Who are the women in mystery movies today? And how are they different from the shrinking maidens of earlier films. The role Joan Fontaine played in Hitchcock's "Rebecca" is contrasted with the character played by Jodie Foster in "The Brave One."

Rudo y Cursi is a comedy, a mystery, and a caper. Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna return with the fun of "Y Tu Mama, Tambien."

What kind of man betrays his lover, his religion, and his army for money?

Hitler was surprised that the rest of the world did not agree that certain people had more of a right to live than others. The main characters in the murder mystery "Rope" heald similar opinions.

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Mystery movies lovers participate while watching as we strive to solve the puzzle offered up by the writer and director. Solving the puzzle is much of he fun of the movie.

Mystery movies about innocent people drawn into the evil web of people who look normal but are actually killers remind us how we, too, are vulnerable. Though we don´t give up our lives to killers, most of us do give up some of who we are to manipulative people.

In the English mystery,"Keeping Mum",Maggie gives us a delightful serial killer. Rosie (Dame Smith), only kills people causing problems for herself or people she cares about. And, who's to say she's wrong? A similar method was used in Athens by the great Greek philosophers.

Some mothers love their sons too much. Too much to allow them to grow up and take care of the affections of another woman. For these mothers, getting rid of their sons' lovers, means seeing that they are taken out of the picture-permanently.

In "Possessed" (1947) a woman on the verge of a breakdown falls in love then kills the one she "loves" because he does not love her.