Teresa reviews Murder Is Easy (2023) and was enjoying it until climax where the scriptwriters faltered. (c)2025 by Teresa Peschel Fidelity to text: 3 miscellaneous deaths (falling, drowning, car, poison, tree branch) Inspector Battle’s still gone and so is antiques dealer Mr. Ellsworthy. Luke’s now from Nigeria, and all decent people loathe the empire. Quality […]
Teresa reviews Go Back for Murder (1980), the Italian version of the play based on Five Little Pigs. (Delitto retrospettivo) (c)2025 by Teresa Peschel Fidelity to text: 3 poisoned beers Carla’s jerk boyfriend gets disappeared, destroying the love triangle. Quality of movie: 3 poisoned beers The stage play was filmed, so expect stagy, static, and […]
Teresa reviews Towards Zero (2025) and found the BBC production a beautiful but damp adaptation with a disappointing Audrey. (c)2025 by Teresa Peschel Fidelity to text: 3 golf clubs You’ll recognize most of the plot elements, despite them being sieved through a tennis racket and remixed. Quality of movie: 3 golf clubs The pacing often […]
Teresa Reviews the Disappearance of Mr. Davenheim (2005), but she kept being distracted by the better Suchet version. (c)2025 by Teresa Peschel Fidelity to text: 4½ thieves Minor differences to accommodate Maybelle and let Oliver find a clue. Quality of movie: 3½ thieves I shouldn’t have, but I kept comparing this to the much better […]
Teresa reviews Four and Twenty Blackbirds (2005) and found it more static than the Miss Marple episodes. (Nijuyon-wa no kuro-tsugumi) Link: DailyMotion (c)2025 by Teresa Peschel Fidelity to text: 4 falling down stairs Other than adding Maybelle, Oliver, Miss Lemon, and Hastings to do the legwork and removing dentist Henry Bonnington, it’s all there. Quality […]
Teresa reviews Riddle of the Cheap Flat (2005) and thought they neatly inserted Maybelle and her quest to be a detective into the story. (c)2025 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: 3 spies The […]
Teresa reviews Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan (2004) and thought that, for a debut episode, there needed to be more action. (c)2025 by Teresa Peschel Fidelity to text: 3½ thieves Pretty close, considering Maybelle, her dad, and Oliver must be introduced and then meet Poirot and Hastings. Quality of movie: 3 thieves Too much […]
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 […]