1941 drama, dir. Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore; ImdB / allmovie. The newspaper magnate has died, and a reporter goes looking for a unique angle on the story that everybody is writing.
More gaming with nearby friends.
2022 romance, second of its trilogy. After her disastrous engagement fell apart (last book), Astrid has thrown herself into her interior design business, but it hasn't been going well. The renovation of the old hotel is her last chance, and it's going to be televised…
2007 neo-noir, dir. Joel and Ethan Coen, Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem; IMDb / allmovie. When you find a bunch of dead guys and a lot of money in the desert, obviously you take the money. What could go wrong?
2014 historical adventure, second of its trilogy. Margaret Fitzroy helped to uncover a Jacobite plot at the court of the Princess of Wales, but that doesn't mean anyone actually likes her. And an unwanted engagement has resurfaced…
1976 action, dir. John Carpenter, Austin Stoker, Darwin Joston; IMDb / allmovie. The old police station's being decommissioned, and a skeleton crew just has to get through one last night,
I’ve been doing the Weekly Challenges. The latest involved case swapping and character grouping. (Note that this ends today.)
1953 historical fiction for young people. Simon Carey the son of a successful farmer, and Amias Hannaford the son of the doctor, grow up the best of friends. But then the King raises his standard, and their friendship is split by the Civil War…
1949 drama, dir. Carol Reed, Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles IMDb / allmovie. The innocent arrives in post-war Vienna to accept a job with a friend…
1950 Napoleonic naval fiction, sixth written but first by internal chronology. The young Hornblower goes to sea for the first time.