Agatha Christie
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Movie Review: Appointment with Death (1988)
In this post, we look at another Agatha Christie whodunit where Peter Ustinov reprises his role as the classic sleuth Hercule Poirot for the last time. Like most Agatha Christie movies, Appointment with Death features a stellar ensemble cast, including Lauren Bacall, Carrie Fisher, John Gielgud, Piper Laurie, Hayley Mills, Jenny Seagrove, and David Soul. Read more
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Movie Review: The Mirror Crack’d (1980)
‘The Mirror Crack’d’ is a British adaptation of Agatha Christie’s ‘The Mirror Crack’d from Side to Side,’ featuring Angela Lansbury playing the ‘elderly spinster’ sleuth Miss Marple for the first and only time. Directed by Guy Hamilton, with a screenplay by Jonathan Hales and Barry Sandler, the movie boasts an ensemble cast including many thespians Read more
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Movies Based on Plays – I
There are both advantages and disadvantages to adapting a play for the big screen (or TV). It can certainly save the filmmakers the cost and time of writing a screenplay for the movie, but it also adds a new set of complexities. Scripts for plays are usually restricted to a few venues, or in many Read more
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Movie Review: Evil Under the Sun (1982)
“Evil Under the Sun” is a classic Agatha Christie whodunit featuring the mustached sleuth, Hercule Poirot. Peter Ustinov plays the famous Poirot for the second time, following “Death on the Nile (1978)”, and just as in the previous movie, he is supported by a stellar ensemble cast. As with most whodunits, the plot involves the Read more
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Movie Review: A Haunting in Venice(2023)
Kenneth Branagh reprises his role as the iconic Hercule Poirot in “A Haunting in Venice,” a loose adaptation of Agatha Christie’s book “Halloween Party.” Branagh, who is also the director of this movie, once again brings together an ensemble of the finest thespians in this investigative thriller that has never previously been adapted to the Read more
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Movie Review: Witness For the Prosecution (1957)
Two years after his maiden and last directorial effort, veteran British thespian Charles Laughton returned to acting in “Witness for the Prosecution,” a movie hailed as one of the best courtroom dramas of all time, receiving 6 Academy Award nominations and 5 Golden Globe nominations. This British movie is an adaptation of a play of Read more
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