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A Haunting in Venice Trailer Hunts Ghosts
Today saw the release of another trailer for Kenneth Branagh’s A Haunting in Venice. The latest in Branagh’s Agatha Christie adaptations looks more like a horror movie than usual, with Michelle Yeoh playing a medium. Kelly Reilly, Tina Fey, and Jamie Dornan also join Branagh, who once again plays Christie’s famous Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot.…
A Haunting in Venice Trailer Arrives
Today, Twentieth Century Studios released a teaser for A Haunting in Venice. This is the third installment in Kenneth Branagh’s series of Hercule Poirot adaptations. Check out the latest adventure for Agatha Christie’s Inspector: A teaser shouldn’t show too much, and this one doesn’t, but it looks good. It seems like more of a classic…
REVIEW: Marlowe (2023)
To call Marlowe a wannabe noir film would be to ascribe to it aspirations it doesn’t have. Marlowe isn’t trying to capture a time and place, evoke a particular tone or feel, replicate a form of dialogue, or even basic things like engage you in a mystery or surround you with compelling characters. Marlowe simply…
Marlowe Trailer Promises a Hard-Boiled Throwback
Raymond Chandler’s legendary detective, Philip Marlowe, is returning to the big screen as Open Road Films has released a trailer for Marlowe. Based on The Black-Eyed Blonde, a continuation of Chandler’s classic mystery series written by John Banville (under the pseudonym Benjamin Black, which he uses to write crime fiction), Marlowe finds the prototypical gumshoe…
NBC Saves CBS’ Magnum P.I.
Back in May, it was reported that CBS would not renew the reboot of Magnum P.I. for a fifth season, much to many fans’ outrage. The show first premiered in 2018 and starred Jay Hernandez as Thomas Magnum and Perdita Weeks as gender-swapped Juliet (formerly John) Higgins. Fans were happy with the season four finale,…
A Haunting in Venice Next for Kenneth Branagh’s Poirot
Several cast members were revealed for Kenneth Branagh’s next Agatha Christie adaptation, A Haunting in Venice. The film is based on Christie’s 1969 novel Hallowe’en Party. The cast includes Jamie Dornan, Michelle Yeoh, Tina Fey, Jude Hill, Emma Laird, and Kelly Reilly. Branagh will direct and reprise his role as Hercule Poirot. The other actors’ roles are…