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Sociopath Child and the Greek Island Murder

Wednesday: Bigger Than Life (1956)
          
        Ed is a teacher who is doing his best to support his family. He also suffers from a serious illness that causes him immense pain. After a blackout he is diagnosed with a rare disease. Ed only has months to live, but there is a new drug that can help him. It is hormone cortisone. It works quickly and he starts to feel better. Soon his personality changes. He has bouts of mania and depression. He becomes aggressive and mean. His wife doesn't know what to do. They can't go on living with him when he's like this, but without the drug he will die. I thought this movie was alright. 

Friday: Joker: Folie a Deux (2024)

         Arthur is in Arkham waiting on his trail. His lawyer is trying to prove that he has multiple personalities. The Joker takes over and Arthur has no control. The prosecution is not buying it. Arthur meets another patient in Arkham, Lee. She adores him and believes him. They quickly fall in love. Arthur struggles to maintain his image as the Joker. He's not sure that's who he wants to be anymore. Lee doesn't agree. This movie was alright. The plot was a little lacking. Also it came across as a musical, which I'm not sure was the intention. I did like some of the subtle references they make to the comic book characters. Like Harley Quinn, Joker, and Two Face. 

Saturday: Killer Heat (2024)
       
          An American PI, Nick, living in Athens is hired to solve a case on another island. A rich family runs the island. Penelope, the daughter-in-law, is the one who hired Nick. Her brother-in-law, Leo, fell off a cliff and died. She is married to his twin brother Elias. Penelope believes it wasn't an accident. That Leo was murdered. Nick has to be discreet about investigating. No one can know Penelope hired him. And the family owns everything on the island, including the police. The more he investigates the more he realizes that something else is going on. I thought this movie was alright. It has some good, but predictable, twists. It is a modern noir film.

Sunday: The Bad Seed (1956)

           Christine and her husband have a sweet 8 year old girl, Rhoda. Christine's husband is called away for work and will be gone a month. Not long after he leaves Rhoda goes to the school picnic. A young boy is found dead at the picnic. He had a medal that Rhoda believed was rightfully hers. Soon suspicions come out that Rhoda might have been involved in the boy's death. Christine doesn't want to believe her daughter could do such a thing. But she can't deny all the clues that point to Rhoda. Her sanity is tested as she has to deal with the likelihood that her daughter is a killer. A killer with no real feelings or sense of right or wrong. This movie was alright. 

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