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Book – The Sittaford Mystery (also known as The Murder at Hazelmoor) (1931) – A book by Agatha Christie

First things first, why 2 separate titles ? Well, this was the first book by Agatha Christie that had 2 different titles, with a different title for the US version of the book – The Sittaford Mystery in England, and The Murder at Hazelmoor in the United States. It is also the first book in [...]

Movie – The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) – a very controversial film directed by Martin Scorsese starring Willem Dafoe and Harvey Keitel

Religious issues tend to be very controversial, and if it concerns the founder of a religion, any depiction that deviates from the well-accepted view can provoke a number of feelings. And so it was with this movie, The Last Temptation of Christ (released in 1988), that sought to depict some events and theories that are [...]

Book – The Murder at the Vicarage (1930) – A detective novel by Agatha Christie, starring Miss Marple

The Murder at the Vicarage was published in 1930; till that time, the novels by Christie had stand alone characters, or she had Hercule Poirot. This was the first novel in which she introduced the character of the elderly lady, Miss Marple (Miss Marple was there in earlier published short stories, but never in a [...]

Movie – The Hustler (1961) – Starring Paul Newman – a huge hit, a modern classic

The Hustler (released in 1961) was a movie ostensibly about a pool game, about the efforts of a talented pool player to defeat the reigning pool champion, about the tribulations that he had to suffer in this process, including the losses. In reality, The Hustler is now defined as a movie defining the character of [...]