Author: crimemysteryfestival

The crime thriller Heat from director Michael Mann is often held up not only as the pinnacle of Mann’s career, but as a pinnacle of both the genre and a distinct highlight in the careers of acting legends Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. Though the movie is near-perfect as a one-off, with many movie […]… Continue reading Michael Mann Planning A Heat Sequel and Prequel — Cinema Gold

Director: Michael Mann Writer: Michael Mann (Screenplay) Anthony Yerkovich (TV Series) Starring: Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Li Gong, Naomie Harris, Ciaran Hinds, Justin Theroux, Barry Shabaka Henley Plot: Based on the 1980s TV action/drama, this update focuses on vice detectives Crockett and Tubbs as their respective personal and professional lives become dangerously intertwined. Tagline – […]… Continue reading Jamie Foxx Weekend – Miami Vice (2006) Movie Review — Movie Reviews 101

Editors’ Note: Deadline’s latest series, Reopening Hollywood, focuses on the incredibly complicated effort to get the industry back on its feet while ensuring the safety of everyone involved. Our goal is to examine numerous sides of the business and provide forum for leaders in Hollywood who have a vision for how production could safely restart […]… Continue reading Reopening Hollywood: Michael Mann On Resuming Ansel Elgort-Ken Watanabe HBO Max Drama ‘Tokyo Vice’; And What About That ‘Heat’ Prequel? — Deadline

The other day, Husband played a CD of Borodin’s 2nd String Quartet. We have been listening to a lot of chamber music lately, and this is a CD we had for a while but hadn’t played before. I had never heard this quartet before. When the 2nd movement, (Scherzo) of the quartet played, I knew […]… Continue reading Melodic Mystery — Trail Baboon

There are always brick walls in family research, sometimes you hit them surprisingly early on. via A woman of mystery — The life of B

Hey there, how’s it going? Great beard by the way. It is nice to see someone else outside, even if you can’t talk back. Just kidding, as you can see above I wasn’t the only one outside. This was taken a month back, the two people in the background happy to just walk right by […]… Continue reading The mystery is a motivator — One Chance to See the World

‘A corpse in a blood-soaked room; a locked door and a locked window; a masked man; a beautiful girl trussed inside a wardrobe; and now a pretender to the throne! This is superb!’ Mr Verity, general know-it-all and master sleuth was walking to the beach for a spot of bathing when he saw a man […]… Continue reading The Woman In The Wardrobe (1951) by Peter Shaffer — In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

Laurence “Boodle” Raikes, the finest schoolboy batsman in the land played for Remenham, and Richard “Dick” Templeton, the finest bowler, played for Lanham – until for some reason, just before their final year of school, their fathers transferred them to the prestigious private school of Trinket. But while Templeton settles into life (and the cricket […]… Continue reading Tragedy at Trinket (1934) by Brian Flynn — In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

“Ten names, ten probable occupations; ten addresses. Scattered to hell and gone all over the kingdom…” Adrian Messenger has a list, which he passes to a friend at Scotland Yard without any explanation – just a request that information is collated on those names. Messenger implies that something terrible is afoot, but he needs time […]… Continue reading The List Of Adrian Messenger (1959) by Philip MacDonald — In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel

“And if a man prevail against that is alone, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not easily broken.” Ecclesiastes, Chapter Four, Verse 12. Inspector Knollis was not usually one to be bothered with minor incidents, but the murder of a budgerigar and a cat, both with a piece of blue cord tied […]… Continue reading The Threefold Cord (1947) by Francis Vivian — In Search of the Classic Mystery Novel