After two relatively faithful adaptations of Agatha Christie’s “Murder on the Orient Express” and “Death on the Nile,” director-star Kenneth Branagh goes wildly off-book with “A Haunting in Venice,” which arrives in theaters Friday. The attempt to turn Poirot into a plausible romantic lead, or at least to suggest a backstory awash in thwarted passion, has always slightly felt designed …
Kim Zier via Getty Images When I was in college, a misguided friend gifted me a tiny baby mouse for my birthday. They are especially common during the cold winter months when little squeakers seeking shelter head to the nearest warm building. While you’ve likely heard that the most effective mousetraps are glue traps and other kill traps, they’re not …
