Tag: Columbo

Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star (1991)

98 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

I've seen Lt. Columbo deal with all sorts of people from geniuses to unstable women but in "Columbo and the Murder of a Rock Star" we see the dishevelled lieutenant up against a lawyer who has never lost a case and who isn't ...

Columbo Cries Wolf (1990)

98 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

Fans of TV detective shows will all tell you that the majority of the episodes/ TV movies will be built to a formula. And "Columbo" is no different as the rule of thumb is an episode starts with a murder and we then watch Col...

Columbo Goes to College (1990)

98 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

When you think about it, it is kind of amazing how popular the "Columbo" series was and how with out Peter Falk it really was nothing. What I mean is in all the episodes/ TV movies which I have watched we get told who the kil...

Columbo Goes to the Guillotine (1989)

98 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

Columbo Goes to the Guillotine (1989) Columbo is investigating the death of a magician which leads him to a psychic who seems to be connected to the death somehow...

Columbo Likes the Nightlife (2003)

88 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

There are many who didn't enjoy the humorous episodes of "Columbo" as much, for me I tended to enjoy those more and as such I have to say that "Columbo Likes the Nightlife" is not one of my favourites as this TV movie has the...

Columbo: A Bird in the Hand (1992)

98 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

"Columbo: A Bird in the Hand" is what I would call a pantomime episode because everyone in this episode over plays their parts. We have Greg Evigan turning on the evil eyes as Harold anxiously watches Columbo snooping around....

Columbo: A Case of Immunity (1975)

70 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

If I said that 90% of "Columbo: A Case of Immunity" is typical that is a good thing because who wants to watch an episode of "Columbo" where Peter Falk comes out of character or investigates something which isn't a murder. As...

Columbo: A Deadly State of Mind (1975)

70 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

"Columbo: A Deadly State of Mind" ticks all the boxes when it comes to one of the 70s episodes of the wonderful crime series. We have a few celebrity cameos with George Hamilton delivering slick but deadly as psychiatrist Col...

Columbo: A Friend in Deed (1974)

98 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

"Columbo: A Friend in Deed" is one of those episodes from the 70s where the character of Columbo has grown in to a real hound, a man who finds one thing strange and then like a loose thread on a jumper tugs and tugs at it unt...

Columbo: A Matter of Honor (1976)

70 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

So Columbo ends on a bit of a bus man's holiday getting himself roped in to help solve a murder case in Mexico and finds himself dealing with a large bit of bull in more senses than one. That is very much the USP when it come...

Columbo: A Stitch in Crime (1973)

74 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

Like many TV series "Columbo" always relied on the cameos as much as the star of the show and "Columbo: A Stitch in Crime" certainly knocks it out of the park with not only Leonard Nimoy in the role of a killer but Will Geer ...

Columbo: A Trace of Murder (1997)

98 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

Lieutenant walks in to a crime scene with a brown bag full of bananas. Nope it's not the opening line to a joke but the way in which Lieutenant Columbo makes his entry in "Columbo: A Trace of Murder" and seeing this is a 90s ...

Columbo: Agenda for Murder (1990)

98 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

One of the great things about "Columbo" was when an episode had an intentional murder you would get the planning and staging of the killing. And it has to be said that "Columbo: Agenda for Murder" has one of the most detailed...

Columbo: An Exercise in Fatality (1974)

89 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

"Columbo: An Exercise in Fatality" is one of those episodes which is an exercise in detail, where the focus is more about us getting in to the mind of Columbo as it is about all the other usual bits. But of course we also get...

Columbo: Any Old Port in a Storm (1973)

96 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

As I've mentioned in previous reviews of "Columbo" different things appeal to different audiences, for me I always enjoyed the slightly more humorous episodes of "Columbo" and occasionally find those older, more dramatic epis...

Columbo: Ashes to Ashes (1998)

98 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

Whether you preferred them or not the 90s Columbo TV movies were all about the characters and the humour and these episodes were never better when the case involved the world of show business. It is why "Columbo: Ashes to Ash...

Columbo: Blueprint for Murder (1972)

75 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

The more episodes of "Columbo" I watch the more I am impressed by them especially considering that even those from back from the first series in 1971 are as entertaining now as they have always been with some really standing ...

Columbo: Butterfly in Shades of Grey (1994)

98 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

He has a pencil moustache, a booming voice and threatens to kill you in front of a crowded room, William Shatner's performance as Fielding Chase is text book bad guy, some might say a little too text book as it is cheesy in p...

Columbo: By Dawn's Early Light (1974)

98 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

Columbo: By Dawn's Early Light (1974) Patrick McGoohan stars as Colonel Lyle C. Rumford who has to cconted with Lt. Columbo (Peter Falk) after he kills the owner of his military academy...

Columbo: Candidate for Crime (1973)

93 mins     Crime, Drama, Mystery, TV Movie      

To be honest "Columbo: Candidate for Crime" is one of my least favourite episodes of "Columbo" but even one which doesn't entertain as much as others is still good. And the reason why "Columbo: Candidate for Crime" is still g...