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"Magpie Murders" reinvents the detective

Tim McMullan spoke to Salon about playing a book detective who steps into the real world to help solve a murder

Salon

9 Angela Lansbury favorites to watch and where to find them

You're not alone if you saw the news of Angela Lansbury's death Tuesday, at 96, and thought about turning on an episode of "Murder, She Wrote," the beloved mystery series she starred in from 1984 to 1996 as a writer and amateur detective on the coast of Maine. Or, for…

Los Angeles Times

'A Haunting In Venice': 'Belfast' cast members to reunite for new Kenneth Branagh movie

Jamie Dornan and Jude Hill are set to star in A Haunting In Venice

Belfast Live

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Two podcasters set out to read every Agatha Christie book. It became much more than that

LOS ANGELES — At first glance, Kemper Donovan's backyard bungalow appears perfectly normal for this Santa Monica neighborhood, but a few clues suggest otherwise.

Los Angeles Times

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

Best thriller books to read in 2022

Whodunnit just got a whole lot juicer

Evening Standard

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The Independent UK

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

Salon

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

Asharq Al-Awsat

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.

The Conversation

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.

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Belfast Live

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

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

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

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…

Reason

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

Kenneth Branagh's murder mystery lacks glamour.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘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

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…

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