Sentences with phrase «follows private eye»

A moody tale that combines the intrigue and atmosphere of a Raymond Chandler novel or Humphrey Bogart film with classic point - and - click adventure gameplay, Face Noir follows private eye Jack Del Nero as he's falsely accused of murdering the man who left a little girl in his protection.

Adapted from Thomas Pynchon's 2009 novel, the film follows private eye Doc Sportello (Joaquin Phoenix), whose life is disrupted by the appearance of his ex-old lady from out of nowhere.

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If the next decade of human space transportation is about private companies finding and developing cheaper and more efficient ways into Earth orbit, the decade following will be all about space agencies learning how to operate farther and farther from home, with an eventual eye to orbiting and eventually landing humans on Mars in the mid-2030s (per NASA's timeline).

Following his retirement in 1985, Dietl gained further fame as a guest on Don Imus's radio show, as a high - profile private eye, as host of a short - lived crime program on MSNBC and as a pundit on Fox News.

Then, the men receive the picture of the naked teen, followed by a call from someone pretending to be a private eye.

Adapted from author Kate Brian's best - selling series of novels, Private follows wide - eyed college freshman Reed Brennan during her first semester at Easton Academy, an esteemed private college where nothing is as itPrivate follows wide - eyed college freshman Reed Brennan during her first semester at Easton Academy, an esteemed private college where nothing is as itprivate college where nothing is as it seems.

It never occurs to Harry that the car following him might be driven by a private eye hired by his wife's attorneys (shades of The Big Lebowski), rather than some government spook.

Set in the tough, working class Boston neighborhood of Dorchester (home of Mark Wahlberg), Gone Baby Gone follows local private eyes (and lovers) Patrick Kenzie (Casey Affleck) and Angie Genarro (Michelle Monaghan) who are hired by the aunt and uncle (Amy Madigan and Titus Welliver, respectively) of missing neighborhood child Amanda McCready.

The out - of - competition title set in 1977 Los Angeles follows a down - on - his - luck private eye (Gosling) and hired enforcer (Crowe) as they try to track down a missing girl.

Liam Neeson will follow in the footsteps of many hard - boiled men before him to play the legendary private - eye Philip Marlowe, previously embodied by the likes of Dick Powell, Humphrey Bogart, Elliott Gould, and Robert Mitchum.

Based on Jonathan Lethem's novel, the film takes place in 1950s New Tork and follows «a Tourette Syndrome affected private eye Lionel Essrog (Norton) witnesses the murder of his only friend and mentor, by shadowy thugs.

Based on Jonathan Lethem's novel, the film takes place in 1950s New Tork and follows «a Tourette Syndrome affected private eye Lionel Essrog (Norton) witnesses the murder of his only -LSB-...]

The Thin Man comedies, which follow the sleuthing, smart - talking private eye Nick and his heiress wife Nora, remain one of the enduring delights of vintage Hollywood, but the Academy saw fit to nominate only one half of the double - act (William Powell) that made the series great.

Like the book, the film follows the perpetually high hippie - cum - private - eye Larry «Doc» Sportello attempting to uncover a vague conspiracy involving a vanished ex-girlfriend, a kidnapped millionaire, Asian drug runners, evil dentists, powerful land - owners, corrupt cops, surf - musician stoners and a host of other warped Me - Decade denizens.

City of Tiny Lights Riz Ahmed follows up his hit turn in HBO's The Night Of with this modern private eye story set in London and directed by Dredd director Pete Travis.

A typical film noir might have followed Comolli (Michel Bouquet), a private eye from Réunion hired by Louis to find Marion.

Instead of coming out with his annual fall thriller, he's publishing two — Simple Genius, the third adventure of former Secret Service agents - turned - private eyes Sean King and Michelle Maxwell, and Stone Cold, a follow - up to 2005's Camel Club.

And although I have less personal experience of Chicago than Edinburgh, I feel as though I know the intricacies of that city too from having followed Sara Paretsky's private eye, V I Warshawski... But perhaps the detective most associated with a particular city in our times is Donna Leon's Commissario Guido Brunetti, whose local beat is the mysterious lagoon city of Venice....

Set in the 1930s to the 1950s, Collins's gripping and humorous hard - boiled stories follow Heller, a Chicago private eye with a knack for nabbing high - profile cases involving famous people.

The JRPG game developed by SWD Tech Games allows gamers to play as a cop that turns private eye following a 10 - year stint in the prison.

[9] In a law review article written in 1960, the leading American torts scholar, William Prosser, listed four distinct kinds of invasion of privacy interests as follows: (i) intrusion upon the plaintiff's seclusion or solitude, or into his private affairs; (ii) public disclosure of embarrassing private facts about the plaintiff; (iii) publicity which places the plaintiff in a false light in the public eye; and (iv) appropriation, for the defendant's advantage, of the plaintiff's name or likeness: see William L. Prosser, «Privacy» (1960) 48 Cal.