Tag: detective

  • Rian Johnson Announces Start of Knives Out Production

    Rian Johnson Announces Start of Knives Out Production

    Rian Johnson is trading in lightsabers for knives. Johnson announced on his social media that production had officially begun on his new murder mystery film Knives Out, where James Bond Daniel Craig will play a Poirot-inspired detective. While I will admit to a bit of “phantom menacing” where Star Wars: The Last  Jedi was concerned, I’ve…

  • Veronica Mars Revival May Be Coming to Hulu

    Veronica Mars Revival May Be Coming to Hulu

    Mars Investigations may be opening its doors once again as Entertainment Weekly reports that Hulu is working on a deal to revive Rob Thomas’ teen sleuth series Veronica Mars. The show, which ran for three seasons from 2004 to 2007, featured Kristen Bell as the title character, a high-school-aged detective who, in between using her…

  • REVIEW: Jessica Jones Season 1

    REVIEW: Jessica Jones Season 1

    Jessica Jones, the second of Marvel’s Netflix series to explore the darker street-level corridors of the MCU, is a surprisingly adult-themed endeavor, using the gritty world established in Daredevil as a springboard to tell a story of victimization and how different people survive it in different ways. The first half is a very strong psychological…

  • Holiday 2014: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

    Holiday 2014: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

    This is the first installment in our Holiday 2014 Review Series, where we’ll take a look at some of our favorite Christmas movies, either traditional or off-kilter. Grab a glass of your favorite eggnog and enjoy! Upon its initial theatrical release – which lasted about a week – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang bombed financially, but…