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All aboard, listeners! This week, we\u2019re looking at Kenneth Branagh\u2019s recent attempts to take on Agatha Christie\u2019s Hercule Poirot with 2017\u2032s Murder on the Orient Express<\/i>. Directed by and starring Branagh as the French investigator, the film assembled a gobsmacking assemblage of stars (from Michelle Pfeiffer to Judi Dench to Penelope Cruz to Johnny Depp) for one of Christie\u2019s most iconic whodunits that looked to be a splashy blockbuster. Though the film was a box office success enough to launch a new franchise, the film received a ho-hum critical response and never got close to achieving the Oscar embrace received by Sidney Lumet\u2019s 1974 version of the material.<\/p>\n
This episode, we talk about Branagh\u2019s underwhelming approach to the material and how the film doesn\u2019t give us movie stars acting opposite movie stars in the way that we want. We also discuss how Death on the Nile<\/i> compares to this film\u2019s lacking sense of fun, Michelle Pfeiffer\u2019s acting nominations, and the 2017 Saturn Awards.<\/p>\n
Topics also include Ingrid Bergman\u2019s Orient Express<\/i> Oscar win, the film\u2019s odd trailer punctuated by Imagine Dragons, and the mustache.<\/p>\n
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