Kenneth Branagh's first Agatha Christie adaptation, Murder in the Orient Express, was a modest success (worldwide gross total of over $350mil million against a production budget of $55mil), so it's no surprise that the sequel got green-lit soon after. Well, this movie was supposed to come out in 2019, but then filming issues, then Covid …
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I am drawn to films that are personal to the filmmaker, and when that said filmmaker is Sir Kenneth Branagh, well it adds another layer of intrigue. As the title says, the film is set in the capital of Northern Ireland. I'm not too familiar with the Troubles, that is the tumultuous period of ethno-nationalist …
I'm a longtime Bond fan and it feels like ages ago since I saw a new Bond movie. Can you believe it that SPECTRE was released in 2015? That's SEVEN years ago! Thanks to this ongoing pandemic, this film just kept getting delayed. Well, Bond has been on my mind the past week as NO …
Directed by: Tom Hooper Screenplay by: Lee Hall, Tom Hooper Most people who know me probably think I'm a huge Cats fan; I'm a choir nerd and a crazy cat lady (my Instagram account is mostly pictures of my boyfriend's three adorable kitties), so a musical that combines two of my loves sounds tailor-made for …
Given that I have a thing for spy films AND I adore Dame Judi Dench, I knew I had to see Red Joan the second I saw the trailer. Dame Judi is best known to most moviegoers as James Bond's tough-as-nails boss M, so the idea of her playing a British-born former spy who transfers …
There are films you'd readily see just for the cast and this is one such a film. I'm familiar with Agatha Christie's work though I can't claim I've actually finished even one of her books from start to finish. I did however, see the episode from British ITV production of the Agatha Christie series starring David …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review: Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
This review was part of Mark & Tom's Decades Blogathon that was published back in mid May. But since July 6 is Eva Green's birthday, I decided to post it here this week. I can't believe it's been a decade since Casino Royale came out. I just re-watched it this weekend to refresh my memory for …
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