Polanski has a go at the film noir detective thriller, very bleak, very twisted and very menacing it is to. Nicholson plays a private-eye in pre-war LA who is hired to pursue an adultery case, but finds himself embroiled in a complicated murder investigation.
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DEATH ON THE NILE (1978)
CertificationPG Our Rating
An Agatha Christie thriller in a sumptous setting; Mia Farrow is superb as the woman scorned, obsessively stalking her ex-fiancee and his new wife on their luxury honeymoon. Ustinov plays the chocolate-swilling sleuth Poirot and, as always, there's a cunning twist. One of the best.
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DOCTOR WHO SERIES 4 VOLUME 2 (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
The Sontaran Stratagem: Martha Jones summons the Doctor back to modern-day Earth, but an old enemy lies in wait...
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GOSFORD PARK (2007)
Certification15 Our Rating
The year is 1932 and the world of the aristocracy is drawing to an inevitable close, but in the house of Sir William McCordle such realities are forgotten for a weekend shooting party. As the eclectic mixture of guests arrive so the belly of the house also swells with various valets and personal servants; but as characters develop it becomes clear that some have neglected to know their place and before the weekend is out a murder has been committed. 'Gosford Park' is a quite stunning recreation
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MISS MARPLE: SLEEPING MURDER (2005)
Certification15 Our Rating
Part of a series of suitably lush, impeccably cast, dramatisations of Agatha Christie's ever so unassuming Miss Marple, a razor sharp, and eagle-eyed amateur detective extraordinaire.
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MISS MARPLE: THE MOVING FINGER (2005)
CertificationPG Our Rating
Part of a series of suitably lush, impeccably cast, dramatisations of Agatha Christie's ever so unassuming Miss Marple, a razor sharp, and eagle-eyed amateur detective extraordinaire.
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MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (1974)
CertificationPG Our Rating
The first, and arguably the best, adaptation of an Agatha Christie mystery, with Albert Finney making his first appearance as Poirot. An American tycoon is found dead on the luxurious Orient Express, stabbed 12 times with a dagger, but which one of the all-star cast dunnit? Excellent.
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SHERLOCK HOLMES (2004)
Certification15 Our Rating
A fiendishly clever serial killer is stalking the streets of London, his predilection, young women from the highest echelons of British aristocracy. It's another case for Sherlock Holmes in this lush feature length BBC adaptation of Conan Doyle's detective novels, the tile role convincingly performed by Rupert Everett.
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SHERLOCK HOLMES (RITCHIE) (2009)
Certification12 Our Rating
Prior to his execution the evil occultist and serial killer Lord Blackwood warns Holmes of further deaths...
This is a crackingly entertaining detective adventure though the real star has to be a CG enhanced Victorian London, especially the finale on a half-built Tower Bridge.
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SHERLOCK HOLMES: TERROR BY NIGHT (1946)
CertificationU Our Rating
Holmes, Watson and a plethora of potty passengers are all aboard the London to Edinburgh express. As the train rattles on its way, so does the mayhem, with a corpse turning up in a carriage and a false-bottomed coffin in the guard's van. Will the stealthy sleuths solve the mystery? Elementary... As fast-paced, tightly-woven a Sherlock Holmes mystery as you will find.
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