Category: Poirot

4 outta 5 Murder on the Orient Express is a big throwback to big stars in a big movie with lots of big acting and big twists and big monologues.   Directed and starring Kenneth Branagh, it has the pace of many of his movies as it opens strong, gets pretty chatty in the middle, and…

3 outta 5 A Haunting in Venice is the third installment in Kenneth Branagh’s directing and starring series as Hercule Poirot, after Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile. The star wattage is decreased considerably each installment; first movie cast is absolutely stacked and by the third not so much. This is…