Tag: Kenneth Branagh

  • REVIEW: A Haunting in Venice (2023)

    REVIEW: A Haunting in Venice (2023)

    A Haunting in Venice is based on Agatha Christie’s novel A Hallowe’en Party and is the third of Kenneth Branagh’s adaptations of her work. I enjoyed Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile, so I’ve been excited about this film since it was announced. The trailers hinted at a more supernatural setting and story, which piqued my interest…

  • Posters Invite You to A Haunting in Venice

    Posters Invite You to A Haunting in Venice

    Today, they released new character posters for A Haunting in Venice. The third in Kenneth Branagh’s series of Agatha Christie adaptations featuring her famous detective, Hercule Poirot (who is played by director Branagh), Haunting – in which Poirot attends a séance at the behest of a friend (Tina Fey) and, or course, must solve a murder…

  • REVIEW: Oppenheimer (2023)

    REVIEW: Oppenheimer (2023)

    Oppenheimer is a masterpiece. Usually, I don’t like to throw words like that around so soon after seeing a movie, but when this one ends, you’ve got to exhale. This a three-hour-long film about people discussing theoretical physics that’s more exhilarating than many thrillers, filled with basic humanity and grandiose moral quandaries, examinations of the…

  • A Haunting in Venice Trailer Hunts Ghosts

    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.…

  • Kenneth Branagh to Direct Live-Action Gargoyles Movie? Nah

    Kenneth Branagh to Direct Live-Action Gargoyles Movie? Nah

    Earlier today, The Belfast Telegraph ran with a story that Kenneth Branagh will direct a live-action cinematic adaptation of Disney’s Gargoyles. A number of sources have since reported it. The series, which ran from 1994 until 1997’s non-canon Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles, was created by Greg Weisman and aired on The Disney Channel. Branagh is…

  • A Haunting in Venice Trailer Arrives

    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…