The Lady Vanishes

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  • Title: The Lady Vanishes
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Alfred Hitchcock‘s 1938 thriller follows English tourist Iris Henderson (Margaret Lockwood), one of several tralevers temporarily stranded in Bandrika, home via train. Priot to boarding the train Iris recieves a head injury but is looked after by an eldery English woman who she befriended the previous night. However, after the effects of her head injury subside she is unable to find Mrs. Froy (May Whitty) or anyone onboard the train who remembers seeing her. Convinced something odd is going on, and finding no other help avaiable, she accepts the help of the obnoxious Gilbert Redman (Michael Redgrave) who she had a run-in at the hotel.

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Nine Puzzles – Episode 7

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  • Title: Nine Puzzles – Episode 7
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Having identified that the One City apatment building is what ties all the serial killer’s victims togeter, Yoon E-na (Kim Da-mi) and Han-saem (Son Suk-ku) begin to pull on that thread which will eventually lead to the inciting incident and motive for murder. E-na also identifies that each piece of the puzzle seems to suggest the crimes for which each of the victims was killed, which also makes her question how well she truly knew her uncle. While it will takes some time for all of this to come into focus, the apartment’s discovery is the first big clue for the pair to move their investigation forward.

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The Sound of Music

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  • Title: The Sound of Music
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Returning to theaters for the film’s 60th Anniversary, the film adaptation of the stage musical The Sound of Music was a worldwide success on its release in 1965 and remains a cultural touchstone more than half a century later. Julie Andrews stars as the problematic nun turned governess who finds her place with the von Trapp family on the eve of Germany’s march across Europe in what would become the Second World War.

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Toy Story

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Re-released in theaters for the film’s 30th Anniversary, Toy Story was never the quintessential film for me that is is for some. While I certainly understand its importance to the company, and thoroughly enjoy the film, the animation is still rough in a couple places (most notably in the human characters) and it lacks the emotional impact to me that both Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3 deliver. That said, it’s still a damn fine movie taking us into a world of what happens to a child’s toys once they leave the room. 

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