Reviews of mystery movies and films new to DVD and Blu-ray.
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99 River Street (Blu-ray Review) 20 Jun, 2016
There are a few hoked-up bits here that compromise the rest but not in any truly serious ways...More>>
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Too Late for Tears (Blu-ray Review) 23 May, 2016
This arguably definitive Lizabeth Scott performance and more were saved from extinction by UCLA’s...More>>
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Dark Passage (Blu-ray Review) 16 May, 2016
This third of four Bogart-Bacall teamings (all within a four-year period) can be enjoyed by those...More>>
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Key Largo (Blu-ray Review) 22 Feb, 2016
Co-scripted by director John Huston and Richard Brooks from a play by Maxwell Anderson, 'Key Largo'...More>>
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Wrong Man, The (Blu-ray Review) 8 Feb, 2016
This is a powerful fact-based movie and definitely one of director Alfred Hitchcock’s stronger...More>>
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Death on the Diamond (DVD Review) 7 Dec, 2015
This MGM eye-roller about mass homicides during a pennant race is probably worth 71 minutes of any...More>>
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Murder, My Sweet (Blu-ray Review) 19 Oct, 2015
The second screen version of Raymond Chandler’s 'Farewell, My Lovely,' with its expressive...More>>
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Inherent Vice (Blu-ray Review) 30 Apr, 2015
On the whole, 'Inherent Vice' offers more to like than not, resonating mostly for a scattering of...More>>
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Ride the Pink Horse (Blu-ray Review) 6 Apr, 2015
An oddly beguiling genre scrambler that goes against a slew of grains, this cultist cause seems to...More>>
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Out of the Past (Blu-ray Review) 25 Aug, 2014
This is just about everything a noir screen experience should be, even down to a title that really...More>>
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True Detective (Blu-ray Review) 7 Jun, 2014
HBO’s “True Detective” is pretty much what one would expect of a show from the network:...More>>
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Non-Stop (Blu-ray Review) 6 Jun, 2014
'Non-Stop' definitely plays to Liam Neeson’s strengths, and it surrounds him with an effective...More>>
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Double Indemnity (Blu-ray Review) 5 May, 2014
The Blu-ray of this increasingly durable version of James M. Cain’s novel is the visually darkest...More>>
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Cry Danger (Blu-ray Review) 7 Apr, 2014
Like a lot of noirs from the era, this one affords some welcome location work, which often times...More>>
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In the Heat of the Night (Blu-ray Review) 10 Feb, 2014
As mysteries go, the movie really isn’t much, but the characterizations and Haskell Wexler’s...More>>
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit: 25th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray Review) 28 Mar, 2013
Looking back, 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' represents something of a turning point in the history of...More>>
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Experiment in Terror (Blu-ray) 4 Feb, 2013
A good choice for Twilight Time’s typically crisp pro-job treatment, 'Terror' would have been a...More>>
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Ghost of Saint Aubin, The (DVD Review) 19 Jan, 2013
'The Ghost of Saint Aubin' makes a great effort building up an interesting mystery, but at times it...More>>
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Peter Gunn: The Complete Series (DVD Review) 27 Dec, 2012
Blake Edwards created and produced this detective series, which became legendary for its music.More>>
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Dark Mirror, The (Blu-ray Review) 10 Sep, 2012
If 'Dark Mirror' does (arguably) bring up the relative rear of the heyday of the career of Robert...More>>
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