A Haunting in Venice marks the third time Kenneth Branagh directs and stars in a Poirot film. This time he adapts Hallowe’en Party and aims to make a leaner film. It’s 1947 and Hercule Poirot (Branagh) has entered retirement and lives in Venice. His bodyguard, Vitale Protfoglio (Riccardo Scamarcio) ensures no one comes close to the famous […]
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See How They Run Review
See How They Run is a period comedy mystery that features an ensemble cast. It’s a mystery that has an incredibly self-aware approach. The theatrical adaptation of The Mousetrap has been an incredible success and celebrated its hundredth performance. Hollywood wants to adapt the play into a film. However, when the director, Leo Köpernick (Adrien Brody), is found […]
Death on the Nile (2022) Review
Following the success of 2017’s Murder on the Orient Express Kenneth Branagh has returned to Agatha Christine’s popular Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. In 1938 Poirot (Branagh) is on holiday in Egypt when he runs into his old friend Bouc (Tom Bateman) at the Pyramids. This chance meeting leads Poirot to become a part of a wedding party for […]
Knives Out Review
Knives Out is the first film Rain Johnson has made since the release of his divisive Star Wars film. His mystery film shows why he gained a reputation as one of the finest writer/directors currently working. Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) was a successful mystery writer and the patriarch of the Thrombey family who’s found dead on his 85th birthday. Benoit […]