Genre Archives: Mystery

Alex Cross

October 19, 2012
Alex Cross
Tyler Perry plays Detroit detective Alex Cross, based on the novels written by James Patterson. Cross is a detective and psychologist. He never had to face a villain such as he does in the form of a killer played by Matthew Fox. He is a pattern killer who uses a drug to paralyze his victims and [...]
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Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy (Manuscript)

Dove Approved for All Ages

This is a terrific and suspenseful story, a wholesome mystery which both kids and adults can enjoy. This manuscript focuses on eleven-year-old Mickey Matson and a rock he inherits after his grandfather dies. Mickey believed his grandfather loved him but then why would he leave him a rock in his [...]
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Lady Dead

May 14, 2011

Dove Approved for All Ages

Lady Dead
This is a nice story about how easy it is to misjudge someone. The old lady known as Lady Dead has been mentioned as a murderer for years, having poisoned three children one Halloween night years ago. She still lives in her old house and people still talk about "that night". Then, young Eileen [...]
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Red Riding Hood

March 11, 2011
Red Riding Hood
I must say that the story and film was better than I anticipated. I was expecting pretty much a slash fest and, although admittedly there are some violent scenes in the film, the story and suspense take up a lot of the screen time which was nice to see. The development of the characters is also [...]
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Case 39

October 1, 2010
Case 39
I found the first quarter of this movie to be intriguing and interesting. A concerned social worker, up to her neck with 38 active cases, is handed case number 39. This particular case involves a young girl named Lily who is possibly being abused by her parents. When caseworker Emily Jenkins (Renee [...]
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Devil

September 17, 2010
Devil
I will give this movie one thing in its favor. It is suspenseful. For a long while the viewer doesn't know if one of five stranded people in an elevator is a murderer or if the devil is involved. Every time the lights in the elevator go off someone dies until just two people are left. The answer to [...]
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Message in a Cell phone

June 1, 2010

Dove Approved for All Ages

Message in a Cell phone
Three friends, each with a different personality, engage in detective work when a cell phone falls in their hands. A comical mystery investigation transpires as the boys try to discover the true secret held in the message of the cell phone and what happened to its owner. Once you get past the [...]
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Rust

October 5, 2010

Dove Approved for Ages 12+

Rust
"Rust" paints the portrait of a small town in Canada that has just experienced a tragedy. A family has been consumed in a house fire and the town's mentally challenged misfit has admitted to the arson - but did he do it? The audience will be surprised by some of the twists and turns. "Rust" is [...]
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Knowing

March 20, 2009
Knowing
Nicolas Cage plays science teacher John Koestler in this action-thriller which is just as much a mystery tale. A certain young girl at William Dawes Elementary named Lucinda Embry had written down several codes on a piece of paper which was included with other students' drawings in a time capsule [...]
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Clue

June 27, 2000
Clue
This mystery based on the board game we all grew up with has its hilarious times. This scatter brained group are dying off and they try to find out why and who among them is the killer. I think the movie drags on a bit longer then it takes to actually play the game. Unfortunately it cannot be [...]
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