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24 Nov

The Mystery of D.B. Cooper

Max SchindlerMovie reviews,
The Mystery of D.B. Cooper brings to life the stories of four individuals fervently believed by their family and friends to be “D.B. Cooper,” the mystery man who hijacked a 727 flying out of Seattle, traded the passengers’ lives for $200,000 and four parachutes, lept from the jet over some of Washington state’s roughest terrain, and was never heard from again. Almost 50 years later, the case continues to confound the FBI and inspire wild speculation as it remains the only unsolved airplane hijacking in United States history.‌ The film draws from a combination of recreated and archival footage, as…
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31 Oct

The Mystery of D.B. Cooper Adds Another Suspect to a List Which Never Landed

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On Nov. 24, 1971, night before Thanksgiving, a man identified as Dan Cooper hijacked a Northwest Orient Boeing 727 flight bound for Seattle. He told the pilots to circle around a few times before he parachuted out with $200,000, never to be heard from again. A team of 40 FBI agents, criminologists, journalists, and attorneys worked the case for decades. In 1972, 15 copycat hijackings were pulled. The last D.B. Cooper wannabe hijacked a plane on July 11, 1980. He demanded $600,000, two parachutes, and the assassination of his boss. A stewardess gave him a valium and he settled for…
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29 Oct

Star Wars: Why The Mandalorian Season 2 Won’t Solve the Baby Yoda Mystery

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At the end of The Mandalorian season 1, Din Djarin was given a pretty specific mission from the Armorer: find the people who are supposed to take care of “the Child” and deliver this helpless little green guy back to them. Presumably, this means Mando is going to track down some Jedi and/or other characters who look like Yoda. But, the strangest thing about this huge, overarching plot point is that there is no way the audience actually wants Mando to complete his quest. In adventure stories, orphans like Baby Yoda don’t get reunited with their parents, because if they…
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22 Oct

Did Star Trek: Discovery Just Reveal Season 3’s Big Mystery?

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This Star Trek: Discovery article contains spoilers for Season 3, Episode 2. Other than Deep Space Nine and elements of Enterprise Season 3, the Star Trek series that cracked serialized storytelling for the Final Frontier was Star Trek: Discovery. And as anyone who has watched TV since 2003 can tell you: season-long mysteries often work best when they’re not actually what you thought they were. In Discovery Season 1, two major twists hinged on secret identities, a concept which was semi-repeated in Season 2 when guessing the identity of “the Red Angel” became the focus of nearly every episode.  But,…
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14 Oct

Lake Mungo: the Lingering Mystery Behind One of Australia’s Scariest Horror Films

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Contains spoilers for the movie Lake Mungo. “We were thinking it’d be nice if we could make a film that was kind of a curiosity, but if you saw it years from now you wouldn’t know anything about where it came from.” This quote from a 2009 interview with Lake Mungo director Joel Anderson proved to be strangely prescient. Anderson was speaking ahead of the film’s screening at the Brisbane Film Festival – the movie had already premiered at the Sydney Film Festival, played South by Southwest in the US, and would go on to tour several more festivals before…
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11 Sep

Why Hunt A Killer Is the Perfect Murder Mystery Game for Amateur Sleuths

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This article is sponsored by: Have you ever watched a crime show and thought you could solve the mystery better than the detectives? Is your ideal night out a Murder Mystery Dinner Theater? Are you a true crime aficionado? Do you love deciphering coded messages? If you answered yes to any of those questions, Hunt A Killer may be the game for you. While I will admit to having a low scare tolerance, I’ve loved murder mysteries since growing up on reruns of Murder She Wrote. Given the inaccessibility of events like dinner theater during the pandemic, the idea of…
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01 Sep

Link Tank: How Legend of Korra May Have Explained a Weird Avatar Mystery

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Here’s how The Legend of Korra may have explained one of the weirdest mysteries from Avatar: The Last Airbender. “Avatar: The Last Airbender is full of hybrid animals. There’s Appa, Avatar Aang’s beloved sky bison. Naga is Korra’s polar bear dog. The ancient lion turtle is another example of the unique creatures that inhabit this world to the point that Aang and his friends think it’s weird when the Earth King has a pet bear that’s not a hybrid with some other animal.” Read more at Inverse. The newest addition to Marvel movies, The New Mutants, contains some questionable scenes…
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07 Aug

The Third Day Trailer Previews Dark HBO Mystery Series

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HBO miniseries The Third Day has released its full trailer, proving that it has quite a lot to offer in addition to its headliners in Jude Law, Naomie Harris, Katherine Waterston and Emily Watson. Indeed, while we’ve already caught a teaser for the concept-driven drama, the latest clip is a fantastical barrage of intriguingly contrasting imagery of wonderment and terror. The series comes from creator/executive producer Dennis Kelly (Utopia, Pulling), who, joined by Dean O’Loughlin and Kit de Waal, scripted the series for directors Philippa Lowthorpe and Marc Munden. This creative coalition has concocted a most intriguing format for The…
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22 Jul

The Third Day Release Date and Trailer for Jude Law HBO Mystery Series

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The Third Day represents an intriguingly original storytelling style for an HBO offering. Indeed, the six-part limited series is headlined by Jude Law and Naomie Harris… each of whom won’t likely share the screen, since the series is divided into two halves, each centering on their respective characters during different times. Additionally, one episode will showcase an interactive element. Dennis Kelly, creator of the acclaimed U.K. sci-fi series, Utopia (which he’s currently remaking as a U.S. Amazon series), co-created the series with Felix Barrett. Set on a mysterious island off the English coast, the show bears a deliberately ambiguous mystery-box-esque…
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21 May

The Lovebirds: Inside Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae’s Murder Mystery

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The thing about relationships is the honeymoon period always ends. When faced with the banality of routine or potential deal breakers, some couples go to therapy; others try to spice things up; and some… accidentally help kill a man, then go on the run together to clear their names. In The Lovebirds, Michael Showalter’s murder mystery comedy starring Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae, there’s nothing like running through New Orleans in a unicorn onesie, surviving interrogation via horse, and infiltrating a Handmaid’s Tale-esque secret ceremony to remind you why you fell in love. Nanjiani and Showalter previously worked together on…
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14 Jun

Murder Mystery

Max SchindlerMovie reviews,
When a NYC cop (Adam Sandler) finally takes his wife (Jennifer Aniston) on a long promised European trip, a chance meeting on the flight gets them invited to an intimate family gathering on the Super Yacht of elderly billionaire Malcolm Quince. When Quince is murdered, they become the prime suspects in a modern day whodunit.Rated: PG-13Release Date: Jun 14, 2019
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30 May

Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Singles Collection

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DVD Talk Collector Series The Collection: Shout! Factory seems to have completed the nearly two-decade process of putting out DVDs of all the legally cleared episodes from Mystery Science Theater 3000's original 1989-1999 run, with last year's 39th volume. But, the company's work is not totally done. In addition to releasing the cult comedy show's new episodes on disc, they've been doubling back to get the original Rhino-released DVD sets of the show back in print. (I reviewed the reissued
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19 Nov

Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXXIX

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Recommended The Movies:It's a bitter sweet day for Mystery Science Theater fans...Shout! Factory has released the last (probably) collection ofepisodes from the original run of the show. While it's great thatthree new episodes (and a disc of bonus material... more on thatlater) are out on DVD, it's sad that there are eleven installmentsthat have never been released, and probably never will be, becauseof copyright issues. Still, these three shows from the Mike yearsare solid, and the set, rather aptly, includes the very lastepisode.The shows included in this set are:Experiment 601 - Girls Town:Mike (referring to Mel Torme): He's like a…
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