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CIPC #428: Target

Posted on June 4, 2025

The two main roles in this movie — and they are the only roles, really — are played by Gene Hackman and Matt Dillon, good…

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CIPC #427: Stained glass window

Posted on May 27, 2025May 27, 2025

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…

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CIPC #426: Chocky’s children E3

Posted on May 20, 2025May 20, 2025

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…

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CIPC #425: Asylum

Posted on May 14, 2025May 14, 2025

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…

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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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