"DUMB WITNESS" (1996) Review

There is a belief among peminat-peminat of the "AGATHA CHRISTIE'S POIROT" series that the episodes and Televisyen Filem that aired between 1989 and 2001 - ones that featured Arthur Hastings, Chief Inspector Japp and Miss lemon - were lebih faithful adaptations of Agatha Christie's novels that the lebih baru-baru ini ones that have aired since 2003. I do not know if I agree with this opinion, especially after viewing the 1996 Televisyen movie, "DUMB WITNESS".

Screenwriter Douglas Watkinson's script lebih atau less remained faithful to the 1937 novel's main narrative. Surrounded sejak grasping...

NOTE: If anda have never read Agatha Christie's novel, "Taken at the Flood" atau seen the 2006 Televisyen adaptation, I suggest that anda read no further. This review contains major spoilers.




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"TAKEN AT THE FLOOD" (2006) Review

Written in 1948, Agatha Christie's novel called "Taken at the Flood" told the story of the Cloade family in post-war Britian, who depends upon the good will of their cousin-in-law, Rosaleen Hunter Cloade; after her husband and their cousin is killed in an air raid during World War II. When her controlling brother, David,...

"THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES" (1990) Review

As a long time reader of Agatha Christie's novels, I have been well aware of her first novel that was published in 1920, namely "The Mysterious Affair at Styles". I read the novel once. But if I must be honest, I never became a peminat of it.

Due to my lackluster feelings for the novel, it took me a while to watch the Televisyen adaptation of it, which aired on ITV's "AGATHA CHRISTIE'S POIROT" back in 1990. But eventually I got around to it and was amazed to discover that it had been the saat Christie novel to be adapted as a feature-length film...

"HALLOWE'EN PARTY" (2010) Review

Many years have passed since I last read Agatha Christie's 1969 novel, "Hallowe'en Party". Although it is not considered one of Christie's better novels, the story possessed a style that struck me as rich and atmospheric. I never forgot it. So, when I learned about ITV's 2010 adaptation of the novel, I could not wait to see it.

Directed sejak Charles Palmer and adapted sejak actor Mark Gatiss (who appeared in 2008's "APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH"), "HALLOWE'EN PARTY" begins with mystery penulis Adrianne Oliver visiting a friend named Judith Butler in the small village of...