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Abbott and Costello in Who Done It?

IMDB Rating: 7.60
606 votes

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Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio station, they end up in the middle of a real murder when the station owner is killed during a broadcast.
Actors
Chick Larkin/Voice of Himself on RadioBud Abbott
Mervin Q. Milgrim/Voice of Himself on RadioLou Costello
Jimmy TurnerPatric Knowles
Also posted in 1942, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Mystery | Comments (0)

Murder in Three Acts

IMDB Rating: 5.60
266 votes

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Hercule Poirot's assistant, Hastings, calls him down to Acapulco in Mexico where he can write his memoirs but Hastings drags him to a party populated with Hastings' new friends. There's Janet Crisp - the writer, Daisy Eastman and her daughter 'Egg', Ricardo Montoya, Dr. Strange, Miss Milray the housekeeper and Charles Cartwright the famous American actor. But at the party another guest - Rev. Babbington - dies from poisoning and when Dr. Strange also dies from poisoning, Poirot must swing into action before the serial killer strikes again...
Actors
Hercule PoirotPeter Ustinov
Charles CartwrightTony Curtis
EggEmma Samms
Also posted in 1986, Crime, Drama, Mystery | Comments (0)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man

IMDB Rating: 6.60
1594 votes

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Boxer Tommy Nelson is accused of killing his manager. While detectives Bud and Lou investigate they come across an invisibility formula with which Tommy injects himself rather than face the police. This sparks an idea for trapping gangster Morgan by having Lou fight champ Rocky Hanlon, with Tommy's invisible help.
Actors
Bud AlexanderBud Abbott
Lou FrancisLou Costello
Helen GrayNancy Guild
Also posted in 1951, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

The Animatrix

IMDB Rating: 7.40
7985 votes

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Anthology of nine short anime (Japanese animation) films tied in to the 1999 blockbuster "The Matrix" and its sequels. "Final Flight of the Osiris": The crew of the hovercraft Osiris attempt to warn their city of an imminent attack. "The Second Renaissance, Parts 1 & 2": The story behind the war between man and the machines, how mankind scorched the sky, and the creation of the Matrix. "Kid's Story": A teenager is contacted by Neo, and manages to escape the Matrix. "Program": Two warriors battle in a samurai training simulation when one decides to betray his crewmates and re-enter the Matrix. "World Record": A champion sprinter manages to break free of the Matrix by sheer physical effort during a record attempt. "Beyond": A young girl searching for her cat discovers a haunted house caused by a glitch in the system. "A Detective Story": Private investigator Ash tracks a hacker named Trinity through the looking glass. "Matriculated": A group of humans capture a machine scout and insert it into a 'human matrix'.
Actors
Michael Karl Popper AKA The KidClayton Watson
ThadeusAkio Ôtsuka
ClarenceTerrence 'T.C.' Carson
Also posted in 2003, Action, Animation, Drama, High IMDB rating, Sci-Fi | Comments (0)

21 Grams

IMDB Rating: 7.90
55235 votes

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This is the story of three gentle persons: Paul Rivers (Penn) an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English emigré (Gainsbourg), Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married and mother of two little girls, and Jack Jordan (Del Toro), an ex-convict who has found in his Christian faith the strength to raise a family. They will be brought together by a terrible accident that will change their lives. By the final frame, none of them will be the same as they will learn harsh truths about love, faith, courage, desire and guilt, and how chance can change our worlds irretrievably, forever.
Actors
Paul RiversSean Penn
Cristina PeckNaomi Watts
MichaelDanny Huston
Also posted in 2003, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Long Kiss Goodnight

IMDB Rating: 6.50
21552 votes

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Samantha Caine, suburban homemaker, is the ideal mom to her 8 year old daughter Caitlin. She lives in Honesdale, PA, has a job teaching school and makes the best Rice Krispie treats in town. But when she receives a bump on her head, she begins to remember small parts of her previous life as a lethal, top-secret agent. Her old chums in the Chapter are now out to kill her so she enlists the help of a cheap detective named Mitch. As Samantha remembers more and more of her previous life, she becomes deadlier and more resourceful. Both Mitch and Charly proceed to do the killing thing, the bleeding thing and the shooting thing.
Actors
Mitch HenesseySamuel L. Jackson
TimothyCraig Bierko
HalTom Amandes
Also posted in 1996, Action, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

Charlie Chan at the Circus

IMDB Rating: 7.40
410 votes

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While ostensibly on vacation with his wife and twelve children, famed detective Charlie Chan visits a circus at just the right time to become involved in the murder of one of the circus owners. Chan is prevailed upon to travel with the circus in hopes of discovering the killer before he, she - or it - strikes again.
Actors
Charlie ChanWarner Oland
Lee ChanKeye Luke
Colonel TimGeorge Brasno
Also posted in 1936, Comedy, High IMDB rating, Mystery | Comments (0)

8MM

IMDB Rating: 6.00
21397 votes

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A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles (Nicolas Cage) down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max (Joaquin Phoenix), Welles relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife (Catherine Keener), family and simple life as a small-town private eye.
Actors
Mr. AndersonDon Creech
NeighborRachel Singer
Archive DirectorLuis Oropeza
Also posted in 1999, Mystery, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Last Seduction

IMDB Rating: 7.10
6106 votes

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Linda Fiorentino plays Bridget, a "femme fatale" who steals her husband's money and leaves from New York. She meets Mike, who falls in love with her and they become lovers. But Mike has no idea about Bridget's past and her plans to use him to get rid of her husband...
Actors
Bridget Gregory/Wendy KroyLinda Fiorentino
Clay GregoryBill Pullman
Phone Sales AgentMichael Raysses
Also posted in 1994, Crime, Drama, High IMDB rating, Thriller | Comments (0)

The Pearl of Death

IMDB Rating: 7.50
1024 votes

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When a pearl with a sinister reputation for causing misfortune to its owners is stolen from a museum by a master criminal because of Sherlock Holmes' show-boating, he is naturally obliged to find it. Soon, he learns of a series of brutal murders that seemed to have been commited by a malevolent man mountain known only as the Creeper. Now, Holmes must deal with the seemingly overwhelming menace of this man and his boss in order to retrieve the pearl.
Actors
Sherlock HolmesBasil Rathbone
Dr. John H. WatsonNigel Bruce
Insp. LestradeDennis Hoey
Also posted in 1944, Crime, High IMDB rating, Horror, Mystery | Comments (0)
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