A Haunting in Venice (2023)
6.0
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Celbriated sleuth hercule poirot now retired and living in semi imposed exile in venice reluctantly...
Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated Creepy (Kuripi: Itsuwari no rinjin) (2016) in Movies
Nov 29, 2017 (Updated Nov 29, 2017)
It begins with a detective interviewing a psychopathic suspect, who then manages to escape the police interview room and hold a woman hostage. In the process, the detective is badly injured and as a result leaves the force to pursue an academic career in criminal psychology. Shaken by his time as a detective, he and his wife move to a leafy suburb of Japan with incredibly unsocial neighbours. Soon after moving, he is approached by a former colleague asking for help in a particular case, in which three members of a family mysteriously disappeared six years ago, leaving only a daughter behind. The case was never solved as the daughter's constantly changing statements were seen as inadmissible evidence. And soon after he realises that the case is much closer to home than expected.
Sharp storytelling despite a few plot holes which is left to your imagination. Totally recommended for followers of Eastern cinema.
Andrew Kennedy (199 KP) rated Hellraiser: Judgment (2017) in Movies
May 30, 2019
Just finished watching this and i have to say while its not perfect, its leaps and bounds ahead of Revelations.
The main crux of the story is the hunt for a killer called "The Preceptor" who is killing his victims in line with the 10 commandments. A pair of detective brothers are trying to crack the case and are assigned a new female partner.
The Cenobites are again things macrabe beauty. The Auditor is superb and played by director Gary Tunnicliffe. The Butcher and The Surgeon deliver a wonderful kill early on. Finally theres Pinhead, he looks amazing and Paul T Taylor gives a rousing performance throughout.
The theme of judgement is carried through with an assesor and a jury. The guilty cleaned.
The detective bits drag a bit and really slow the film down. The kills are delivered with gore and gutso and this feels like a new start for the franchise.
So in final Judgement, this new outing for Pinhead should see more sequels to come but if the quality of the Cenobites in this film is maintained then we have such sights to look forward to.
The Axeman's Jazz
7.0
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Inspired by a true story, set against the heady backdrop of jazz-filled, mob-ruled New Orleans, The...
Music to Die for
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Music to Die For is the sixth installment of Andrea Frazer's Falconer Files, a detective series...
Grandville Noel
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With his trusty adjunct, Detective Sergeant Ratzi, away for Christmas, there's no holiday for...
Coconut Layer Cake Murder
6.5
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Bakery owner Hannah Swensen is leaving Lake Eden to help a friend in sunny California. But an...
Steph Freeman (26 KP) rated THE END OF THE F***ING WORLD in TV
Jan 6, 2018
I do wish there had been more character development. We know quite a bit about the kids by the end of the 8 episodes (roughly 20-25 minutes per episode), but we are only given a wisp of information about the detective constables relationship. This was very similar to how I felt about the end of Stranger Things season 1.
I, Alex Cross: (Alex Cross 16)
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Detective Alex Cross is pulled out of a family celebration and given the awful news that his niece,...
Date with Malice
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When a pensioner turns up at the Dales Detective Agency and tells Samson O'Brien that someone in her...