Sleuth

Surprisingly, this powerhouse combination of writer Harold Pinter, director Kenneth Branagh, and co-stars Michael Caine and Jude Law adds up to a load of nonsense.

"...come up with nonsense. But somehow the producers of Sleuth managed to pull it off, making a film that’s..."

Nov. 9, 2007 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

SXSW Film Review: Citizen Sleuth

Doc is a dogged investigation of true-crime podcasting

"...Nancy Drew by doing her own investigation. In Citizen Sleuth (which premiered at SXSW yesterday), Kasick follows her over..."

March 12, 2023 Screens Post by Katherine McNevins

SXSW Film Review: Citizen Sleuth

Doc is a dogged investigation of true crime podcasting

March 17, 2023 Screens Feature by Katherine McNevins

Knives Out

Cunning if slight murder mystery revives the whodunit

"...up by his character’s snobby name. Craig’s dapper, Dixie-drawling sleuth and enchanting de Armas’ Marta, the dead man’s naive..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

A Simple Favor

Anna Kendrick turns unlikely sleuth in this deliciously twisted romp

"...suburbia, and it’s up to single mom turned amateur sleuth Stephanie Smothers (Kendrick) to get to the bottom of..."

Sept. 14, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

Rooney Mara completely nails the role of Lisbeth Salander, and director David Fincher is no slouch either in this perhaps unnecessary remake of the Swedish thriller.

"...There, the role of Lisbeth Salander – punk-rock privateer, hacker-sleuth, damaged goods – was embodied, wholly, by Noomi Rapace,..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Mystery Team

The Mystery Team is a crime-solving trio of clueless high school seniors, brought to us by the five-person troupe called Derrick Comedy.

"...character established when he started out as a 7-year-old sleuth: Team leader Jason (Glover) is the "master of disguise,”..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The In Crowd

"...and we have to watch these nitwits turn amateur sleuth. Is the killer slightly crazy, but ultimately misunderstood Adrien?..."

July 28, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Trixie

"...The verbal missteps come from the mouth of aspiring sleuth Trixie Zurbo (Watson) as she stumbles her way toward..."

July 21, 2000 Movie Review by Bryan Poyser

Zero Effect

"...playing a put-upon Watson to Pullman's brilliant but wacko sleuth, Daryl Zero. The film works if you buy its..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Faithful

"...of The Ref or the taut psychological play of Sleuth, to mention two movies that Faithful calls to mind...."

April 5, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Mystery of Rampo

"...one of his most famous creations -- a handsome sleuth named Kogoro Akechi -- in an attempt to save..."

Oct. 13, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Miami Rhapsody

"...of the movie's lead roles, it would take no sleuth work to see that writer-director David Frankel's patron saint..."

March 3, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gary Payne: Man of mystery

While he's best known for producing murder mystery dinner theatre, this month sees Gary Payne in a more traditional mystery: Anthony Shaffer's Sleuth

"...a mystery): the Paradox Players' production of Anthony Shaffer's Sleuth...."

Sept. 22, 2006 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Femmes Fatales: Rounding up Austin's Women of Mystery

"...Bell's sleuth is Biggie, the East Texas woman whose name was..."

May 2, 1997 Books Feature by Anna Hanks

The Lesson

Plagiarism noir is too derivative to be a real page-turner

"...one but two Michael Caine films: genius 1972 mystery Sleuth and its 1982 queer mirror image Deathtrap. In the..."

July 7, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Death on the Nile

Brannagh's back for another ride under the detective's moustache

"...starring Kenneth Branagh in the role of Poirot, the sleuth’s flamboyant mouser looks like a hairy winged insect about..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Kid Detective

Sleuthing be hard when there's bills to be paid

"...any more? Brody plays Abe Applebaum, the high school sleuth all grown up, stuck in his small town, and..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Movie Review

Austin Playhouse's Holmes and Watson

The joy in this staging of Jeffrey Hatcher's play is seeing the good doctor deduce which of three Sherlocks is the real deal

"..."The Final Problem" threw him off a cliff. The sleuth tumbled into Switzerland's Reichenbach Falls, locked in mortal combat..."

Sept. 13, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

The original girl detective makes a modern return

"...Holmes-style. Subsequent editions of the book depicted the teenaged sleuth in the accepted female attire of the day, but..."

March 15, 2019 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Bedside Manner: The Never-Ending Battle

Fighting for truth, justice, and fewer books beside the bed

"...pet penchant of mine, in this case, the literary sleuth's sleuth, Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's peerless master..."

Jan. 23, 2012 Books Post by Robert Faires

Outstanding!

Nominations for the 2006-2007 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Charles T. Hill, Sleuth..."

May 18, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Lucky Number Slevin

This fun but ultimately disappointing mistaken-identity thriller has style galore, which may actually be the crux of its problem.

"...as the plucky girl next door who plays amateur sleuth and, for once, gets to do a big love..."

April 7, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Broken Flowers

Jim Jarmusch and Bill Murray meditate on middle age and the world of possibilities.

"...to find his father. Don offers Winston, an amateur sleuth, five possible names of who the letter-writer might be,..."

Aug. 12, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Lucía, Lucía

"...with a mystery that compounds, scene-by-scene, as its very sleuth reveals time and again, that all is not what..."

Aug. 8, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Young Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes is the original Spy Kid in this Chris Columbus-penned story about the master sleuth in a youth. The more one knows about Holmes lore, the more the film's foreshadowings of future cases will be evident.

"...Kid in this Chris Columbus-penned story about the master sleuth as a youth. The more one knows about Holmes..."

Jan. 16, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Steven Saylor's Ancient Habit

Steven Saylor's series of mysteries set in ancient Rome is one of the best mystery series being published today.

"...bear no trace of historical showmanship or pedantry. His sleuth, Gordianus the Finder, is an utterly fascinating and mysterious..."

May 24, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Steven Saylor's Ancient Habit

Steven Saylor's series of mysteries set in ancient Rome is one of the best mystery series being published today.

"...bear no trace of historical showmanship or pedantry. His sleuth, Gordianus the Finder, is an utterly fascinating and mysterious..."

May 24, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Robots, Sleuths, and Warthogs

Winter games run the gamut

"...child for grrrl power. Not only did this teenage super-sleuth solve mysteries that would stump even Sherlock Holmes, she..."

Dec. 21, 2001 Screens Feature by Jennie Kennedy

Eating Between the Lines

Literary Diversions for Foodies, With Recipes

"...Agatha-award-winning author Page's amateur sleuth and caterer Faith Fairchild is on the case again..."

June 15, 2001 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

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