My faithful readers know that I can stomach very, very bad movies. But where I may laugh at terrible thrillers or cringe at crappy comedies,…
CIPC #429: Harrison Bergeron
Kurt Vonnegut’s Harrison Bergeron is, without a doubt, one of the most well-known science fiction stories ever. It is not surprising, then, that it was…
CIPC #428: Target
The two main roles in this movie — and they are the only roles, really — are played by Gene Hackman and Matt Dillon, good…
CIPC #427: Stained glass window
This has never happened before and it’s never going to happen again: I’m talking about a stained glass window. Yes, an honest-to-God medieval stained glass…
CIPC #426: Chocky’s children E3
I’ve talked a great deal about British television series on this blog, but they were almost exclusively detective series. We have not featured any of…
CIPC #425: Asylum
Continuing our theme of unsettlingly recent subjects, we’re going to talk about a point-and-click horror adventure game released in March 2025 after spending well over…
CIPC #424: Tatort E1302, Zugzwang
I don’t think I’ve ever been this topical. The episode we’ll be discussing today aired only on April 27th. Of this year! The plot is…
CIPC #423: Le foto proibite di una signora per bene
The title of this movie, which translate to something like The forbidden pictures of a reputable lady, might lead you to believe it is rather…
CIPC #422: Black saddle S1 E5, Client: Starkey
Black saddle is one of those western television series that were all the rage in the fifties and sixties. It follows a gunslinger-turned-lawyer named Clay…
CIPC #421: State secret
With State secret — released in the USA as The great manhunt — we go back to 1950 It’s a classical action movie with solid…