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Couple in white wedding attire embrace, surrounded by guests in formal wear in grand hall.
Review

Death on the Nile

by Hannah Strong

Ken­neth Branagh directs and stars in a sec­ond Agatha Christie adap­ta­tion, but we’d rather he hadn’t.

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Three young people, two girls and a boy, posing for a photograph outdoors. The boy holds a sword and a large circular object, while the girls hold smaller, decorated umbrellas.
Review

Belfast

by Hannah Strong

Ken­neth Branagh’s semi-auto­bi­o­graph­i­cal dra­ma about The Trou­bles is under­mined by its depth­less and apo­lit­i­cal tone.

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A middle-aged man with long hair wearing a black robe stands at a wooden podium, with a group of people in robes seated behind him in a dimly lit, ornate room.
Review

All Is True

by Caitlin Quinlan

Ken­neth Branagh directs and stars in this famil­iar and rather sil­ly William Shake­speare biopic.

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A man with a moustache stands in front of a steam train in the snow.
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Murder on the Orient Express

by David Jenkins

The poten­cy of Agatha Christie’s 1934 nov­el shines through the glossy, high-camp screen adaptation.

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Woman in mint green and rust-coloured dress standing on a wooden platform, surrounded by wooden structures and greenery.
Review

Cinederella

by David Jenkins

Ken­neth Branagh’s refresh­ing, irony-free retelling of Cin­derel­la with Down­town Abbey’s Lily James slid­ing on the glass slipper.

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A blonde, muscular man wearing a black shirt and jeans, standing in a muddy, industrial setting, wielding a sledgehammer and breaking apart a large object.
Review

Thor

by James Smith

Just sit back and try to enjoy this sto­ry of an arro­gant God and his ham­mer, and you prob­a­bly won’t be disappointed.

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