The Thin Man: Cocktails and a Mystery
Photo: MGM When William Powell arrived on his first day on the set of this film, he was going to shoot the scene where his character Nick Charles would be…
Death on the Nile
While traveling on the Nile on board the riverboat Karnak, Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov) passes time solving the murder of a young, female passenger. Meticulously staged in terms of costumes…
Jack the Ripper: Finding Hyde
Photo: Thames Television When David Wickes set out to make a miniseries about Jack the Ripper that would premiere on the centennial of the infamous murders in Whitechapel, he announced…
Girl With the Dragon Tattoo: A Swedish Harry Potter
Peter Andersson and Noomi Rapace. Photo: Yellow Bird This adaptation of Stieg Larsson's best-selling crime novel became one of the most talked-about cinematic events in Sweden of past years. It…
Remington Steele: The Moonlighting Detective
Pierce Brosnan and Stephanie Zimbalist. Photo: NBC Remington Steele shared many similarities with another lighthearted procedural called Moonlighting, which also featured two detectives that spent a lot of time bickering…
Hart to Hart
Not unexpectedly, it was novelist Sidney Sheldon who created this entertaining rip-off of the Thin Man movies. Jonathan and Jennifer (Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers) were wealthy, gorgeous and always giving…