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‘The Hidden Room’ is a very personal film, both for its antagonist and its director

…what matters above all else is its efficiency as a taught, gripping, slow-burn tale of crimes committed out of blind passion. That is, after all, what drives Dr. Riodan, who himself admits to not really disliking Bill specifically. Unfortunately for the victim, he proved to be the straw that broke the camel’s back, the drop that caused the vase to overflow, the final nudge that pushed Riodan over the edge.

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A dark, morally ambiguous mission has Dick Powell ‘Cornered’ against evil

Cornered Directed by Edward Dmytryk Screenplay by John Paxton, story by John Wexly U.S.A., 1945 Of all the villains to have in a film, among the most popular are the Nazis. Cinema has always depicted the Nazis for what they were: very nasty people. Granted, some movies embellish the villainy of the organization to exaggerated …

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