An American crime mystery directed by Roy William Neill, starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce.
The iconic detective competes with a master criminal in a quest for bomb sight parts. An encrypted message leads to 4 scientists who are working on separate parts of the device and the inventor is caught in the middle of this turmoil.
I thought that this film was quite well-made and interesting. I may have just happened to be in the mood to pay attention to a mystery being unravelled. The black and white video is clear, with no parts being to dark, grainy, blurry or washed out. The audio is easy to hear and dead air hiss is at a minimum. The plot and characters were presented very clearly as well. One thing that I noticed was that when Watson would approach someone, he would do so in a cloud of pipe smoke or blow the smoke directly at them. There was one occasion on which he approached Sherlock Holmes and blew a big puff right in his face from point-blank range. Overall, I think that this was a high quality film and I rate it good. You should watch it if you are at all interested in the Sherlock Holmes franchise.
An American noir crime mystery film directed by William Berke.
After a car crash, a woman is rescued and relates the story that lead up to crashing the car. The story involves a district attorney, gangsters and corruption.
When not making the movie would have been a better decision than deciding to make it, that's bad. This was extremely dry and boring. The characters were not memorable, the plot was muddier than a swamp and the style was very utilitarian (not a compliment). The only part that caught my attention was the black piano player. They showed close shots of him playing and I think he may have actually been playing the music that you hear in that scene. If so, it's the only thing they did right in the whole film. They made a horrid movie and I hate it, but I watched the whole hour and three minutes. I rate it bad.
A mystery directed by Robert Wiene.The director of a mental home brings a somnambulist to a town posing as a carnival act in order to murder people in the night.The video was in black and white and full screen. The audio was classical music.check out: The sets in the small town and sanitarium.Somnambulism is a longer and more threatening term for sleepwalking. This is a good thing to know BEFORE you see the movie. I just thought it was cool because of the sets.
A mystery directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak.A gang sends a mole into the police force and the police send a mole into the gang.The video was good. The audio was in Chinese and subtitles were included.check out: the wild tube amp.Once the story gets going, everything just tangles into a big mess of Chinese people who all look similar lying to each other. It's a very confusing plot to begin with, then when you can't tell the actors apart, it gets even more perplexing. I don't even like these "cops vs. criminals" movies anymore. I'm not saying it was bad, but it's definitely not good.
A crime mystery directed by David FincherA team of 2 police detectives investigates a series of murders based on the 7 deadly sins.The audio was good. The video looked like they tried to use every dark and gloomy lighting effect available, but still it was good.Check out: the size of the glass of wine served to Morgan Freeman. Is it common for detectives to hold "drink and investigate" sessions? According to the cinema's popular opinion, yes.When I started watching this, I thought "Oh no, another police detective flick". I didn't think it was too bad though. If you're into detective movies, then congratulations, Hollywood is full of them. Add this to your list.
