whodunit
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In a tribute last week, Michael McKean, Curry's co-star in the 1985 comedy whodunit Clue, said that the ailing actor had been in a "grim physical state".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Joel Anderson, host of Slow Burn: Biggie and Tupac, argues that Tupac’s murder was never a whodunit.
From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026
Yet the writer-director has worked in other genres and his latest finds him trying his hand at a whodunit within the trappings of a historical drama.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
"We can't just watch the crime happen, so we have to work with all the clues we're given to figure out whodunit."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
Aguirre-Sacasa has said that his drama first presents as a whodunit and evolves into a “whydunit.”
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
A former private detective, Hammett grounded his narrative in a corrupt Montana mining town, replacing the cozy murders of traditional whodunits with a seamier view of vice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
The “Knives Out” whodunits are about classic filmmaking delights: smart scripts, sharp jokes and big stars.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
"Endeavour" meets the "Mystery!" stable's case-of-the-week qualification but the complexity of the whodunits is nothing compared to the intricacy of its character studies.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2023
The series, Chris Bennion wrote in an admiring review in The Telegraph after the show was broadcast in Britain, is “a whodunit about whodunits within a whodunit.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2022
I took note a moment ago that you mentioned the whodunits.
From We're Friends, Now by Mel Varga
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