If you loved Moon, the stunning sci - fi film starring Sam Rockwell, then you better get excited for Duncan Jones» spiritual sequel, Mute, a futuristic sci - fi
mystery film starring Alexander Skarsgard.
Also arriving on VOD this week Wonderstruck,
a mystery film starring Michelle Williams and Julianne Moore that tells the tale of two separate children on a quest to find their parents.
Straight from Julian Fellowes, the creator of Downton Abbey, Gosford Park is a 2001 British murder
mystery film starring none other than Violet Crawley (the amazingly talented Maggie Smith).
Not exact matches
The following year, Garofalo appeared in no less than five
films, with a supporting part in the ensemble piece 200 Cigarettes, a
starring role as an unconventional action heroine called the Bowler in
Mystery Men (which also featured Stiller), and prominent turns in Kevin Smith's eagerly awaited Dogma, Hampton Fancher's psychological thriller The Minus Man, and the satirical comedy Can't Stop Dancing, in which she acted alongside fellow comedienne Margaret Cho.In 2001, Garofolo took on the role of Catherine Connolly in The Laramie Project, HBO's docudrama chronicling the aftermath of the death of Matthew Shepard, and filmmaker David Wain's comedy Wet Hot American Summer.
He also
starred in a
film called Greenfingers about a criminal who goes to work in a garden, before appearing in the BBC1
mystery series Second Sight, in which he played DCI Ross Tanner.
Of course, she
starred in seven Woody Allen
films — Sleeper, Love And Death, Annie Hall, Interiors, Manhattan, Radio Days and Manhattan Murder
Mystery.
The surprise
star is Eileen Atkins, the most endearing person in the
film who is at once insightful yet optimistic about the
mystery of life.
Starring Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling as an odd couple of private detectives, the
film sees them embroiled in a
mystery involving porn, catalytic converters and kids too smart for their own good.
Neither its full - length trailer nor the earlier teaser quite replicated the
mystery and allure that the last two
Star Wars
films so successfully nourished in advance of release.
In Lucasfilm's
Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the Skywalker saga continues as the heroes of The Force Awakens join the galactic legends in an epic adventure that unlocks age - old
mysteries of the Force and shocking revelations of the past.The
film stars Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong» o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie, Kelly Marie Tran, Laura Dern and Benicio Del Toro.
Harry Dean Stanton's final
film, John Carroll Lynch's Lucky, was the perfect farewell; the best teen
film of the year was Ry Russo - Young's existential
mystery / coming - of - age drama, Before I Fall,
starring a wonderful Zoey Deutch.
Stephen Frears» directorial debut Gumshoe, a cockeyed detective
film starring Albert Finney as a small - time bingo caller who plays at being a private detective for fun and ends up in the middle of a real
mystery, and Arch Oboler's 1951 end - of - the - world drama Five, a low budget, high concept
film he produced independently, also arrive under the «Martini Movies» imprint.
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Directed by Jane Campion — known for powerful»90s
film «The Piano» — this isn't your typical police procedural; it's a seriously smart
mystery, with top drawer acting (it also
stars Peter Mullan and Holly Hunter) and an unexpected feminist undercurrent.
Unfortunately, once she is missing, Papa Smurf (voice of the late Jonathan Winters, «The Smurfs,» but I'd rather remember him from «It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World,» among other better
films) along with Grouchy (voice of George Lopez, «Rio,» and a wealth of other voiceover work), Clumsy (voice of Anton Yelchin, «
Star Trek Into Darkness «-RRB- and Vanity (voice of John Oliver, «The Love Guru «-RRB-, locate Patrick and his family to help solve the
mystery.
Loosely based on Agatha Christie's classic
mystery novel Ten Little Indians, the
film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and centers on a DEA task...
Cutter's Way (Twilight Time, Blu - ray),
starring Jeff Bridges as an easy - going beach boy and John Heard as a damaged, angry Vietnam vet who get tangled in a murder
mystery, is an American classic that got lost during its 1981 release even as it was being championed by
film critics like Siskel and Ebert.
«Game of Thrones»
star Essie Davis will take the title role in «Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears,» an Australian - made murder
mystery film.
In my case, the reason might have something to do with the fact that having seen and remembered Sidney Lumet's equally
star - driven 1974
film of Agatha Christie's best - known
mystery novel, I already knew whodunit.
Dial M for Murder premiered at the Westminster Theatre in London in 1952, only for it to be made into an expert crime
mystery thriller by Alfred Hitchcock two years later, while Wait Until Dark, another complex and dark play in the vein of Hitchcock's interests directed by Arthur Penn (who would helm Bonnie and Clyde the very next year), saw the light of day in early 1966 on Broadway, where it instantly attracted the attention of both the audience and Warner Brothers, determined to turn it into a feature
film starring none other than Hollywood's sweetheart Audrey Hepburn in a much darker, insidious story than her filmography had ever witnessed.
Ayako Fujitani (who
starred in Boyle's 2012
film Daylight Savings) as the depressed
mystery author trying to escape from an identity more manufactured than anyone could potentially guess, is a bit imperceptible at first, though she quickly thaws once the handsome and enigmatic stranger (Kazuki Kitamura) lures her into a dense
mystery.
It's no
mystery that Donald Terras is excited about the recent discovery of a long - lost movie
filmed in Chicago
starring stage actor William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes.
I also appreciated the versatility of Sidney Lumet, who was best known for his gritty urban police movies like «Serpico,» «Dog Day Afternoon» and «Prince of the City» but who also made the raucous satire of television, «Network,» the all -
star Agatha Christie
mystery, «Murder on the Orient Express,» and
film versions of Eugene O'Neill's «Long Day's Journey Into Night» and Mary McCarthy's «The Group.»
And when his 1958 masterpiece «Vertigo» — that eerie romantic chiller
starring James Stewart as a detective afraid of heights and Kim Novak as the beautiful
mystery woman for whom he falls — was recently voted the best movie of all time, finally beating out runner - up «Citizen Kane» in the Sight and Sound
film poll, it was a recognition that was probably as much for Hitchcock's entire oeuvre.
The
film stars Dane DeHaan as an ambitious young man sent to a wellness center in the Swiss Alps to collect his boss, but soon finds himself trapped in the spa's dark
mysteries.
... Speaking of Phase Three, The Hobbit
star Martin Freeman has teased his
mystery role in Captain America: Civil War, while Marvel chief Kevin Feige also offered up a few words on the the
film itself: «Civil War is a relatively simple story,» states Feige.
In the
film, the pair
star as Max and Annie, whose weekly couples game night takes a turn when they divert from their standard Pictionary and charades to play a game of murder
mystery — complete with fake thugs and faux federal agents.
Scalene, the feature debut for director Zack Parker, is a genre bending
film that is part psychological
mystery, part character drama and
stars Hannah Hall and Margo Martindale.
Leonard Maltin's reasonable, middle - of - the - road Movie and Video Guide gives the
film three
stars, calling it «suspenseful,» «intelligent,» «thoughtful,» and «exciting,» «with excellent visuals»; I can't imagine anyone using those words to describe
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie.
As lush and atmospheric a
film as the American cinema has created in years, Crimson Peak
stars Mia Wasikowska (whose wide eyes and open face evokes the gothic heroine incarnate) as a smart, passionate American heiress, the daughter of a self - made man (Jim Beaver as the model of paternal affection and American responsibility) and a writer with a romantic streak and an unsullied innocence, and Tom Hiddleston as the dashing suitor from overseas, a handsome aristocrat with a haunted soul whose
mystery captures the American's heart.
The standout performance, besides Davis» creepy supporting turn, is the true
star of the
film, Lynn - Holly Johnson, who holds her own as the young Jan who is being supernaturally summoned to solve the central
mystery.
Realizing that they are trapped in their room with hidden cameras now aimed at them
filming their every move, David and Amy desperately find a means of escape through locked doors, crawlspaces and underground tunnels before they too become the newest
stars of the
mystery filmmaker's next cult classic!
At the
film's press junket, James Corden, Rose Byrne, Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie and Elizabeth Debicki spoke at a conference about finding their character's voice, working opposite CGI characters that weren't really there, Flopsy's lisp, the similarities between General Hux (in the
Star Wars
films) and Mr. McGregor, the
mystery of why these rabbits where jackets, and what they would like children to learn from seeing this movie.
In The Disaster Artist, we watch actor and man of
mystery Tommy Wiseau (director and
star James Franco) wreak his indie
film The Room (2003) with a bottomless bank account and a beleaguered cast and crew.
However, by ditching the high - concept, flimsy
mystery premises of their previous
films and instead providing old - school action / thriller gravitas, Serra and Neeson manage to deliver their best
film yet - one that should more than suitably appease fans of the genre, and / or Neeson's career as an action
star.
It seems like Roger had a similar love - hate relationship with Jarmusch over his career, giving him plenty of positive reviews, including four
stars for «
Mystery Train» and «Broken Flowers,» while also hating «The Limits of Control» and this
film, which he gave only a
star and a half.
Starring Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles, the
film follows writer Holly Martins (Cotten) who works to unravel the
mystery behind the assumed death of his friend Harry Lime (Welles), finding romance,
mystery and intrigue along the way.
What do you get when you take what is probably the greatest baseball
film ever made («Eight Men Out»), a magical Irish fairytale («The Secret of Roan Inish»), a strange science fiction
film about a mute, black alien who lands in Harlem («The Brother from Another Planet») and one of the best
mystery / suspense
films in recent years («Lone
Star»)?
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Rian Johnson's new
Star Wars
film needs to resolve the many
mysteries of The Force Awakens — starting with why Rey is so precocious in the ways of the Jedi
Liam Neeson is
starring in a
film adaptation of the political
mystery novel Charlie Johnson within the Flames.
Based on Agatha Christie's classic
mystery novel And Then There Were None, the
film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and...
Based on Agatha Christie's classic
mystery novel And Then There Were None, the
film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and centers on a DEA task force...
What It Is: The newest
film from the Room director Lenny Abrahamson is a supernatural horror
film starring Domhnall Gleeson as a doctor in postwar England trying to untangle a dark
mystery about an old gentry family he's asked to care for.
In 2014, Ayer released both the action
mystery film Sabotage with Arnold Schwarzenegger and war
film Fury
starring Brad Pitt.
A countercultural masterpiece about the act of seeing and the art of image making, Blow - Up takes the form of a psychological
mystery,
starring David Hemmings as a fashion photographer who unknowingly captures a death on
film after following two lovers in a park.
Recently, Meyer was in Vancouver
filming the second installment in the «Garage Sale
Mystery» series for Hallmark, opposite Lori Loughlin and guest
starring in the new Fox series «Backstrom,» opposite Rainn Wilson.
My colleagues at the website Hammer to Nail (where I am lead
film critic) have watched the narratives Lemon (a meditation on race and gender
starring Michael Cera and Nia Long), Person to Person (a dreamy murder
mystery, also with Michael Cera) and the aforementioned Sylvio (based on a popular series of short videos from the «Simply Sylvio» Vine account), and praised them, so I am eager to check them out, myself.
A new blog I love is by Tony Piazza, a veteran of the
film business — and
mystery author — who has insightful stories about every Hollywood
star you ever heard of.
There have been quite a few adaptations of Christie's classic
mystery since its publication in 1934, but the latest
film version might be the most
star - studded with — deep breath — Penélope Cruz, Johnny Depp, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Michelle Pfeiffer, Derek Jacobi, Daisy Ridley and Kenneth Branagh.