Mystery

Honey Don’t!

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  • Title: Honey Don’t!
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Ethan Coen‘s Honey Don’t! is an odd film, for a variety of reasons. Centered around a private detective who talks like a 50s dick while working out of a 70s office, while driving a vintage comfortable and discussing COVID and cellphones, Margaret Qualley stars as Honey O’Donahue who never actually investigates a single case on-screen that she was hired for throughout the entire film. That doesn’t stop her from being a delight, though. By far the best thing about the film, Qualley’s throwback pulpish detective provides a fun flick that sadly disappoints in a myriad of other ways.

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The Residence – Dial M for Murder / Knives Out

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  • Title: The Residence – Dial M for Murder / Knives Out
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Beginning with the Australian delegation, Cordelia Cupp (Uzo Aduba) continues to interview staff and guests piecing together a timeline of the night while looking for motive. The Foreign Minister (Brett Tucker) explains how he happens to be wearing a dead man’s shirt while also revealing some other activities he got into with the chef (Mary Wiseman) who had plenty of confrontations with everyone that night including the victim. The awkwardness of the situation allows Cordelia to pressure the Australians into helping lock down the White House and sniffing out what really happened to the head usher (Giancarlo Esposito).

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The Secret of the Old Clock

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  • Title: The Secret of the Old Clock
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Throwback Tuesday takes us back to River Heights, Illinois and the first ever mystery solved by teenage detective Nancy Drew. Taking in upon herself to find a missing will of the recently-deceased eccentric Josiah Crowley that friends and family believe he left before his death, rather than see his estate go to the snobbish Topham family, young Nancy takes the case. Learning a bit about Josiah Crowley from the man’s friends, Nancy becomes convinced a new will exists leading to an encounter with thieves after sneaking away from a summer camp and the discovery of an old clock which holds the truth Nancy seeks.

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Nine Puzzles – Episode 5

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  • Title: Nine Puzzles – Episode 5
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Episode 5 primarily deals with Yoon E-na (Kim Da-mi) and Kim Han-saem (Son Suk-ku) working the poisoning of a factory worker whose son died in an industrial accident a year prior. Although the pair solve the case, E-na isn’t troubled by motives she doesn’t understand. In terms of the larger puzzle mystery, the episode will also start a trend of one or the other visiting Miyoung (Aria Song) while attempting to connect the various puzzle victims together. Their work on unmasking the unlikely killer in the poisoner case finally finishes building trust between the pair leading to them to look at the larger case in earnest together while working out of Han-seam’s apartment. And while their connection still isn’t clear, although a big clue will be discovered next episode, E-na deposits a theory as to why the seemingly unrelated victims may have all been targeted.

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The Residence – The Fall of the House of Usher

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  • Title: The Residence – The Fall of the House of Usher
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Presented through flashback during a congressional hearing from various witnesses, the first episode of The Residence introduces us to world famous bird aficionado and investigator Cordelia Cupp (Uzo Aduba) called in after the head usher (Giancarlo Esposito) of the White House if found dead in the residence during a diplomatic dinner with Australians. While the President’s lead advisor (Ken Marino) is quick to call it a suicidal and attempt to sweep everything under the rug, our detective, whose lackadaisical style only infuriates him more, discovers discrepancies with such an easy explanation.

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