Murder on the Orient Express movie review: Entertaining adaptation of Agatha Christie's legendary novel
7 years, 4 months ago

Murder on the Orient Express movie review: Entertaining adaptation of Agatha Christie's legendary novel

Firstpost  

If you’re a fan of Agatha Christie’s work and you’re looking for a passably fun adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express, this film has got you covered. It’s got all the elements in the check list – an exotic location, period setting and appropriate costume, a fun Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot and a sprawling supporting cast. Those who aren’t familiar with the book will be entertained by the ultimate reveal, which still remains one of the all time great twists in murder mystery literature. Compare this to the TV show Poirot which was delightfully slow and deliberate, and allowed David Suchet to function like a real human instead of a ‘superhero movie detective’ that Branagh is in this film.

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My daughter has discovered Agatha Christie, and I am thrilled at the joy she has in store
3 years, 6 months ago

My daughter has discovered Agatha Christie, and I am thrilled at the joy she has in store

The Independent  

I am not as well-read as I would like to be. But truthfully, my childhood passions were fairly prosaic: the Swallows & Amazons series; anything football related, probably by Martin Waddell or Michael Hardcastle; then Boy’s Own tales about the Second World War. At the age of three she astonished us by “reading” Beatrix Potter’s Tale of Peter Rabbit word-perfectly …

5 Murder Mysteries Adapted From Best-selling Novels For You to Enjoy
4 years, 4 months ago

5 Murder Mysteries Adapted From Best-selling Novels For You to Enjoy

News 18  

Bibliophiles and cinema-lovers are often at loggerheads every time a book gets adapted into a movie. Take a look below: Murder on the Orient Express Probably one of the best modern adaptations of Agatha Christie’s novels, Murder on the Orient Express introduces Hercule Poirot, “probably the greatest detective of the world” trying to find a murderer in a coach of …

Death On The Nile trailer out: Hercule Poirot solves a murder mystery on his Egyptian vacation
4 years, 7 months ago

Death On The Nile trailer out: Hercule Poirot solves a murder mystery on his Egyptian vacation

India Today  

The trailer of actor-director Kenneth Branagh's Death On The Nile is out. Apart from Kenneth Branagh, Death On The Nile stars Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Ali Fazal, Letitia Wright, Emma Mackey, Jennifer Saunders, Russell Brand, Dawn French, Rose Leslie, Tom Bateman, Annette Bening and Sophie Okonedo, among others. The film shows Hercule Poirot on a mission to solve a murder …

Op-Ed: Before I wrote the screenplay for ‘Murder on the Orient Express,’ I hated Agatha Christie
7 years, 4 months ago

Op-Ed: Before I wrote the screenplay for ‘Murder on the Orient Express,’ I hated Agatha Christie

LA Times  

I’ve been asked in multiple interviews what my relationship to Agatha Christie was before writing the adaptation of “Murder on the Orient Express,” and I’ve evaded the question or outright lied every time. The first VHS tape he rented, to our giddy admiration, was the 1978 adaptation of Agatha Christie’s classic “Death on the Nile.” Friends and family came over …

Murder on the Orient Express review: A lavish spectacle that is quite shallow
7 years, 4 months ago

Murder on the Orient Express review: A lavish spectacle that is quite shallow

The Hindu  

As the Orient Express steams in to a theatre near you following frenetic, frantic superhero films and before Star Wars 8, it offers an old-fashioned whodunit complete with a glittering closed circle of suspects, an eccentric sleuth and an exotic, isolated location. The fourth adaptation of Agatha Christie’s popular 1934 novel, Murder on the Orient Express, comes after Sidney Lumet’s …

Murder on the Orient Express Review: The Humour Goes Missing
7 years, 4 months ago

Murder on the Orient Express Review: The Humour Goes Missing

The Quint  

The film opens with the twirling shot of Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. Post this introductory newness, Poirot is on the Orient Express chugging along with a heady mix of American and European society members. Bearing in mind the limitations of a locked-room mystery, Branagh brings in his usual flourishes with swirling camera movements, probing close-ups, adding even a chase and …

Murder on the Orient Express movie review: Agatha Christie done right; even dead Johnny Depp can’t derail it
7 years, 4 months ago

Murder on the Orient Express movie review: Agatha Christie done right; even dead Johnny Depp can’t derail it

Hindustan Times  

Murder on the Orient Express Director - Kenneth Branagh Cast - Kenneth Branagh, Daisy Ridley, Penelope Cruz, Judi Dench, Michelle Pfeiffer, Josh Gad, Derek Jacobi, Olivia Colman, Johnny Depp Rating - 4/5 Kenneth Branagh delivers a performance that overpowers all else in Murder on the Orient Express. “There is no in between.” Branagh – despite having a head that isn’t …

Besides Murder on the Orient Express, five other must-watch Agatha Christie adaptations
7 years, 4 months ago

Besides Murder on the Orient Express, five other must-watch Agatha Christie adaptations

Firstpost  

With Kenneth Branagh’s version of Murder on the Orient Express set to hit theaters, let’s have a look at some of the best movie adaptations of Agatha Christie’s novels There are certain combinations that never go wrong — peanut butter and Nutella, blue jeans and a white shirt, a F.R.I.E.N.D.S marathon with your best friend. With Kenneth Branagh’s version of …

What's on in Beijing (Nov 11-17)[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
7 years, 4 months ago

What's on in Beijing (Nov 11-17)[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

Discover the best things to do in Beijing with our weekly roundup of art and exhibitions, music and performances, and trending activities to do around town. British director-actor Kenneth Branagh stars as Hercule Poirot in the movie Murder on the Orient Express. Perfecting the art of murder After the success of Dunkirk, Kenneth Branagh returns to Chinese cinemas with a …

What's on in Beijing (Nov 11-17)[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
7 years, 4 months ago

What's on in Beijing (Nov 11-17)[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

Discover the best things to do in Beijing with our weekly roundup of art and exhibitions, music and performances, and trending activities to do around town. British director-actor Kenneth Branagh stars as Hercule Poirot in the movie Murder on the Orient Express. Perfecting the art of murder After the success of Dunkirk, Kenneth Branagh returns to Chinese cinemas with a …

Every Single Star in Murder on the Orient Express Is Upstaged by Kenneth Branagh’s Mustache
7 years, 4 months ago

Every Single Star in Murder on the Orient Express Is Upstaged by Kenneth Branagh’s Mustache

Slate  

Kenneth Branagh has a history of being upstaged by his facial hair. Those follicular follies, however, pale before the massive mustache strapped onto Branagh’s face in Murder on the Orient Express, in which he plays Agatha Christie’s iconic sleuth Hercule Poirot. Previously, Poirot’s lip fuzz—Albert Finney’s in Sidney Lumet’s 1974 Orient Express, or David Suchet’s in the long-running ITV series …

Kenneth Branagh On His Meticulous Master Detective Role In 'Murder On The Orient Express'
7 years, 4 months ago

Kenneth Branagh On His Meticulous Master Detective Role In 'Murder On The Orient Express'

NPR  

Kenneth Branagh On His Meticulous Master Detective Role In 'Murder On The Orient Express' Actor Kenneth Branagh has been Henry the Fifth, Iago in Othello, Victor Frankenstein, and now he's taken on another famous literary character, Agatha Christie's meticulous master detective, Hercule Poirot. KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: In his latest film, Kenneth Branagh becomes a character who is known to a …

Perfecting the art of murder[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn
7 years, 4 months ago

Perfecting the art of murder[1]- Chinadaily.com.cn

China Daily  

Johnny Depp stars in the new movie, Murder on the Orient Express, a remake of the 1974 movie adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel. Chinese viewers who struggle to remember foreign faces may find it difficult to accept that Commander Bolton in Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk is returning to the country's big screen in Murder on the Orient Express. That's because this …

Review: Kenneth Branagh gives good Poirot, clumsy direction in ‘Murder on the Orient Express’
7 years, 4 months ago

Review: Kenneth Branagh gives good Poirot, clumsy direction in ‘Murder on the Orient Express’

LA Times  

Film Critic In his withering 1950 essay “The Simple Art of Murder,” Raymond Chandler wrote that the solution to Agatha Christie’s “Murder on the Orient Express” was so far-fetched that “only a half-wit could guess it.” You can sort of see Chandler’s point even as he misses it entirely: The joys of reading Christie have nothing to do with outwitting …

Perfecting the art of murder
7 years, 4 months ago

Perfecting the art of murder

China Daily  

Johnny Depp stars in the new movie, Murder on the Orient Express, a remake of the 1974 movie adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel. Chinese viewers who struggle to remember foreign faces may find it difficult to accept that Commander Bolton in Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk is returning to the country's big screen in Murder on the Orient Express. That's because this …

'Murder On The Orient Express' Pulls Into The Reboot Station. All Aboard! Or Not.
7 years, 4 months ago

'Murder On The Orient Express' Pulls Into The Reboot Station. All Aboard! Or Not.

Huff Post  

Thirteen celebrated actors walk onto a soundstage near London. 20th Century Fox Excuse the blasphemy, Agatha Christie acolytes, but “Murder on the Orient Express,” published in 1934, is a dull addition to the mystery genre. It’s a curious thing, this particular “Orient Express.” Written by Michael Green, the movie begins with a sweeping adventure scene that introduces Poirot as an …

Film review: Murder on the Orient Express
7 years, 4 months ago

Film review: Murder on the Orient Express

BBC  

Film review: Murder on the Orient Express 3 November 2017 Share Save Nicholas Barber Features correspondent Share Save Alamy Kenneth Branagh’s star-studded adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel adds plenty of fizz to the story. In chapter one of Murder on the Orient Express, Agatha Christie describes Hercule Poirot as “a little man with enormous moustaches”, so we can hardly …

Murder on the Orient Express trailer: A star-studded new take on the Agatha Christie classic
7 years, 9 months ago

Murder on the Orient Express trailer: A star-studded new take on the Agatha Christie classic

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Until now, with Kenneth Branagh's Murder on the Orient Express gearing up for release, as …

Murder on the Orient Express: Hercule Poirot, the world's greatest detective is back
7 years, 9 months ago

Murder on the Orient Express: Hercule Poirot, the world's greatest detective is back

Firstpost  

Murder on the Orient Express brings to life Agatha Christie’s novel of the same name. Murder on the Orient Express marks another big screen adaptation of one of the greatest mysteries ever told. The plot follows the storyline from Agatha Christie’s 1934 novel of the same name and brings to life Hercule Poirot, the European detective who helps solve a …

Murder on the Orient Express: First look at all-star cast including Daisy Ridley, Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz
7 years, 10 months ago

Murder on the Orient Express: First look at all-star cast including Daisy Ridley, Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Until now, with Kenneth Branagh's Murder on the Orient Express gearing up for release, as …

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