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6 Greatest Mystery Books of the Last 20 Years, Ranked
This Collider article, written by Safwan Azeem and published in July 2026, counts down what it deems the six greatest mystery novels of the past two decades. The piece argues that, despite the current popularity of screen adaptations, reading a mystery remains the superior experience because the format invites readers to actively piece together clues…
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Michael Fassbender’s Sci-Fi Action Epic Unleashes an Alien Nightmare in New Trailer
Michael Fassbender is returning to a leading role in a South Korean science-fiction action film titled Hope, marking a notable comeback after a relatively quiet period following David Fincher’s The Killer and the commercially overlooked 2025 spy thriller Black Bag. The film is a creature feature in which a huge alien emerges near a remote…
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TalkFuse morning briefing, 8 Jul 2026 08:55
Your morning briefing: a short audio round-up of 6 top stories, drawing on TalkFuse, Collider, Wired.
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Service by Lauren Mooney review – a very modern ghost story
The Guardian reviews Service, the debut novel by Lauren Mooney, a contemporary ghost story that uses the haunted-house genre to examine present-day class inequality and economic precarity. The book follows Danielle, a low-paid personal assistant at a whimsical arts charity called Hodgepodge, whose exploitative boss Jeannie treats her as a personal servant. After a breakup…
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Ghosts, Grief and a Vanishing Highway: ‘The Ink Stained Hand and the Missing Thumb,’ From India’s Yashasvi Juyal, Arrives at Karlovy Vary
Yashasvi Juyal did not pitch his way into filmmaking. He shot his way in. “We never went through the route of pitching from development,” the Indian filmmaker says of “The Ink Stained Hand and the Missing Thumb,” his debut feature, which premieres in the Proxima Competition at Karlovy Vary. “We shot the film and then…
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Netflix’s Mexican Drama ‘I’m Not Afraid’ Is a Gut-Wrenching Mystery and Exhilarating Coming-of-Age Tale: TV Review
Variety has published a review of “I’m Not Afraid”, Netflix’s latest Spanish-language mini-series, a Mexican drama praised as both a gut-wrenching mystery and an exhilarating coming-of-age story. The six-episode limited series is the first television adaptation of Niccolò Ammaniti’s 2003 novel “I’m Not Scared”, and it explores the cruelties of poverty and the loss of…
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Aliens, chimps and a pregnant man: iconic British adverts – in pictures
The Guardian has published a picture gallery celebrating some of the most memorable British advertisements, drawing on images held by the History of Advertising Trust archive. Presented with wry, humorous commentary, the piece revisits campaigns spanning from the 1930s to the 1990s that helped shape popular culture and the nation’s collective memory. It matters as…
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TalkFuse morning briefing, 8 Jul 2026 05:55
Your morning briefing: a short audio round-up of 6 top stories, drawing on TalkFuse, Collider, The Guardian.
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Mystery $40million Aussie Lotto winner finally comes forward to claim his prize: How he found out he won
A man from Woden in Canberra has come forward to claim a $40 million (Australian dollar) Powerball prize, two weeks after the winning draw took place. He had bought the sole winning ticket for draw 1571, held on 25 June 2026, but was unaware of his good fortune until he saw a news report about…
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HBO’s 8-Part Murder Mystery Masterpiece Skyrockets to Major Success 10 Years Later
A Collider article reports that Steven Zaillian’s 2016 HBO limited series The Night Of has seen a resurgence a decade after its debut, climbing into the most popular titles on the domestic iTunes chart. Its renewed popularity matters because it highlights continued appetite for prestige murder-mystery drama at a time when such critically and commercially…