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Showcasing the best of Crime and Mystery Stories and Films from around the world.

Movie Review: VERTIGO (1958) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

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Deadlines to Submit your Screenplay, Novel, Story, or Poem to the festival: http://www.wildsound.ca VERTIGO, 1958 Classic Movie Review Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Starring James Stewart, Kim Novak Review by Steven Painter SYNOPSIS: A San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend’s wife, all the while…

Movie Review: THE FOREST (2016) Horror

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Deadlines to Submit your Screenplay, Novel, Story, or Poem to the festival: http://www.wildsound.ca THE FOREST (USA 2015) *** Directed by Jason Zada Review by Gilbert Seah The beginning of January usually sees new low budget films make number one at the box-office. Universal’s little horror flick , THE FOREST aims to…

Movie Review: THE WRONG MAN (1956) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

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Deadlines to Submit your Screenplay, Novel, Story, or Poem to the festival: http://www.wildsound.ca THE WRONG MAN, 1956 Classic Movie Review Directed by Alfred Hitchock Starring Henry Fonda, Vera Miles Review by Steven Painter 7.5/10 fan rating on IMDB Read more professional reviews SYNOPSIS: The police were convinced… The witnesses were positive…

Movie Review: NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

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Deadlines to Submit your Screenplay, Novel, Story, or Poem to the festival: http://www.wildsound.ca NORTH BY NORTHWEST, 1959 Classic Movie Review Directed by Alfred Hitchcock Starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint Review by Steven Painter IMDB fan rating: 8.4/10 SYNOPSIS: A hapless New York advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent…

Crime Logline of the Day: A Gangsta In The White House, Louis Napoleon

Title: A Gangsta In The White House Written by: Louis Napoleon Type: Feature Film Genre: Political, Crime Logline: Can U.S. Senator Jamal Evans overcome political enemies within his inner circle of trust and the ‘White Sharks’ on Capitol Hill to become the second black president of the U.S. or…? Interested in this logline, please email… Continue reading Crime Logline of the Day: A Gangsta In The White House, Louis Napoleon

Crime Short Screenplay: HOW IT STARTS, by Ed Vassie

The escalation of conflict and the absurdity that flows from it.

Movie Review: POINT BREAK (2015)

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Deadlines to Submit your Screenplay, Novel, Story, or Poem to the festival: http://www.wildsound.ca POINT BREAK (USA/China/Germany 2015) *1/2 Directed by Ericson Core Review by Gilbert Seah POINT BREAK is a remake of the Kathryn Bigelow 1991 hit film starring Patrick Swayze and Keanu Reeves. Bigelow is a female director able to…