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Charlie and the Serial Admirer

Wednesday: The Oxford Murders (2008)
        
      Martin is a grad student who comes to Oxford University in hopes of working with the famed Professor Seldom. He is staying with a friend of Seldom's. Her daughter lives in the house as well. Not long after Martin moves in she is killed and her body is discovered by Martin and Seldom. It is the first of several murders each with a coded message. Martin and Seldom have to work together to find the killer. I thought this movie was alright. It was trying too hard to be intelligent. 

Friday: The Amateur (2025)
 
       A CIA decoder, Charlie, is onto something big. Then his wife, while on a business trip in London, gets taken hostage and killed in a terrorist attack. His supervisors are not acting fast enough. They don't seem motivated at all to arrest the people behind the attack. Charlie forces them to get him training so he can hunt down the killers on his own. They agree but it's soon clear Charlie doesn't really have what it takes to be a killer. So he has to rely on his other skills to get his revenge. This movie was alright.

Saturday: Copycat (1995)

        Helen is a famous criminal psychologist. She got attacked by a serial killer she helped put away. This causes her to become agoraphobic and not leave her condo. A year later a new serial killer has started killing. Two detectives, MJ and Ruben, come to Helen for help. She wants nothing to do with it. At the same time she can't help but be interested and figure out some clues. Together they work to find the killer. Who seems intent on killing Helen as well. I thought this movie was good. It has an interesting twist and take on a serial killer. 

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