Bill Speaks with Gabby Allan
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 “Five Little Pigs” (2003)
Teresa reviews “Five Little Pigs” (2003) and thought it was one of the best of the Poirot adaptations. Fidelity to text: 4 poison bottles A more tragic death for Caroline, Philip Blake is gay (but you could make a case for it), we don’t see the painting, and added drama at the climax. Quality of […]
Teresa Reviews “Sparkling Cyanide” (2003)
Teresa reviews “Sparkling Cyanide” (2003) and gives it a red card for unsportsmanlike plotting. Read more of Teresa’s Agatha Christie movie reviews at Peschel Press. Also, follow Teresa’s discussion of these movies on her podcast. Fidelity to text: 2 ½ glasses poisoned champagne A reverie from Iris’s point of view became a modern police procedural […]
Teresa reviews “Murder on the Orient Express” (2017)
Teresa reviews “Murder on the Orient Express” (2017) and wishes that someone restrained Sir Kenny’s ego. Fidelity to text: 3 knives Did you know that Poirot is an acrobat, indulges himself in chases, wears a leather corset (in a thankfully deleted scene), and gets shot? I didn’t either. Quality of movie on its own: 3 […]
Teresa Reviews “Murder in Mesopotamia” (2002)
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 […]
Podcast: Teresa Reviews Agatha Christie Movies Ep4 “Murder in Mesopotamia” (2002)
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” (2010)
Teresa reviews “Murder on the Orient Express” (2010) and found this version forgot the true victims in the Daisy Armstrong case. Fidelity to text: 3 1/2 knives Add a suicide (caused by Poirot), a stoning (which he disregards), Ratchett supposedly repenting, and Col. Arbuthnot taking justice into his own hands. Quality of movie on its […]
Agatha Christie, She Watched episode 3: “Murder on the Orient Express” (2017)
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
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 […]
Teresa Reviews “The Pale Horse” (2020)
Teresa reviews “The Pale Horse” (2020) and enjoyed Sarah Phelps’ changes to the Christie novel. Fidelity to text: 2 ½ poison bottles This is true to the spirit but not to the text. What is real? What is smoke and mirrors? Who can you trust? Quality of movie on its own: 4 poison bottles Hypnotic […]