2347 – The Killer (2023)

timespace coordinates: 2020’s Paris > the Dominican Republic > New Orleans, Louisiana > St. Petersburg, Florida > Beacon, New York > Chicago

The Killer is a 2023 American action thriller film directed by David Fincher based on the French graphic novel series The Killer written by Alexis “Matz” Nolent and illustrated by Luc Jacamon.

The film stars Michael Fassbender in the title role, alongside Arliss Howard, Charles Parnell, Kerry O’Malley, Sala Baker, Sophie Charlotte, and Tilda Swinton in supporting roles. (wiki)

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2343 – A Haunting in Venice (2023)

timespace coordinates: 1947 Venice

 Haunting in Venice is a 2023 American mystery film produced and directed by Kenneth Branagh from a screenplay by Michael Green, loosely based on the 1969 Agatha Christie novel Hallowe’en Party. It serves as a sequel to Death on the Nile and Murder on the Orient Express, in which Branagh reprises his role as the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. The ensemble cast includes Kyle Allen, Camille Cottin, Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey, Jude Hill, Ali Khan, Emma Laird, Kelly Reilly, Riccardo Scamarcio, and Michelle Yeoh. (wiki)

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“In Venice, we say, Every house is haunted or cursed.”

2342 – The Fall of the House of Usher (TV Mini Series 2023)

timespace coordinates: 1953 to 1980 / 2023 US

The Fall of the House of Usher is an American gothic horror drama television miniseries created by Mike Flanagan. All eight episodes were released on Netflix on October 12, 2023, each directed by either Flanagan or Michael Fimognari, the latter also acting as cinematographer for the entire series.

Loosely based on various works by 19th century author Edgar Allan Poe (most prominently the eponymous 1840 short story), the series adapts otherwise-unrelated stories and characters by Poe into a single nonlinear narrative set from 1953 to 2023. It recounts both the rise to power of Roderick Usher, the powerful CEO of a corrupt pharmaceutical company and his sister Madeline Usher, the genius COO of the pharmaceutical company, and the events leading to the deaths of all six of Roderick’s children. It stars an ensemble cast led by Carla Gugino as a mysterious woman plaguing the Ushers, and Bruce Greenwood as an elderly Roderick. (wiki)

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2321 – The Equalizer 3 (2023)

timespace coordinates: 2022 Sicily // Altamonte, a remote Italian town on the Amalfi Coast

The Equalizer 3 is a 2023 American vigilante action film directed by Antoine Fuqua. It is a sequel to The Equalizer 2 and the final installment of The Equalizer trilogy, which is loosely based on the television series of the same name. The film stars Denzel Washington, reprising his role as retired U.S. Marine and DIA officer Robert McCall and Dakota Fanning. (wiki)

Reunites Denzel Washington with Dakota Fanning after Man on Fire (2004), when she was 10.

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2311 – The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)

timespace coordinates: July – August 1897 Varna, Bulgaria > Whitby, North Yorkshire / London, England

The Last Voyage of the Demeter is a 2023 supernatural horror film directed by André Øvredal and written by Bragi F. Schut Jr. and Zak Olkewicz. It is an adaptation of “The Captain’s Log”, a chapter from the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker.

The film stars Corey Hawkins, Aisling Franciosi, Liam Cunningham, and David Dastmalchian. Its plot follows the doomed crew of the merchant ship Demeter led by Captain Elliot (Cunningham) who attempt to survive the treacherous ocean voyage from Bulgaria to England while being stalked by a legendary vampire, known as Dracula (Javier Botet). (wiki)

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2297 – Arctic Void (2022)

spacetime coordinates: Arctic Void (2022) was shot by 16 people in 16 days entirely on location at Pyramiden / Пирами́да, an abandoned Soviet coal mining settlement (closed in 1998) on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, and Longyearbyen.

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2295 – Maniac (TV Mini Series 2018)

spacetime coordinates: retro-future New York City

Maniac is an American psychological black comedy-drama streaming television miniseries that premiered on Netflix on September 21, 2018.

Patrick Somerville created the series and Cary Joji Fukunaga directed, basing it very loosely on the 2015 Norwegian television series of the same name (starring co-creator Espen PA Lervaag) while drawing inspiration from many more famous films.

The 10-episode series stars Emma Stone, Jonah Hill, Justin Theroux, Sonoya Mizuno, Gabriel Byrne, and Sally Field. (wiki)

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