A former convict returns to London to avenge his former enemies and save his daughter. Carl F. Gauze reviews the Theater West End production of Sweeney Todd.

Obscure German counter-culture thriller Red Sun defies genre expectations with its fairy-tale take on feminist ritual murder. Phil Bailey reviews the 1970 Rudolf Thome film.

Agatha Christie’s most popular mystery comes to life on the stage.

Two convicts discuss God, morality and how many people they killed as their lawyer gets disbarred.

A writer hits a dry spell and then murders his wife, all in the name of making a hit.

Vengeance is a dish best served in London.

Do stock brokers deserve love? It doesn’t matter; they get what they want anyway.

Dickens started a murder mystery but failed to finish it due to his own death. Can you find the killer?

A musical about attempts to assassinate The President. Only Sondheim could pull it off.

See the inner working of the American jury system of justice without having to park downtown.

Turns out there really IS a school shooter section in Hell.

A courtroom dramatization of the trial of Willie Moore that lead to the closing of Alcatraz as a prison.

Former Queensryche lead singer Geoff Tate stars as a father-turned-murderer who wreaks havoc on the crew of a home improvement show in an interesting mash-up of faux documentary and found footage horror movie.

Explicit torture in the middle ages leads to death, dismemberment and a new found respect for the American justice system and the inquisition.

An angel appears on the street as a prostitute and cures the problems of the destitute as a detective chases her murderer.

Serbian Film Noir gets a shot of hope in the form of a hot, red Renault 4.

Harvey Milk gets the biopic treatment from Gus Van Sant. Carl F Gauze worries that the man’s life and work might be overshadowed by the need for this to be an Important Movie.

Hot Tub of Blood (Death by Karaoke). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Ken Stott returns as the hard-drinking, hard-smoking, DI John Rebus for a second set of mysteries, based on the books by Ian Rankin. This series sees Rebus dealing with complex ciphers, underworld bosses, duplicitous businessmen, and dead cats, along with the requisite murders in each episode. Joe Frietze gives his best good cop/bad cop.

In Vogue (Rise Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.