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29/37

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A TV adaptation of James Patterson’s novels about the complex and brilliant detective Alex Cross

Hodge is the third actor to play Cross, following in the footsteps of Morgan Freeman, who first played him on screen in 1997’s Kiss the Girls and again in the 2001 sequel Along Came a Spider; and Tyler Perry as the title character in 2012’s Alex Cross, which flopped at the box office and prompted Lionsgate to scrap a planned sequel, Double Cross. Although I had never read any of James Patterson’s source material, I had heard of Alex Cross long before production on this TV series began.

The series follows Cross, who is a decorated DC

It’s definitely something I knew I’d like and have done… a lot. Aldis Hodge is an up-and-coming and underrated actress who absolutely rocks the role of Alex Cross.

homicide detective and forensic psychologist

He investigates the victims to better understand who murdered them. Here, he tracks down a serial killer with his partner, John Sampson (Isaiah Mustafa), who also has ties to his past.

The best thing about this show is that it is never boring

In addition to being a detective, he is also a family man and dedicates himself to being great at both. That is the least you can ask of a show, to get involved in the story and never get bored.

Cross does that

48/29

These Eyes Written by Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings Starring The Guess Who

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An absurd triptych of apparently unconnected stories finds a mysterious point of intersection in this tale set somewhere between Winnipeg and Tehran.. Canada’s official submission for the “Best International Feature Film” category at the 97th Academy Awards in 2025.. From its cinematography and its usual search for symmetry, whether static or in moving shots, and its pleasant aesthetic with a dreamlike atmosphere that enhances the universality of the settings, to its story that revolves around different characters, to the way their lives intersect and enliven a dialogue that is sometimes polite, sometimes not so much, an influence of Wes Anderson runs through Matthew Rankin’s feature from start to finish.

A freelance tour guide with strange choices for his tour, etc

As in Anderson’s films, Rankin is interested in exploring the reality of his film, a reality full of idiosyncrasies that serve as fertile ground for comedy. An angry teacher in a classroom yelling at students, one of whom claims a turkey stole his glasses; another is dressed like Groucho Marx because he wants to be a comedian; and another like a fashionista. With a comedy made of ironic, deadpan and black humor, Une langue universelle manages to be hilarious whenever it wants to be.

Rankin’s dexterity manages to evoke a dreamlike surrealist fable but also an expressive introspective melancholy

There are many times when its events border on the absurd or surreal, furthering the comedy that bathes it without ever undermining its goal of thought-provoking depth. Elements and feelings that blend together and give rise to a special experience between places and times, reality and dreams. For example, in the reality of the film, even though we are in Canada, French, not to mention English, seems to be a second language, and in its place there is Persian.

The camera is sometimes static from afar, observing their movement and how it affects their surroundings instead of focusing on their faces and expressions with close-ups

Everyone speaks it, and signs and billboards are written in it, making its result feel like something close but distant, known and unknown, blending into a new reality that is culturally and demographically blind. In terms of the cinematography, which often resembles Anderson’s, more in framing and movement than in color palette, there is a constant desire to inhabit the spaces where the characters find themselves. It’s as if the place is as important as the characters to the telling of the story, and Rankin wants to make sure we enter it like tourists from a foreign land.

And while in terms of names we might know these cities, in the frame of the film and its demographic profile that doesn’t match our knowledge, there might be reasons to enter these spaces

16/14

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During one fateful afternoon in an empty elementary school, the two mothers of six-year-olds Armando and Jon engage in a desperate struggle for belief when one son is accused of crossing the line against the other. All means are used, and soon a mixture of madness, desire and obsession emerges. It is impossible to know where the truth lies, and…

14/24

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Twins (Michael B. Jordan) try to leave their troubled lives behind and return to their hometown to start over, only to find that an even greater evil awaits them back.

43/44

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While on a simple errand to Toronto, a carefree and charming young writer named Werther stumbles across the love of his life only to discover that the young woman is engaged. Despite the urgings of his hypochondriac best friend, Werther turns his world upside down in a desperate, misguided and hilarious quest to win her heart. At the same time…