mysterious

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Clutching a mysterious tool the shape of a mouse coffin, Firth’s villain tracks Daniel’s location by mentally transplanting himself into another person’s body, changing the color of their pupils to his own icy blue.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Rebecca Hall leads this five-part adaptation of the Jordan Tannahill novel about a woman beset by a mysterious and ever-present sound.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Or is it simply about “trauma and the mysterious workings of the unconscious,” as New York Times critic Beatrice Loayza says?

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2026

From the friendly alien at the heart of E.T. to the mysterious visitors in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, some of his most celebrated films have explored humanity's fascination with life beyond Earth.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

They think of the cortex as a chamber holding a formless cloud or jelly driven by a mysterious "vital force."

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman