Reading Sanctum: Flight of the Raven #2

During the Halloween season this year, after feeling like I needed a hefty dose of autumn, I received Edgar Allan Poe: the Complete Collection for free from Amazon Kindle and invited followers of the Mustache and the Beard to readalong. Just to reiterate, the book is one of the Beelzebub Classics with Poe on the […]

AUGUST MURDERS: THE ADVENTURES OF NICK CARTER

A detective discovers that a colleague’s death is tied into the disappearance of a wealthy playboy’s wife. The NBC MYSTERY MOVIE (1971) was an umbrella series with three separate shows appearing on a rotating basis. The three shows were COLUMBO, MACMILLAN AND WIFE, and McCLOUD. Each episode was 90 to 120 minutes long – which was why they were called […]

AUGUST MURDERS: THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES

In 1971 NBC premiered its NBC MYSTERY MOVIE. This was an umbrella series with three shows appearing on a rotating basis each episode 90 to 120 minutes long. The three shows were COLUMBO, MACMILLAN AND WIFE, and McCLOUD. Needless to say, the NBC MYSTERY MOVIE was a hit. Not only did each individual show garner high ratings but the NBC MYSTERY MOVIE itself finished […]

top ten super-hero movies ya gotta see before you die! part 1

TOP TEN SUPER-HERO MOVIES YA GOTTA SEE BEFORE YOU DIE. And not one of them is Marvel or DC. Part One MYSTERY MEN (1999) PRODUCED: Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin, Mike Richardson. DIRECTED: Kinka Usher. STARS: Ben Stiller, Geoffrey Rush, William Macy, Janeane Garofalo, Paul Reubens, Hank Azaria, Kel Mitchell, Wes Studi. INFO: Captain Amazing is the premier hero of […]

THE CASE OF THE WHITECHAPEL VAMPIRE – A Sherlock Holmes MYSTERY

THE CASE OF THE WHITECHAPEL VAMPIRE (2002) is a Sherlock Holmes mystery produced by The Hallmark Channel and is the last of four Holmes films done by them. The producer was Irene Litinsky. It was directed by Rodney Gibbons who also wrote the screenplay. The film starred Matt Frewer, Kenneth Welsh, Cary Lawrence, and Tom Rack. […]

Women’s Empowerment: Reading Sanctum Potpourri #11

Reading Sanctum: Potpourri is one of our continuing features of quick cut book reviews to help you find some otherwise innocuous books that might have escaped your attention. As a huge library/book reader geek, I love sharing stories about the books I am reading. So, if you love books like I love books, then you […]

women’s empowerment: the no. 1 ladies detective agency

“I am just a tiny person in Africa, but there is a place for me, and for everybody, to sit down on this earth and touch it and call it their own.” THE NO. 1 LADIES’ DETECTIVE AGENCY is a television comedy/drama/mystery series produced by the BBC and HBO. It is based on a best-selling series […]

REMEMBER SEPTEMBER – Deadlier than the male

DEADLIER THAN THE MALE The return of Bulldog Drummond! DEADLIER THAN THE MALE (1967) is a British action-adventure mystery movie. It stars Richard Johnson, Elke Sommer, and Nigel Green. It was produced by Betty E. Box, directed by Ralph Thomas, and the screenplay was by Jimmy Sangster, David Osborn, and Liz Charles-Williams from an original story […]

August Murders: Reading Sanctum #14 Kinsey Millhone (G through J)

If you are actually reading this, then you probably are aware that I set myself a reading goal at the beginning of the year that involved my recent acquisition of the final installment of the Sue Grafton novels. With that purchase, I decided to read or re-read (in some cases) through all 25 of the […]