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The initial circumstance and specifics of the murder mystery at its centre present a considerably difficult case to crack, but then the story starts to run on too many convenient coincidences.

Screenwriter Taylor Sheridan also directs this time, telling the story of a murder mystery at a Wyoming Indian reservation.

Not exact matches

Despairing of any larger religious or social redemption, we can at least rely on murder mysteries to solve individual crimes and bring malefactors to justice.

The premise of a murder mystery with an unreliable narrator is well - trodden territory at this point (The Girl on the Train, In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10, and Sharp Objects all come to mind) but there were at least two moments where I let out an audible gasp over an unforeseen plot twist... so I guess I'm saying if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

In this unique murder mystery, that reveals the killer at the beginning of the film.

Adventure games are not inherently boring, and neither are murder mysteries, but all of the pointless procedure that this game throws at you will, at least as you play it, make you forget all of the enjoyment that you ever got out of either of those things.

Brooks explains that he has hired a company to host a murder - mystery party, but things quickly go off the rails: A pair of very real criminals show up and kidnap Brooks while the group nonchalantly looks on, marveling at how authentic the abduction looks.

But when one of the main character's brother comes into town and hosts a murder mystery game night at his house, things get crazy.

Based on a novel by Friedrich Duerrenmatt,» The Pledge» is a psychological murder mystery in which the central character is at once investigator, possible suspect, and angst ridden carrier of the world's woes, and damned if Penn doesn't draw you inside this labyrinth of existential murk.

Sean Penn «s third film as a director is a psychological murder mystery in which the central character is at once investigator, possible suspect, and angst - ridden carrier of the world's woes, and damned if Penn doesn't draw you inside this labyrinth of existential murk.

However, within this varied collection of roles (as a bleached - blonde hooker in «Winter Of Our Dreams», an anti-nuclear terrorist in «Who Dares Wins» / «The Final Option», or an evironmentalist caught in a murder - mystery in «Heatwave») she, at the very least, sealed her reputation as one of the most exciting young actresses in the world - a well - worn piece of praise given further credibility following the phenomenal performance she gave as Adela Quested in David Lean's «A Passage To India», which resulted in her recieving an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in 198of roles (as a bleached - blonde hooker in «Winter Of Our Dreams», an anti-nuclear terrorist in «Who Dares Wins» / «The Final Option», or an evironmentalist caught in a murder - mystery in «Heatwave») she, at the very least, sealed her reputation as one of the most exciting young actresses in the world - a well - worn piece of praise given further credibility following the phenomenal performance she gave as Adela Quested in David Lean's «A Passage To India», which resulted in her recieving an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in 198Of Our Dreams», an anti-nuclear terrorist in «Who Dares Wins» / «The Final Option», or an evironmentalist caught in a murder - mystery in «Heatwave») she, at the very least, sealed her reputation as one of the most exciting young actresses in the world - a well - worn piece of praise given further credibility following the phenomenal performance she gave as Adela Quested in David Lean's «A Passage To India», which resulted in her recieving an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in 198of the most exciting young actresses in the world - a well - worn piece of praise given further credibility following the phenomenal performance she gave as Adela Quested in David Lean's «A Passage To India», which resulted in her recieving an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in 198of praise given further credibility following the phenomenal performance she gave as Adela Quested in David Lean's «A Passage To India», which resulted in her recieving an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in 1984.

It also teases us with a whodunit style murder mystery where each of the colourful cast of characters are hinted at being Father James» possible killer.

The new 10 - episode mystery series Gracepoint (airing Thursdays) at least has a solid pedigree, remaking last summer's acclaimed eight - part Broadchurch from BBC America, even starring David Tennant in the same role (albeit with an off - putting attempt at an American accent) as a detective newly arrived in a coastal California town, where the murder of a young boy rocks the local residents to the core — including his resentful partner (Breaking Bad's Anna Gunn)-- turning neighbor against neighbor until a shattering denouement.

Paddy Considine play a real - life 19the century Scotland Yard detective in the early years of the organization in The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: The Murder at Road Hill House, the first of four feature - length mysteries made for British television.

Murder mystery, journalism exposé, courtroom drama, metaphysical inquiry into the secret - sharer nature of certain American Bros, proof that James Franco and Jonah Hill can serious - act opposite one another — it seems to be going for any one of these at any given moment, and in the end winds up being not a whole lot more than ostentatiously unpleasant and ugly.

A bright and beautiful small town girl named Charlotte «Charlie» Newton (Teresa Wright) is bored, bored with her well - ordered home in her pretty Norman Rockwellish little city of Santa Rosa, Calif., — where trees line the sunlit streets, everyone goes to church on Sunday, and lots of them read murder mysteries at night.

Bored with her well - ordered home in her Norman Rockwellish little city of Santa Rosa, Calif., — where trees line the sunlit streets, everyone goes to church on Sunday and lots of them read murder mysteries at night.

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.

Almost against her will, she, her hilariously chatty mum (Rima Te Wiata) and her deeply endearing probation officer (Glen - Paul Waru) try to puzzle out the murder mystery at the heart of the haunting.

But he also wrote for a more general audience, particularly literary novels such as «Foucault's Pendulum» (1988), about three workers at a small publishing house who hatch their own conspiracy theory, and «The Name of the Rose,» a murder mystery set in an Italian monastery in the 14th century.

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So much needs to be explained about the plot, both Gone Girl and Dark Places are murder mysteries at their core, that it all but necessitates a narrator who can fill us in on the bits that would be difficult to include in the constrained space of 90 to 120 minutes.

Don McKay (R for profanity and violence) Prodigal Son whodunit about a jaded janitor (Thomas Haden Church) who gets more than he bargained for when he returns to his hometown for the first time in 25 years at the beck - and - call of his cancer - stricken, high school sweetheart (Elisabeth Shue) only to find himself implicated in a tawdry murder mystery.

Challenged to meet his mystery would - be murderer a week later on the local beach to be shot in lieu of a now - dead paedophile priest, he at first puzzles over this out - of - he - blue murder date.

The American filmmaker, Robert Altman, takes a witty and absorbing look at the foibles of the British class system in this intelligent murder mystery set in the early»30s.

«Beast» sounds like a straightforward erotic mystery thriller, but that atmosphere is at times overshadowed by Pearce's exploration of British classism, bullying and bigotry (a Portuguese laborer is also caught up in the murder investigation).

An uncommonly tedious effort, House at the End of the Street follows Jennifer Lawrence's Elissa as she and her mother (Elisabeth Shue's Sarah) move to a small town where a young girl murdered her parents years earlier - with the film eventually detailing the mystery surrounding said young girl's only surviving relative (Max Thieriot's Ryan).

Broke after living off charity funds all her life, she readily accepts a cash payment to make an appearance at a meeting of the Kill Club; a group specialising in murder mysteries and who have a particular interest in the case of her family - namely because they do not believe her brother was the killer.

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Those fans must have been part of the audience courted by this generically - titled murder mystery released at the end of January 1989 across from the flashier Nick Nolte / Martin Short PG - 13 action comedy Three Fugitives.

Acme ends up dead, Roger ends up being wanted for his murder, and it's up to Eddie to find out just what is at the bottom of the mystery of the murder and the sudden disappearance of Acme's will.

The murder at the centre of the film isn't the real mystery; instead it's why Sandu won't speak up, and why Vali seems so keen to get himself closer to Sandu.

It's also to say that what began its existence as a study of the bonds that hold a family together through the caprice of living has been reduced in its film adaptation to a murder mystery without a mystery, and a supernatural thriller that at every turn reminds of how much better Jackson's The Frighteners is in dealing with almost the exact same set of themes.

Rachel McAdams and Jason Bateman are at the center of the shenanigans in the new trailer for the upcoming comedy, about a married couple, Annie and Max, whose affinity for board games and trivia unwittingly thrusts them into a real - life murder mystery at the hands of a peculiar stranger (Kyle Chandler).

At the height of the Italian giallo boom in the early 1970s, scores of filmmakers turned their hand to crafting their own unique takes on these lurid murder - mystery thrillers.

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.

From that point on, I vowed to incorporate at least one experiential learning exercise into each unit of study: debates, press conferences, mock murder mysteries, dinner parties, salons, general assembly meetings, or TV shows like The Colbert Report and Survivor.

A Christmas murder mystery always keeps people alert after the Christmas pudding, so at the risk of being a bit early — here is a murder mystery for the classroom which is perfect for the end of term.

A word document of a mini murder mystery consolidating knowledge of gradients of straight lines at KS3.

A differentiated murder mystery aimed at a large cross section of abilities in KS3 to improve their core skills.

Murder mystery set at the farewell event of someone who has been made redundant in a round of corporate cost cutting.

At the same time I was writing a collection of mystery short stories featuring older people, and the two concepts combined, and Retirement Homes Are Murder was born.

Mary Higgins Clark's The Lost Years is at once a breathless murder mystery and a hunt for what may be the most precious religious and archaeological treasure of all time.

At once a murder mystery, a love story, and a riveting portrait of a unique time and place, The Good German is a historical thriller of first rank.

Mystery - lovers and those interested in detectives should check out The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective, the fascinating story of the murder of three - year - old Saville Kent at home in rural England in 1860, and one of the first Scotland Yard detecMurder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective, the fascinating story of the murder of three - year - old Saville Kent at home in rural England in 1860, and one of the first Scotland Yard detecmurder of three - year - old Saville Kent at home in rural England in 1860, and one of the first Scotland Yard detectives.

Year of the Hyenas is a brilliant, original, and unique murder mystery, set in ancient Egypt at the height of that kingdom's glory and power.

The Interpretation of Murder is inspired by the real - life mystery surrounding Freud's one and only visit to America in 1909 when he came to deliver lectures at Clark University.

In 2013, Julie welcomes five new releases in three genres including her newest title, DECEIVED, a YA suspense from Merit Press, two sweet romance titles for Honey Creek books, her debut YA mystery, REINVENTING CHLOE, and her first cozy mystery, MURDER BY THE SEASIDE, book one in the Patience Price, Counselor at Large series from Carina Press (a digital imprint of Harlequin).

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After all, it's not every day she gets invited to the annual costumed bash at the Dragon's Lair, the premier magic theater in Manhattan.What promises as a night of magic and mystery, quickly turns into a night of mayhem and murder when the boss» equally tyrannical wife dies on stage.