Teresa Peschel

Teresa reviews Mysterious Affair at Styles (2016) (a.k.a. La Mystérieuse Affaire de Styles) from the French TV series and found it coherent, tragic, and weird when it’s not creepy. From Les Petits Meurtres d’Agatha Christie, Season Two (c)2023 by Teresa Peschel Fidelity to text: 1½ massages A gullible, rich older woman is set up for […]

Teresa Reviews Murder at the Vicarage (2016) (aka The Protheroe Affair / L’Affaire Protheroe) from Les Petits Meurtres d’Agatha Christie, and wishes it had spent more time on the story and less on the stars. Fidelity to text: 1½ guns Two adulterers separately confess to killing her husband who has a daughter by another woman […]

Teresa Reviews The Pale Horse (2016), an episode from Les Petits Meurtres d’Agatha Christie, and wished it handled the supernatural more realistically. (c)2023 by Teresa Peschel Fidelity to text: 3½ knives It’s all there buried behind the bizarre carnival trappings, with an added evil stepmother scheming to inherit. Quality of movie: 3½ knives Marlène shines […]

Teresa reviews Adventure of Johnny Waverley (2015), an episode from Les Petits Meurtres d’Agatha Christie entitled The Strange Disappearance of Little Bruno (L’Étrange Enlèvement du petit Bruno) and wished the mystery writer in the story wrote the script. (c)2023 by Teresa Peschel Fidelity to text: 2 kidnappers Little Bruno is kidnapped by the same kidnapper […]

Teresa Reviews A Murder Is Announced (2015), a.k.a. Murder Party from Les Petits Meurtres d’Agatha Christie and found its horsing around a little difficult to believe. (c)2023 by Teresa Peschel Fidelity to text: 2½ handguns The core idea remains, even after subtracting most of the villagers, rewriting the sisters’ relationship, and shoehorning in our leads. […]

Teresa reviews Mrs. McGinty’s Dead (2015) and thought a combination of French elegance and missed opportunities. Original title: Mademoiselle Mac Ginty est morte (Miss Mac Ginty has died) From Les Petits Meurtres d’Agatha Christie, Season Two (c)2023 by Teresa Peschel Fidelity to text: 3 knives Working in the three leads altered the plot, big and […]

Teresa reviews Murder Is Easy (2015), an episode titled Un Meurtre est-il facile? (Is a Murder Easy?) from Les Petits Meurtres d’Agatha Christie, and found it a mostly faithful adaptation when it wasn’t running off the rails. (c)2023 by Teresa Peschel Fidelity to text: 2 1/2 weapons Even buried under a mass of loose ends […]

Teresa reviews Hickory Dickory Dock (2015) from the French “Little Murders of Agatha Christie” series and thought this episode was better than usual. Pension Vanilos 2015 French Little Murders Hickory Dickory Dock Les Petits Meurtres d’Agatha Christie, Season Two Episode: Pension Vanilos (c)2023 by Teresa Peschel Fidelity to text: 3 poisoned tea cups Surprisingly close; […]