Mysteries and Thrillers
In Sue Grafton's alphabet mysteries, "H is for" this killer crime.
Homicide
This classic Nintendo spinoff used a board game layout and minigames to destroy families and friendships.
Mario Party
2016: "Fences", in which he also starred.
Denzel Washington
Analogy
McConnell's curveballs.
Mitch's pitches
For his novel "Inferno", Dan Brown drew on a poem by this italian.
Dante
Before the 1983 crash, this now forgotten game company was responsible for a large chunk of video game sales.
Atari
1997: rediscovering "The Lost World: Jurassic Park"
Steven Spielberg
An idioticon is a dictionary of this "D" word, a form of language spoken in a particular region.
Dialect
Booker's anecdotes.
Cory's stories
After a fatal stabbing in this classic mystery, Hercule Poirot asks for a "plan of the Istanbul-Calais Coach".
Murder on the Orient Express
Booker DeWitt is the main character in this first person shooter that reaches for the skies.
Bioshock: Infinite
In 2017, a man unafraid of explosions: "Transformers: The Last Knight"
Michael Bay
To talk without preparation is to ad-lib or to speak in this "sleeve-oriented" way.
Off the cuff
Cruz' prescription pills.
Ted's meds
Time magazine named this Gillian Flynn thriller one of the "10 Best Fiction Books of the 2010s".
Gone Girl
Kingdom Hearts combines Disney characters with another series of video games...created by this game company.
Square Enix
1991: "Point Break" (she'd win a directing Oscar for a later film)
Kathryn Bigelow
It's a dramatic monologue or speech made to oneself.
Soliloquy
Independent Angus' violin section.
King's strings
A review for this Ruth Ware bestseller set at sea says it "just may do to cruise vacations what 'Jaws' did for ocean swimming".
The Woman in Cabin 10
Seeking something frustrating? This CAPCOM horror platforming game series recently got a revival based on the series' SNES title.
Ghosts 'n Goblins
1935: taking "The 39 Steps"
Alfred Hitchcock
Lapsus linguae is literally Latin for this kind of mistake.
Slip of the tongue
Sherrod's new teeth.
Brown's crowns