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How many Tom Ripley movies are there?

 In 1960, French crime thriller Plein Soleil (aka Purple Noon) arrived in cinemas. The film – directed by René Clément – was an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s popular 1955 novel, The Talented Mr. Ripley, and proved popular with critics. Plein Soleil followed the story of handsome young American, Tom Ripley, who becomes fixated on a wealthy…

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Review: The Kitchen

 In The Kitchen, it is the near future and in London all social housing has been eliminated. The closest accommodation to social housing is ‘The Kitchen’ – a rundown housing community which gets raided by the police. One of The Kitchen’s residents is Izi. When Izi isn’t referring to his home as a “shit hole”, he’s…

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Review: Sixty Minutes (2024)

 New to Netflix from today is the German action thriller, Sixty Minutes (aka 60 Minuten). The movie – directed and co-written by Oliver Kienle – stars Emilio Sakraya, Dennis Mojen, and Marie Mouroum, and tells the story of a father who faces various challenges while desperately attempting to reach his ex-partner’s house to celebrate his daughter’s birthday. In…

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What is the order of the Jack Reacher books?

 In 1997, author Lee Child (Jim Grant), published the crime thriller, Killing Floor. The book followed the story of fictional ex-army major, Jack Reacher, and proved to be popular with readers. Due to the success of Killing Floor, Child published a second Jack Reacher book the following year. This was followed by a third a…

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Review: Maboroshi

 Following an explosion at the local steel factory in the town of Mifuse, time has mysteriously stopped and the townsfolk have become cut off from the outside world. In the hope that one day things will return back to normal, the people of Mifuse are forbidden from changing, and for now they remain as they…

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Review: Mean Girls (2024)

 Twenty years after the 2004 teen comedy, Mean Girls burst its way onto cinema screens, another Mean Girls movie is making its cinematic debut. This new film – also titled Mean Girls – is a teen comedy just like its predecessor, but this time around it’s a musical too! Based on the Broadway show of…

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Best Mean Girls movie quotes

 In 2004, Mean Girls arrived in cinemas. The American teen comedy, from director Mark Waters, focused on a 16-year-old girl tyring to navigate her way through the highs and lows of high school while crossing paths with the school’s resident ‘queen bee’. Loosely based on Rosalind Wiseman’s novel, Queen Bees and Wannabes, Mean Girls starred…

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The Nancy Drew Mystery Stories books in order

 In 1930, US-based publishing house, Grosset & Dunlap published the mystery novel, The Secret of the Old Clock. The book was written by Mildred Benson, under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene, and was the first entry in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories collection. The Secret of the Old Clock centred its story around teenager and recent high school graduate, Nancy…

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