Miss Angela Cruises the Nile

Hello, Ms. Fletcher... Angela Lansbury's career was nothing if not well-rounded, and one of my favorite roles of hers is that of flamboyant authoress Salome Otterbourne in 1978's Death On the Nile. Oh, this movie is fun. But we'll get to that. And no, I haven't seen the remake yet, although I'd really like to. It all … Continue reading Miss Angela Cruises the Nile

And Then There Was Agatha Christie

Building a mystery... One of the first Agatha Christie films I ever saw was 1945's And Then There Were None. It's got an all-star cast and an effective bait-and-switch structure that I would hate to spoil, so it's probably best to just dive right in without much of a build-up. Here we go... The movie opens … Continue reading And Then There Was Agatha Christie