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Evil Under the Sun

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  • Title: Evil Under the Sun
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The second Agatha Christie adaptation to star Peter Ustinov as master detective Hercule Poirot works better than the first, even if the awkward opening (necessary to wrap-up the case nearly two-hours later) feels completely out of place until the end of the film. While looking into an insurance matter, Poirot travels to an isolated hotel on an island in the Adriatic Sea where the focus of his inquiry, an egotistical gold digging actress (Diana Rigg) who makes more enemies than movies, turns up dead on a secluded beach.

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The Tale of Silyan

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  • Title: The Tale of Silyan
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Highlighting the struggles of farmers in Macedonia, director Tamara Kotevska‘s film showcases Nikola and his family unable to make a profit on one of the farm’s best harvests and unable to sell the farm for more than a fraction of its worth due to new governmental policies. After his daughter and her family move away, and Nikola’s wife goes with them to help with the children, Nikola finds himself alone. Needing money, he takes a job at the local landfill where he discovers and injured stork who he adopts and nurses back to health helping soothe his loneliness.

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Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials

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  • Title: Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials
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Breaking up the Agatha Christie novel into a three-episode series, Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials casts Mia McKenna-Bruce as Lady Eileen Brent, Bundle to her friends, who takes it upon herself to solve a murder others are all too willing to sweep under the rug. Over the course of her investigation, Bundle will uncover a plot to steal a formula to strengthen metal and the existence of a secret society both of which appear linked to the sudden death of Bundle’s friend.

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Thunderheart

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  • Title: Thunderheart
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Largely forgotten, the 1992 thriller set on a South Dakota Native American reservation casts Val Kilmer as FBI Agent Ray Levoi assigned to the case for his Sioux lineage which works as PR move for the FBI (even if he doesn’t appear Native American and has spent most of his life shunning that heritage). Kilmer, who had some Native American ancestry on his father’s side, delivers a strong performance of a man struggling to find truth where the only ones talking to him are almost certainly lying.

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Cheetah & Cheshire Rob the Justice League #6

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The six-issue mini-series concludes with Cheetah and Cheshire‘s band of thieves successfully making it out of the Watchtower with the Power Bank only to run into trouble from Black Adam and his little cabal wanting the prize for themselves. Things get further complicated with the arrival of the Justice League out to reclaim their property.

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