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Kenneth Branagh reunites with Belfast stars Jamie Dornan and Jude Hill for new Agatha Christie movie

Branagh will join forces once again with Jude Hill and Jamie Dornan on his upcoming Agatha Christie adaptation, A Haunting in Venice

Irish Mirror · Oct 11, 2022

David Suchet recalls thinking birthday invite to lunch with Queen was ‘a hoax’

The actor also hailed the late monarch as ‘very relaxed and very smiley and twinkly’.

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2022

Why making 'Glass Onion' scared Rian Johnson even more than 'The Last Jedi'

One of the undisputed hits of this year's Toronto International Film Festival has been writer-director Rian Johnson's "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery."

Los Angeles Times · Sep 14, 2022

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Despite powerhouse cast, ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ lumbers along at snail’s pace

Agatha Christie’s classic murder mystery succumbs to slow-paced adaptation at Drury Lane Theatre.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 10, 2022

Ukraine’s latest weapon in the war: Jokes

As war has become the new normal, Ukrainians turn to dark humour to belittle Russia and lift national spirit.

Al Jazeera · Sep 6, 2022

How crime fiction went global, embracing themes from decolonisation to climate change

Once seen as the purview of British and American writers, crime fiction is very much a global phenomenon. Fictional investigators such as Lisbeth Salander, Kurt Wallander and Jules Maigret are now perhaps as well known as Hercule Poirot, Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe.

The Conversation · Aug 30, 2022

The Mix: Cool things to do in Chicago Aug. 25-31

The Chicago Dance Crash, the Taste of Greektown and “Dreamgirls’ are among the entertainment highlights in the week ahead.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 24, 2022

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Detective debuts, Pilton pop and crabs in disguise – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia plus a few jokes every Thursday – how will you fare?

The Guardian - UK · Jun 23, 2022

Murder on the Orient Express review – a first-class ride all the way

Henry Goodman gives us every inch of Hercule Poirot’s dandiness and comedy in this exemplary adaptation of Christie’s ingenious murder mystery, but also gets every note of the character’s vast intelligence and pain

The Guardian - UK · May 22, 2022

Best thriller books to read in 2022

Whodunnit just got a whole lot juicer

Evening Standard · May 20, 2022

Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? review: A classic caper with some sadly listless performances

Will Poulter and Lucy Boynton lead a starry cast in Hugh Laurie’s new Agatha Christie adaptation

The Independent UK · Apr 14, 2022

How do you solve a problem like Poirot?

While strict fidelity isn't necessary for all adaptations, Branagh veers far away from the central puzzle at stake

Salon · Feb 21, 2022

The 5 Best Actors Who Have Played Hercule Poirot

Hercule Poirot is one of those literary heroes, like James Bond or Sherlock Holmes, whose image blazes brightly in the popular imagination.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 20, 2022

Kenneth Branagh’s Death on the Nile seems to forget Agatha Christie was a master of the murder mystery

Kenneth Branagh’s new adaptation of Death on the Nile arrives with a lot of preconceived baggage. We know Agatha Christie. We know Poirot.

The Conversation · Feb 15, 2022

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Belfast Live · Feb 12, 2022

Death on the Nile: Everything to know about new Kenneth Branagh film

He may have received a few Oscar nominations for 'Belfast', but Kenneth Branagh's next film has already got its release

The New Daily · Feb 12, 2022

Death on the Nile is a delightfully sumptuous and fanciful murder mystery

The sumptuous settings are central to the allure of Kenneth Branagh’s contemporary take on Death on the Nile – a classic Agatha Christie whodunnit.

Daily Record · Feb 11, 2022

MOVIE REVIEW: We detect whether 'Death on the Nile' is killer viewing

Pacing issues hinder Kenneth Branagh's second time sporting Hercule Poirot's majestic moustache

The Conversation · Feb 11, 2022

Death on the Nile: a meditation on celebrity and a riposte to Christie's critics

Kenneth Brannagh’s adaptation of Death on the Nile reminds us that Agatha Christie’s work is not solely concerned with English villages. Christie also drew on her travels in the Middle East with her husband, the archaeologist Max Mallowan. Although most of her experience was in Iraq and Syria, Christie was…

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Reason · Feb 11, 2022

Death on the Nile Is a Lifeless, Plodding Take on Agatha Christie

Kenneth Branagh's murder mystery lacks glamour.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 9, 2022

‘Death on the Nile’: Juicy Poirot whodunit, slow-moving but juicy, solves mysteries of a murder and a mustache

Gal Gadot plays an heiress hosting a deadly honeymoon cruise in the ‘Orient Express’ sequel

Tribune News Service · Feb 8, 2022

Movie review: 'Death on the Nile' a dull riverboat outing

Contemporary blockbuster filmmaking is all about the origin story, so naturally, in “Death on the Nile,” his follow-up to the 2017 Agatha Christie mystery “Murder on the Orient Express,” director/star Kenneth Branagh details the nascence of one of his most fascinating recent screen creations: Hercule Poirot’s mustache. In “Murder on…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 7, 2022

Review: The Long-Delayed ‘Death on the Nile’ Runs Aground

Kenneth Branagh's Agatha Christie adaptation “Death on the Nile” begins with a flashback to the trenches of World War I before shifting to 1930s London two decades later, but that’s nothing compared to the time that's passed since Branagh's preceding 2017 whodunit “Murder on the Orient Express.” That film, which…

The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2022

Review: The long-delayed 'Death on the Nile' runs aground

Kenneth Branagh's “Death on the Nile" is making its humbled way into theaters this Friday

Tribune News Service · Feb 7, 2022

'Death on the Nile' review: Kenneth Branagh's whodunit sets sail, but is it worth the trip?

These days — let us hope, for not too much longer — a movie has to be something special to lure an audience into a theater; something you just can't wait to see, something that would be diminished if watched on a screen at home. Unfortunately, Kenneth Branagh's "Death on…

Los Angeles Times · Feb 7, 2022

Review: Amid delays and scandals, a middling 'Death on the Nile' slumps into theaters

There's at least one moment in "Death on the Nile," Kenneth Branagh's latest Agatha Christie adaptation, when what's on-screen brushes up uncomfortably against what's off-screen. Linnet Doyle, an enviably rich socialite taking a honeymoon cruise down the Nile River, has just been found shot to death in her stateroom; her…

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