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Person of Interest: Bad Code  Season 2, Ep 2

The Machine delivers the number of a cold case that leads Reese ever closer to catching up with Finch and his kidnapper, Root. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Dec 2, 2024 - 1 comment

Person of Interest: The Contingency  Season 2, Ep 1

With Finch missing - kidnapped by his hacker nemesis, Root - Reese enlists Detectives Carter and Fusco to get his friend back. Meanwhile, The Machine disseminates a new number to Reese. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Dec 1, 2024 - 4 comments

Person of Interest: Identity Crisis  Season 1, Ep 18

The Machine's latest number presents a unique challenge for Reese and Finch since the person has virtually no digital footprint - and appears to be leading a double life. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Dec 1, 2024 - 2 comments

Person of Interest: Firewall  Season 1, Ep 23

When a psychologist's number comes up, Reese must protect her from the corrupt cop crime organization HR while eluding capture by the FBI. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Nov 30, 2024 - 3 comments

Person of Interest: No Good Deed  Season 1, Ep 22

This week's POI is unwittingly involved in a government conspiracy involving Finch. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Nov 30, 2024 - 2 comments

Person of Interest: Many Happy Returns  Season 1, Ep 21

It's Reese's birthday, and Finch gifts him with a day off - especially when he realizes that the Machine's latest number is sure to revive painful memories. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Nov 30, 2024 - 10 comments

Person of Interest: Matsya Nyaya  Season 1, Ep 20

The Machine's latest mark puts Reese undercover as part of an armored truck crew. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Nov 29, 2024 - 3 comments

Person of Interest: Flesh and Blood  Season 1, Ep 19

When The Machine spits out five numbers, naming the Don of each of New York's crime families, Reese and Finch suspect Elias is planning to eliminate his competition. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Nov 29, 2024 - 4 comments

Person of Interest: Baby Blue  Season 1, Ep 17

When The Machine spits out the number of a 6-month-old baby, Reese and Finch turn into overly protective parents. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Nov 28, 2024 - 2 comments

Person of Interest: Risk  Season 1, Ep 16

The Machine leads Reese and Finch to Wall Street when a sharp young trader at a major investment bank becomes embroiled in a multi-million dollar financial scam. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Nov 28, 2024 - 2 comments

Person of Interest: Code Blue  Season 1, Ep 15

Reese discovers there's more to the story after he infiltrates a smuggling ring to get close to his latest POI. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Nov 28, 2024 - 2 comments

Person of Interest: Wolf and Cub  Season 1, Ep 14

The Machine identifies Darren, a teenager whose brother was just murdered, as the next POI. Meanwhile, Finch is growing concerned that the son of his former business partner is dangerously close to finding out about The Machine. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Nov 27, 2024 - 4 comments

Person of Interest: Root Cause  Season 1, Ep 13

A seemingly happy family man, Scott Powell, is the latest POI. But not everything is as idyllic as it appears. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Nov 24, 2024 - 4 comments

Person of Interest: Legacy  Season 1, Ep 12

Carter and Reese finally meet to talk about what Reese is doing. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Nov 24, 2024 - 3 comments

Person of Interest: The Fix  Season 1, Ep 6

Reese poses as a private driver for this week's POI, Zoe Morgan. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Nov 22, 2024 - 1 comment

Person of Interest: Judgement  Season 1, Ep 5

When the Machine produces the social security number of a judge renowned for his tough sentencing, Reese and Finch have the added challenge of investigating a POI who wants nothing to do with their brand of vigilante justice. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Nov 21, 2024 - 3 comments

Person of Interest: Cura Te Ipsum  Season 1, Ep 4

Reese and Finch follow their latest POI, Dr. Megan Tillman, while she's on call and after hours to unravel the threat surrounding the promising young physician. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Nov 21, 2024 - 3 comments

Person of Interest: Mission Creep  Season 1, Ep 3

When the Machine directs Reese and Finch to a former soldier connections to a crime ring, Reese must infiltrate the gang, taking part in their heist. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Nov 21, 2024 - 1 comment

Person of Interest: Ghosts  Season 1, Ep 2

When they are given the Social Security number of a teenager who was killed two years ago, Reese and Finch begin to question the infallibility of The Machine. Meanwhile, Finch flashes back to The Machine's origin and how it was developed. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Nov 20, 2024 - 0 comments

Person of Interest: Pilot  Season 1, Ep 1

When a drunk vagrant is attacked by a group of youths, he reveals impressive fighting skills. Back at the police station after the fight, they realize the man in question is connected to several crimes. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Nov 20, 2024 - 0 comments

Person of Interest: Super  Season 1, Ep 11

Reese works the computer while Finch does the legwork with their latest POI, a building super who keeps too close an eye on his tenants. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Nov 19, 2024 - 5 comments

Person of Interest: Number Crunch  Season 1, Ep 10

As Detective Carter deals with the fallout from her recent encounter with Reese, The Machine ups the ante for the duo by giving them four Social Security numbers instead of one. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Nov 19, 2024 - 4 comments

Person of Interest: Get Carter  Season 1, Ep 9

The Machine identifies Detective Carter as a POI. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Nov 17, 2024 - 5 comments

Person of Interest: Foe  Season 1, Ep 8

Reese and Finch hunt an escaped East German spy who is eliminating his former Cold War colleagues in retribution for betraying him and causing his wife's death. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Nov 17, 2024 - 3 comments

Person of Interest: Witness  Season 1, Ep 7

The Machine identifies a teacher living in Brighton Beach as the next POI. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Nov 17, 2024 - 10 comments

Person of Interest: Full 1st Season  Season 1, Ep 0

When a homeless alcoholic is attacked on a subway train, he reveals he has a surprising set of skills. Skills that attracted the interest of reclusive billionaire Harold Finch. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Nov 15, 2024 - 24 comments

Movie: The Wasp

[TRAILER] Heather (Naomie Harris) bumps into Carla (Natalie Dormer), having not spoken to her in years, and presents her with a very unexpected proposition that could change both of their lives forever. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Oct 10, 2024 - 1 comment

Movie: Strange Darling

A twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer's vicious murder spree. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Oct 8, 2024 - 15 comments

Movie: I'm Not Scared

[TRAILER] In a small town in Italy in 1978, 9-year-old Michele (Giuseppe Cristiano) finds a boy, seemingly dead in a deep hole in the ground. Terrified, Michele decides not to tell his father. Returning to the scene, Michele discovers the boy, Fillipo (Mattia Di Perro) is still alive and bound by a chain. Michele continues to keep his secret as he makes several visits to Fillipo, who has no memory of the events leading up to his captivity. A mystery/thriller by Gabriele Salvatores (Mediterraneo, Marakech Express) based on the novel of the same name by Niccolò Ammaniti. Italian title: Io non ho paura. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Oct 7, 2024 - 2 comments

Movie: Beast (2018)

[Trailer] A troubled woman living in an isolated community finds herself pulled between the control of her oppressive family and the allure of a secretive outsider suspected of a series of brutal murders. - IMDb [more inside]
posted by johnofjack on Sep 5, 2024 - 3 comments

Movie: The King Tide

[TRAILER] In a small island fishing village, isolated from the mainland, a child turns up who has special, mystical powers, leading social order in the town to the brink of civil war as the residents disagree about whether the child was sent for a larger spiritual purpose. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Sep 2, 2024 - 3 comments

Movie: The Room

[Trailer] Matt and Kate buy an isolated house. While moving, they discover a strange room that grants them an unlimited number of material wishes. But since Kate has had two miscarriages, what they long for the most is a child. -- IMDb [more inside]
posted by johnofjack on Aug 20, 2024 - 4 comments

Movie: Luz

[TRAILER] Luz, a young cabdriver, drags herself into the brightly lit entrance of a run-down police station. Meanwhile, an intense and peculiar young woman corners an on-call doctor and begins to tell him a story. The debut feature from Tilman Singer (Cuckoo). [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 12, 2024 - 8 comments

Movie: Imaginary

[TRAILER] When Jessica (DeWanda Wise) moves back into her childhood home with her family, her youngest stepdaughter Alice (Pyper Braun) develops an eerie attachment to a stuffed bear named Chauncey she finds in the basement. Alice starts playing games with Chauncey that begin playful and become increasingly sinister. As Alice's behavior becomes more and more concerning, Jessica intervenes only to realize Chauncey is much more than the stuffed toy bear she believed him to be. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Mar 12, 2024 - 5 comments

Movie: Journey into Fear

An American engineer in Istanbul, Howard Graham (Joseph Cotten), becomes the target of a Nazi assassination due to his involvement in improving the Turkish navy. With the help of police Colonel Haki (Orson Welles), Graham escapes from his hotel to board a ship to safety, leaving behind his wife (Ruth Warrick). On board, he encounters a number of passengers, including the dancer Josette Martel (Dolores del Río). However, the passenger Peter Banat (Jack Moss) is not who he appears to be. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Feb 9, 2024 - 1 comment

Movie: TransSiberian

[TRAILER] A TransSiberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple (Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer) encounters a mysterious pair of fellow travelers (Kate Mara, Eduardo Noriega). [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jan 26, 2024 - 3 comments

Movie: The Marsh King's Daughter

[TRAILER] Helena (Daisy Ridley), a woman living a seemingly ordinary life, hides a dark secret—her father is the infamous ‘Marsh King’, the man who kept her and her mother captive in the wilderness for years. After a lifetime of trying to escape her past, Helena is forced to face her demons when her father (Ben Mendelsohn) unexpectedly escapes from prison. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jan 23, 2024 - 6 comments

Movie: Reptile

A detective trying to start over again after a professional betrayal investigates the murder of a local real estate agent. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Oct 1, 2023 - 7 comments

Movie: Andhadhun

[TRAILER] A series of mysterious events change the life of a blind pianist (Ayushmann Khurrana) who must now report a crime that he should technically know nothing of. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Sep 14, 2023 - 2 comments

Movie: The Wicker Man

[TRAILER] A reclusive lawman (Nicolas Cage) travels to a secluded island to search for a girl who has gone missing. Once there, he discovers sinister forces at work among the island's secretive residents, including strange sexual rituals, a harvest festival and possible human sacrifice. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Sep 12, 2023 - 15 comments

Movie: The Man Standing Next

[TRAILER] In the 1970s, Korea is under the absolute control of President Park, who controls the KCIA, the organization with the edge over any branch of government. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 9, 2023 - 3 comments

Movie: Below

[TRAILER] The submarine U.S.S. Manta had a perfect record until the mysterious death of its captain. The next-in-command, Lt. Richard Brice (Bruce Greenwood) is determined to steer his disheartened crew back to safety. But after three battle survivors board the sub, bizarre and frightening things begin to happen. As the tale unfolds, and crew members begin to disappear, Ensign Douglas O'Dell (Matthew Davis) must piece together the puzzles of the submarine's past before it is too late to resurface alive. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 8, 2023 - 7 comments

Movie: Til Death Do Us Part

[TRAILER] After bailing on her wedding, a former bride-to-be must fight off her ex-groom and seven angry killer groomsmen in order to survive the night. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 6, 2023 - 2 comments

Movie: Before I Fall

[TRAILER] Samantha Kingston has everything. Then, everything changes. After one fateful night, she wakes up with no future at all. Trapped into reliving the same day over and over, she begins to question just how perfect her life really was. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 4, 2023 - 2 comments

Movie: Cobweb

Eight year old Peter is plagued by a mysterious, constant tapping from inside his bedroom wall... one that his parents (Lizzy Caplan, Antony Starr) insist is all in his imagination. As Peter's fear intensifies, he believes that his parents could be hiding a terrible, dangerous secret and questions their trust. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jul 22, 2023 - 8 comments

Movie: Helpless

A man searches for his fiancée who vanished without a trace just before their wedding. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on May 4, 2023 - 6 comments

Movie: Rebecca

A young woman (Joan Fontaine) marries a fascinating widower (Laurence Olivier) only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jan 23, 2023 - 8 comments

Book: The Devil and the Dark Water

A murder on the high seas. A remarkable detective duo. A demon who may or may not exist. It's 1634 and Samuel Pipps, the world's greatest detective, is being transported to Amsterdam to be executed for a crime he may, or may not, have committed. Travelling with him is his loyal bodyguard, Arent Hayes, who is determined to prove his friend innocent. [more inside]
posted by quatsch on Jan 12, 2023 - 5 comments

Movie: Wolfen

[TRAILER] New York City police investigator Dewey Wilson (Albert Finney) is trying to solve a series of grisly deaths in which the victims have seemingly been maimed by feral animals. He teams up with expert criminologist Rebecca Neff (Diane Venora), and together they stumble upon a band of inner-city Native Americans, led by the streetwise Eddie Holt (Edward James Olmos), who warns Wilson and Neff about a wolf-like, mythical creature that could offer a shocking solution to this disturbing case. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jan 4, 2023 - 6 comments

Movie: Missing

Original title: Sagasu. Depressed and in debt, Santoshi (Jirô Satô) tells his young teen daughter Kaede (Aoi Itô) that he's going to find an infamous serial killer and collect a reward. However, when Santoshi disappears without a trace, she starts to fear the worst and begins searching for him. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jan 4, 2023 - 2 comments

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