Teresa reviews Christmas Crime (2017) (Le Crime de Noël) from Les Petits meurtres d’Agatha Christie. (Le Crime de Noël) (c)2023 by Teresa Peschel Fidelity to text: 0 handguns This film was made up from whole cloth, supposedly in the spirit of Agatha. Agatha would have done a much better job. Quality of film: 2 handguns […]
Teresa reviews Third Girl (2017) (a.k.a. High Fashion Crimes / Crimes haute couture) and found it’s skirts its plot for the usual pattern of high-jinks. (c)2023 by Teresa Peschel Fidelity to text: 1½ scissors A woman is manipulated into thinking she’s a murderess because a man she trusts has something to hide. That’s it. Quality […]
Teresa reviews The Mirror Crack’d (2017) (Le miroir se brisa) from the French “Little Murders of Agatha Christie,” and thought it was surprisingly good and it gives Margo Bence her moment in the spotlight. (c)2023 by Teresa Peschel Fidelity to text: 4 poisoned cocktails Despite adding our threesome and subtracting most of the novel’s cast, […]
Teresa reviews Man in the Brown Suit (2016) a.k.a. L’Homme au complet marron and found it decent but only one scene came from the novel (c)2023 by Teresa Peschel Read more of Teresa’s Agatha Christie movie reviews at Peschel Press. Also, follow Teresa’s discussion of these movie on her podcast. Fidelity to text: ½ gun […]
Teresa reviews Caribbean Mystery (2016), an episode of Les Petits Meurtres d’Agatha Christie titled “Albert Major Talks Too Much” (Albert Major parlait trop) and thinks that even without the voodoo, there’s enough creepiness going around. (c)2023 by Teresa Peschel Read more of Teresa’s Agatha Christie movie reviews at Peschel Press. Also, follow Teresa’s discussion of […]
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. […]