Teresa reviews Motive v. Opportunity (2005) and appreciates how Miss Marple teaches us to be wary of fake spiritualists. Source: DailyMotion (c)2025 by Teresa Peschel Fidelity to text: 4 crystal balls You’ll never catch Miss Marple conducting a séance, but she does here, and it’s for the benefit of the duck. Quality of episode: 4½ […]
Teresa reviews The Blue Geranium (2005) and thought the anime did a good job of conveying the poisonous (and poisoned) Mary Pritchard. Source: DailyMotion Fidelity to text: 4 poison bottles The housemaids get the plot moving and Jean Instow is mostly gone, but everything else is there. Quality of episode: 4½ poison bottles Murder, the […]
Teresa reviews Crime of the Gold Ingots (2005) and thought it was a beautiful adaption of the Miss Marple short story. (Kinkai Jiken) Source: DailyMotion (c)2025 by Teresa Peschel Fidelity to text: 4 gold bars The framing story’s been rewritten to accommodate Maybelle and the duck. Quality of episode: 4 gold bars Beautiful, evocative watercolors […]
Teresa reviews Tape-Measure Murder (2005) and says the anime adaptation is coherent and complete for a 25 minute episode. (Makijaku satsujin jiken) (c)2025 by Teresa Peschel Fidelity to text: 5 garrotes Maybelle and the duck exist to ask leading questions but otherwise, you’ll recognize every moment. Quality of movie: 4 garrotes Coherent and complete, considering […]
Teresa reviews Perfect Maid (2005) from the Japanese anime series Agatha Christie’s Great Detectives Poirot and Marple. (Moshibun no nai Meido) (c)2025 by Teresa Peschel Source: YouTube Fidelity to text: 5 thieves Maybelle takes Edna’s role and Constable Hearst takes Inspector Slack’s, but otherwise, it’s all there. Quality of movie: 4 thieves Tightly written and […]
Teresa reviews Strange Will (2004) and thought that it packed a lot of story into 25 minutes. (Fugawari na Yuigon) (c)2025 by Teresa Peschel Fidelity to text: 5 stamps The major change was changing a British idiom into a joke for the Japanese audience. Quality of film: 4 stamps There’s a lot packed into 25 […]
Teresa reviews 4.50 from Paddington (2018), the Japanese TV movie version, and thought it was a faithful adaptation with a youthened Miss Marple. Known in Japan as Paddington Hatsu 4ji 50pun: Shindai Tokkyuu Satsushin Jiken. (Bill here: I’m sorry this is kinda truncated. We’ve been working hard this past week on getting the book finished […]
Teresa reviews Murder on the Orient Express (2015) and found the second episode a worthy addition to the Christie canon (c)2025 by Teresa Peschel (Oriento Kyuukou Satsujin Jiken) How acquired: DVD version from Japan from a friend. Fidelity to text: 4 knives The first episode of the two-part TV movie follows the text closely, other […]
Teresa reviews Death in the Clouds (2005) and found the multi-episode story a faithful adaptation. (c)2025 by Teresa Peschel Fidelity to text: 4 poisoned darts Maybelle, Oliver, and Hastings replaced a few minor characters. Otherwise, it’s all there. Quality of movie: 4 poisoned darts Lovely, evocative watercolor tour of Paris complement a fast-paced story. Read […]
Teresa reviews The Mystery of the Ten Strangers (2011) (c)2025 by Teresa Peschel (Video of the episodes can be found at the RTVE site (subscription needed), while transcripts needed to assemble the English subtitles can be found at the Agatha Christie Wiki page.) Fidelity to text: 3½ weapons The characters don’t match And Then There […]