We discovered a new Agatha Christie podcast! It’s called “Tea & Murder: An Agatha Christie Podcast” and it is hosted by Rebecca Thandi Norman. The show has only one full episode (plus a trailer and a “here’s who I am and what this show’s about” episodes), and the structure is part interview and part book […]
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A new episode dropped in our “Agatha Christie, She Watched” podcast: The ABC Murders! This week, we’re talking about traveling salesmen, boarding houses with benefits, murder parties and dangerous backgammon. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss the 2018 movie “The ABC Murders,” starring John Malkovich as Hercule Poirot. This is a Poirot you’ve […]
A new episode dropped in our “Agatha Christie, She Watched” podcast: The Witness for the Prosecution! This week, we’re talking about industrial fog, police brutality, old women and young lovers, and a bloodstained pussycat. Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press discuss the 2016 movie “The Witness for the Prosecution,” starring Toby Jones and Kim […]
Teresa reviews “Agatha and the Truth of Murder” (2018) and enjoyed very much the mix of the real Agatha with a fictional murder case. Fidelity to life: 2½ hatchets A surprising amount of reality mixed into a Christie-esque murder mystery. Quality of movie on its own: 4 hatchets Much better than it had any right […]
Speaking of podcasts (all right, we weren’t, but roll with me), but we had forgotten to announces that Bill speaks with Gabby Allan (aka Misty Simon) on her podcast! Give it a listen!
Teresa Reviews “Murder in Mesopotamia “(2002) and wishes they hadn’t shoehorned Hastings and Princess Rossakoff where they weren’t needed. Fidelity to text: 3 querns Hastings stole Amy Leathern’s lines. Countess Vera Rossakoff showed up from out of the sand but for no discernible reason. Quality of movie on its own: 3 querns A fascinating archeological […]
Teresa Reviews “Murder in Mesopotamia” (2002) in the fourth episode of our podcast! Now coming out every Monday. And just a reminder that these reviews are SPOILER HEAVY so don’t listen if you don’t want to know whodunnit! Teresa and Bill Peschel from Peschel Press watch and review the David Suchet Poirot “Murder in Mesopotamia” […]
Teresa Reviews “Murder on the Orient Express” (2017) in the third episode of our new podcast! Bill here. Yes, it took me three episodes to let y’all know that we launched at podcast! That’s actually pretty good response time, considering that we watched upwards of 160 movies before realizing we could talk about it! And […]
Bill reviews “Skipping Christmas” (2001) by John Grisham and found in its story of commercialism & societal pressure a Ur-text for Randians. John Grisham, the creator of straight-shooting legal thrillers, is carrying on the thrilling work of Ayn Rand, and he has outdone the master of “The Fountainhead” and “Atlas Shrugged” by taking the standard […]