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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ELECTRICITY (2014)
Certification15 Our Rating
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EVIL UNDER THE SUN (1982)
CertificationPG Our Rating
Ustinov as Poirot investigates the murder of the universally disliked Arlena (Rigg) on a sunny Adriatic island. All the suspects have airtight alibis and the pivotal clue concerns the woman under the sombrero. A beautifully filmed suspense from the Agatha Christie stable, they don't make 'em like this anymore!
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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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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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RASHOMON (1950)
Certification12 Our Rating
Set in medieval Kyoto, this is an engrossing tale of rape and murder in which contradictory accounts of events are later related from the perspectives of four of those involved. A film which awakened the West to the richness of Japanese cinema.
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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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SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE SIGN OF FOUR (1987)
CertificationPG Our Rating
Jenny Seagrove plays Mary, the recipient of pearls from a mysterious benefactor in this Sherlock Holmes tale. The pearls have appeared each year since her father disappeared ten years previously. With the help of Holmes and his trusty companion Watson, they take on the challenge of unravelling the mystery of the Sign of Four following a brutal murder.
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THE CAT'S MEOW (2001)
Certification12 Our Rating
When William Randolph Hearst sets off early one Saturday morning in November on his floating mansion for a weekend of hedonistic fun and frolics, he is joined by some of 1920s America's glittering people, amongst them Charlie Chaplin. The consequences of this trip result in a murder that even today remains shrouded in mystery. The Cat's Meow is a beautifully realised film, with a fine cast and something of a return to form for Bogdanovich, but it's flaw hangs upon the true story it is attempting
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