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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

Kenneth Branagh's murder mystery lacks glamour.

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

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…

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…