Death on the Nile Is No Pleasure Cruise

Those who were enamored of Kenneth Branagh’s moody, melodramatic take on the wonderful crime-solving world of Agatha Christie in the surprise 2017 blockbuster Murder on the Orient Express will be thrilled to know that in his followup film, Death on the Nile (in theaters February 11), Branagh provides a very serious backstory for famed investigator Hercule Poirot’s mustache. Because not one bit of iconography can go unexplored and unexplained these days. Such is Branagh and screenwriter Michael Green’s approach to this material: strangely heavy and somber. Christie’s cool flint is swapped out for tearful ruminations on lost love in Death… Read Full Article