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Audrie & Daisy

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Audrie & Daisy is a 2016 American documentary film that tells about two stories of teenage rape cases whose victims were under the influence of alcohol.

Posted byIssa Bacsa24 October 2019Posted inFilm & TVTags:documentary, Netflix, true crime

Dumb Witness

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Hercule Poirot received a letter from someone named Miss Emily Arundell from Market Basing. The letter was dated 17th of April but he received it on the 28th of June. Poirot already found it strange, and its content disturbing.

Posted byIssa Bacsa23 October 2019Posted inBookTags:Agatha Christie, book review, crime fiction, Hercule Poirot, mystery

Ang Anak ni Brocka

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Ang Anak ni Brocka is a 2005 Cinema One Originals that explored the question, “what if the famous director had a son?”

Posted byIssa Bacsa2 October 20191 October 2019Posted inFilm & TVTags:Cinema One Originals, Filipino film, independent film, Lino Brocka, mockumentary

Cat Among the Pigeons

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I found it unusual that Hercule Poirot appeared past the story’s midpoint. But then again, with Poirot investigating, everyone in the school becomes a suspect.

Posted byIssa Bacsa1 October 2019Posted inBookTags:Agatha Christie, book review, crime fiction, ebook, fiction, Hercule Poirot, mystery, novel

The Heart of an Assassin

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A professional assassin, a mafia family, the FBI and the NYPD… mix them up in intelligence and counter-intelligence, you get a page-turner of a novel.

Posted byIssa Bacsa16 September 2019Posted inBookTags:assassination, crime fiction, e-book, Kindle, suspense, thriller

Espresso Shot

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In this series, Clare’s ex-husband Matteo is getting married to Breanne. Clare gets hired to provide gourmet coffee for the wedding reception. But a Breanne look-alike dancer was shot dead after Matteo’s bachelor party and Clare is willing to be Shirley Holmes.

Posted byIssa Bacsa15 September 20191 December 2019Posted inBookTags:book review, Cleo Coyle, Coffeehouse Mystery series, e-book, Kindle

The Last Call

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An action-packed story that hooked me at the beginning until the end. A good, entertaining, and educational read (a little history of Texas included).

Posted byIssa Bacsa13 September 2019Posted inBookTags:book review, crime fiction, mystery series

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

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This is the third novel to feature Hercule Poirot as the lead detective. It was originally a fifty-four part series in the London Evening News in 1925 under the title, Who Killed Ackroyd?

Posted byIssa Bacsa12 September 2019Posted inBookTags:Agatha Christie, book review, crime fiction, Hercule Poirot, mystery

The Face of a Stranger

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The novel is the first of the William Monk detective series set during the Victorian era right after the Crimean War. A detective story plus a historical fiction would be a nice combination.

Posted byIssa Bacsa10 September 2019Posted inBookTags:Anne Perry, crime fiction, detective story, mystery series, Victorian era, William Monk

The CBS Murders

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The title “CBS Murders” was a misnomer. The crime was initially thought to be a crime against journalists, because three employees from a broadcasting network died.

Posted byIssa Bacsa9 September 2019Posted inBookTags:non-fiction, true crime

DMQZ

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What would the world be like after a virus that originated from a dormouse spread and killed millions of people instantly and left some ‘resisters’ (those who were infected by the virus yet are still alive)?

Posted byIssa Bacsa6 September 2019Posted inBookTags:book review, crime fiction, ebook, Kindle, post-apocalyptic

On What Grounds

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The first book in the Coffeehouse Mystery series centers on Claire Cosi, a manager of The Village Blend and the case of her assistant, Annabelle Hart, a graceful dancer, who tripped over and lay unconscious on the floor due to a “misstep”.

Posted byIssa Bacsa22 August 201915 September 2019Posted inBookTags:book review, Cleo Coyle, Coffeehouse Mystery series, crime fiction, mystery

Danger.Com @2 – Firestorm

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The story is about a high school student Randy Kincaid who enters a chat room and meets other characters by their aliases. It is fast-paced, entertaining, and reflective of the youth during the early years of the Internet.

Posted byIssa Bacsa15 August 2019Posted inBookTags:book review, crime fiction, mystery, thriller, white supremacist, young adult

Clannad

Clannad is a fantasy-drama anime film based on the graphic novel of the same title.

Posted byIssa Bacsa14 August 2019Posted inFilm & TVTags:anime, Asian film, drama, film review

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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This book is more of a memoir rather than a writing manual although writers may gain insights from Stephen King’s life and experiences as a writer and author.

Posted byIssa Bacsa13 August 2019Posted inBookTags:author, Book, book review, creative writing, e-book, memoir, Stephen King, writing

Pee Mak

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Pee Mak became a vehicle for the director to lampoon about Thai myths and culture even mentioning familiar names in pop culture despite its 19th century era.

Posted byIssa Bacsa4 August 2019Posted inFilm & TVTags:Asian film, comedy, film review, ghost story, horror

A Mind to Murder

Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh discovered that there were different motives to murder Miss Bolam and almost all doctors and employees in that clinic were suspected.

Posted byIssa Bacsa2 August 2019Posted inBookTags:Adam Dalgliesh, book review, crime fiction, e-book, Kindle, mystery, P.D. James

Ordeal By Innocence

The title itself is proper. All the innocents had to suffer an ordeal during those trying times. This is the first Christie novel I’ve read and I was amazed on how she revealed the murderer at the end.

Posted byIssa Bacsa1 August 2019Posted inBookTags:Agatha Christie, book review, crime fiction, novel

The Place Promised in Our Early Days

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The genre is a romantic sci-fi drama with military tone. Set in the mid-90s, the film follows the story of Hiroki Fujisawa and Takuya Shirakawa, both child prodigies; and Sayuri Sawatari.

Posted byIssa Bacsa30 July 201930 July 2019Posted inFilm & TVTags:anime, Asian film, film review

Searching for Lincoln’s Ghost

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It is a coming of age novel about Andrea “Andi” Powell who reminisce her experiences during her sixth grade at Lincoln Elementary School. A good memoir written in the first person point of view about growing up as a twelve-year-old girl in 1966.

Posted byIssa Bacsa26 June 2019Posted inBookTags:book review, BookLikes Giveaways, e-book, novel

That Thing Called Tadhana (That Thing Called Meant-To-Be)

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That Thing Called Tadhana is a 2014 Filipino romantic comedy film starring Angelica Panganiban as Mace and JM de Guzman as Anthony. It is one of the most successful independent films of all time.

Posted byIssa Bacsa25 June 201925 June 2019Posted inFilm & TVTags:Filipino film, film review, movie review, Netflix, romance

Doctored Evidence

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The novel depicts the city of Venice — the place, the food, and the corruption in government. And despite the negative effect of corruption, one man still upholds the good.

Posted byIssa Bacsa24 June 201923 June 2019Posted inBookTags:Book, book review, crime fiction, Donna Leon

Comrades: Almost A Love Story

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Leon Lai plays Li Xiao Jun, a naive immigrant from mainland China who desires to make it big in Hong Kong so he could bring his fiance there. Maggie Cheung plays Li Quiao, an enterprising immigrant who takes advantage of helping people from mainland China.

Posted byIssa Bacsa23 June 201923 June 2019Posted inFilm & TVTags:Asian film, drama, film review, romance

And Then There Were None (miniseries)

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And Then There Were None is a 2015 BBC One miniseries based on the original 1939 novel which was once featured on iFlix.

Posted byIssa Bacsa23 June 2019Posted inFilm & TVTags:Agatha Christie, crime fiction, drama, film review, iFlix, miniseries, television

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