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A mystery film, at its core, revolves around the solution of a problem or a crime. Someone gets murdered, something terrible happens, and the whole movie is about figuring out who did it and why. You’ve got a detective (sometimes a brilliant professional, sometimes a scrappy private investigator, sometimes just a nosy amateur sleuth) and they go through the classic motions: inspecting clues, interrogating suspects, decoding motives, and finally unveiling the killer in that gr

Hard to believe that "Shaun of the Dead"  was released 20 years ago. Wow. 20 years! Twenty years since Shaun and the gang gathered at the Winchester and battled a zombie apocalypse. Twenty years since we were introduced to Simon Pegg , Nick Frost,  and writer/director Edgar Wright  (unless you watched their terrific British television series "Spaced" ).   Twenty years since "The Cornetto Trilogy"  began with this film, continued with "Hot Fuzz,"  and ended with "The World's E