Once again raising the question of whether movie reviews are published in some indecipherable alien language in certain areas, the critically declawed Pink Panther emerged as this weekend's box-office champ, earning $27.1 million in its debut. Rounding out the top five: Final Destination 3 (with $20.1 million), Curious George ($15.3 mil), Firewall ($13.8 mil) and When a Stranger Calls ($10 mil).
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Question: I just watched Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and the scene with Daryl Hannah as a hit woman disguised as a nurse reminded me of a TV-movie I saw as a kid. It was about a bunch of nurses in a house, and they’re afraid of a serial killer so they’re not going outside. But the twist is that one of the nurses is the killer, and he’s really a man dressed like a woman. I’m stumped and no one knows what I’m talking about, except for one person who said Alfred Hitchcock directed it. Can you help?Answer: Sure. What you saw wasn’t a movie but a 1965 episode of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962-1965) — though Alfred Hitchcock himself didn’t direct it — called An Unlocked Window. It was directed by Joseph Newman, based on Ethel Lina White’s 1933 novel Some Must Watch
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