Anyway, he’s warned by radio signals that Loder an...
“I suppose you’re all wondering why I called you all here tonight” whodunnit. I love all that. I also love that, at CrimeReads, I’m the point person for the books and movies and TV shows that conform to that genre. Duly, I’m honored every year to put together this list...
If you’re into mysterious and suspenseful genre films, M. Night Shyamalan’s most recent worksOld(2021)andKnock at the Cabin(2023)left a lasting impression on me. Both movies dive deep into the human psyche, exploring themes of time, fear, and the unknown, and I really enjoyed them.Old...
Where the show really stands out is the soundtrack though. It’s a complete shame that none of the osts are on Youtube yet. I need to see if the title is different in Japanese and hopefully find it that way. There are several really intense tunes that all have very epic feels to t...
To be sure, Cheerios in a bowl of milk were pale. Listless. Nothing like the multihued, mini-donuts decorating my dress. However, Fruit Loops hadn’t yet been invented. So the Cheerios tag stuck. It became my favorite frock. I wore a crisp, layered slip under the full skirt and parte...
( For more info– book trailer here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlVFvMZw0a0&t=63sand general links, etc. here:https://alana-lorens.com/tender-misdemeanors/) While I did like seeing Caryn as her weekend self, I couldn’t forget she is also all business. So here she is then:...
"The Longest Day in Chang'an". The second trend is to blend traditional costume detective dramas with the style of road movies, adopting an episodic format where the investigation and personal growth intertwine. These works are highly dramatic and can be considered legendary tales with a down-...
Tryon, Chuck.Reinventing Cinema: Movies in the age of media convergence. London: Rutgers University Press, 2009. Waddell, Callum. Jack Hill: The Exploitation and Blaxploitation Master, Film by Film. London: MacFarland & Company, 2009.
Employees in the country’s last Blockbuster make a startling discovery, in this new sci-fi thriller from Keaton. In the midst of chasing up a fabled late fee, they find out their VCR may be able to change the endings to old movies; they also receive a cassette that seems ...
I sometimes use movies to talk about books. In my experience, particularly in classroom settings, it’s easy to point to the story structure of a popular film that most, if not all, those present have seen, then compare it to a book that maybe hasn’t ma