Following the events of Murder on the Orient Express (2017), Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh) heads to Egypt. Somehow he ends up dragged into the jealousy and threats surrounding newlyweds Simon and Linnet Doyle (Armie Hammer and Gal Godot), the latter - an extremely wealthy heiress - having 'stolen' the fiancee of a former friend who is now … Continue reading Death on the Nile (2022)
Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) is a grifter who'll pull any con if it puts him on the path to riches. Given the Depression of the 1930s, work is hard to come by and so he ends up working with a travelling carnival. All the fun of the fair this is not, by modern standards, with … Continue reading Nightmare Alley (2021)
"Daniel Wilson and Abigail Fenton walked through the high-barred black iron gateway in Great Russell Street that gave entrance to the British Museum, then strode across the wide piazza towards the long row of towering Doric columns that fronted the magnificent building." Former Scotland Yard Inspector Daniel Wilson now works as a 'private enquiry agent' - … Continue reading Murder at the British Museum – Jim Eldridge
I'm a bit late to the game with this one, but at least I get to say "Yes, I know it won the Best Picture Oscar, but..." I haven't seen the other nominees, but I'm still finding it odd that this got the top honour. I mean, it's a good movie, and there are layers … Continue reading The Shape of Water (2017)
"I admit I did not plan my escape very well, but the fact is that I had not planned it at all." There is something enduringly appealing about the Victorian mystery, which is probably what caught my eye on this one - along with the title I've been misspelling all over the place! 😉 Think … Continue reading The Somnambulist and the Psychic Thief – Lisa Tuttle
The Second World War was a time of enormous social change, not least because - as one character in the film puts it - women and old men get opportunities they wouldn't normally, since all the young men are off fighting and dying. One such opportunity arrives for Catrin Cole (Gemma Arterton) when she's recruited to … Continue reading Their Finest (2016)
"It was a little after four o'clock in the evening when Jerry Challoner swung his sports car smartly round the bend in the Kentish road and slid quietly through the village street." Back in the late 1980s, when I was but a tadpole, Margery Allingham's most famous creation, gentleman detective Albert Campion, was brought to … Continue reading The White Cottage Mystery – Margery Allingham
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