FRANKS MOVIE TV BLOG

  • The Outsider [AMAZON]
    The gruesome murder of an 11-year old boy in the Georgua woods leads a local detective into a disturbing search for the truth.
  • Dr Who Season 11 [IMDB] [AMAZON]
    Bigger and bolder than ever, this season marks the arrival of Jodie Whittaker, the Thirteenth Doctor.
  • Candlestick [AMAZON]
  • Dirk Gently [IMDB] [AMAZON]
    Meet Dirk Gently. He's poorly dressed, perpetually insolvent ...and uncommonly good at solving mysteries. As proprietor of the Holistic Detective Agency, Dirk follows methods that are, in his own words, "based on an almost unswerving belief in the fundamental interconnectedness of all things." Affably played by Stephen Mangan (Episodes), Dirk is aided--and frequently irritated--by his hapless assistant, Richard MacDuff (Darren Boyd, Holy Flying Circus). Together, they tackle cases ranging from a missing cat to a murder that may involve the Pentagon.
  • The Last Detective [IMDB] [AMAZON]
    Detective Constable "Dangerous" Davies is gentle, old-fashioned, and decent--even when drunk. But these qualities only earn the scorn of his colleagues, and his boss tells him he's the last detective he would assign to a major crime-solving mission. Dangerous muddles on, and with the help of his friend Mod proves the merits of his dogged method. Peter Davison (All Creatures Great and Small) stars in this witty British series based on Leslie Thomas's novels.
  • The Mummy of Tutankhamun [IMDB] [AMAZON]
    Based on the true story of Howard Carter's epic quest to discover the lost tomb of the Boy-King Tutankhamun. Down on his heels archaeologist Howard Carter stumbles upon evidence of an undiscovered tomb of one of Egypt's forgotten Pharaohs, Tutankhamun. Only one man, Lord Carnarvon, believes Carter and puts up the money he needs.
  • The Coroner [IMDB] [AMAZON]
    A high-flying lawyer returns, after a messy divorce, to the small town she escaped as a teenager to take up the post of Coroner. She finds herself thrown together with her old flame who broke her heart twenty years ago - now the local policeman - and they are forced to work together.
  • DCI Banks [IMDB] [AMAZON]
    The tenacious and stubborn DCI Banks unravels disturbing murder mysteries aided by his young assistants, DS Annie Cabbot and DI Helen Morton.
  • Collateral [IMDB] [NETFLIX]
    London detectives investigating the seemingly random murder of a pizza delivery man uncover a convoluted case of interlocking circumstances amid a cross-section of British society.
  • The Brief [IMDB] [AMAZON]
    starring Alan Davies as criminal lawyer Henry Farmer who, while honorably engaged in the fight for truth and justice in the courtroom, is a gambler in every sense of the word - in life and in court.
  • Injustice [IMDB] [AMAZON]
    A defense barrister is faced with the proposition: what can you do when you have defended the indefensible?
  • National Treasure [IMDB] [AMAZON] A man must steal the Declaration of Independence to find a treasure.
  • Tough Nuts - Australia's Hardest Criminals [IMDB] [AMAZON]
    Semi-documentary, reenactments, interviews on some bad-ass/crazy aussie crims. First few episodes not bad but ...

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