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CIPC #424: Tatort E1302, Zugzwang

Posted on May 6, 2025May 6, 2025

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…

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CIPC #423: Le foto proibite di una signora per bene

Posted on April 30, 2025

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…

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CIPC #422: Black saddle S1 E5, Client: Starkey

Posted on April 22, 2025April 22, 2025

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…

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CIPC #421: State secret

Posted on April 16, 2025April 16, 2025

With State secret — released in the USA as The great manhunt — we go back to 1950  It’s a classical action movie with solid…

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CIPC #420: Heartbeat S10 E23, The Buxton defence

Posted on April 9, 2025April 9, 2025

Somehow, they still keep coming. There are still long-running British crime series that somehow passed me by. Heartbeat was aired on ITV from 1992 until…

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CIPC #419: Globi Vol.57, Globis Abenteuer im Weltraum

Posted on April 1, 2025April 1, 2025

I imagine that, throughout the years, many people have perused this blog and arrived at the conclusion that, although my writings are not wholly without…

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CIPC #418: Cheerleaders in the chess club, Season 2

Posted on March 25, 2025March 25, 2025

Long-time readers of this blog may remember that, over two hundred posts ago, I wrote a post about the first season of an obscure YoutTube…

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CIPC #417: The casual criminalist, Larry Nassar: The olympics’ most prolific predator

Posted on March 19, 2025March 19, 2025

That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even podcasts may make it onto our blog. These are strange aeons, 1…

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CIPC #416: Patek Philippe ad

Posted on March 12, 2025

I have featured an advertisement for watches once before on this blog, but that was ages ago. Before X, 1 before corona, hell, before the…

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CIPC #415: CSI: NY S2 E4, Corporate warriors

Posted on March 5, 2025March 5, 2025

Over two years ago I first discussed an episode from one of the many, many CSI series. Back then, I had quite a lot to…

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