Review – A Particular Set of Skills in 1939 (“Marlowe”)

It seems the norm today that movies are being delayed and this one is no exception. Originally slated to premiere in December of 2022, this film noir pot-boiler stars Liam Neeson as a Raymond Chandler detective set in the 40’s. Hmm. . . I wonder if anyone is taken? Like Humphrey Bogart, Robert Mitchum, James…

Review – Siri, Can You Find My Mom? (“Missing”)

If you saw the excellent 2018 Searching (see review below), then you’ll recognize the format and set-up to this crazy style of who-done-it mystery that’s all shown to us on Mac computer screens, videos, cellphone FaceTime’s, TV’s, and more. Better get your reading glasses out, you’re gonna need ’em!  Move over Jessica Fletcher, have a…

Review – Quoth The Raven, “Netflix!” (“The Pale Blue Eye”)

Adapted from Louis Bayard’s 2003 novel, this Netflix-exclusive movie is written & directed by Scott Cooper, who has given us the bizarre movies Antlers, Hostiles, and Crazy Heart. And since this is about Batman meeting Dudley Dursely, I’d say that’s about right.  In the deadly winter’s chill of 1830, retired veteran detective Augustus Landor (Christian…

Review – Elementary, My Dear Eleven (“Enola Holmes 2”)

One of the unexpected, surprise hits of 2020 was the Netflix movie, Enola Holmes (see review below). Millie Bobby Brown hit a home run starring as the tween detective sister of the famous Sherlock Holmes. We finally get a follow-up movie, but will it suffer from sequelitis?   After solving a case, Enola Holmes decides…