The Sheep Detectives
When a shepherd (Hugh Jackman) in an English village is found murdered, his sheep decide to put their crime-solving talents to the test. A German novel is filmed, but its…
Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials
In 1925, a party ends in what looks like suicide; ”Bundle” (Mia McKenna-Bruce) was supposed to marry the victim and suspects a crime might have been committed. The man behind…
The Long Goodbye
Eileen Wade (Nina van Pallandt) hires L.A. private eye Philip Marlowe (Elliott Gould) to find her husband (Sterling Hayden), but the case is also connected to the death of a…
Wake Up Dead Man
Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) investigates the murder of a monsignor (Josh Brolin) in an upstate New York church; one of the suspects is Jud Duplenticy (Josh O’Connor), a newly-arrived priest…
Murder on the Orient Express
In 1935, famous detective Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney) boards the Orient Express, but ends up stranded in Yugoslavia with a fresh murder case and a train full of suspects. Agatha…
Murder Is Easy
In the early 1950s, a young Nigerian attaché (David Jonsson) on his way to Whitehall runs into an elderly woman (Penelope Wilton) who tells him about her village where she…
A Haunting in Venice
Venice, 1947; Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh) is enjoying his retirement when a friend (Tina Fey) of his draws him into a murder mystery involving a medium (Michelle Yeoh). Branagh’s third…
Glass Onion
Tech billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton) invites a group of friends over to a Greek island for a murder mystery game where he will play the victim; also present is…
Death on the Nile
In 1937, Hercule Poirot (Kenneth Branagh) finds himself on a steamer on the Nile, trying to figure out whom among the passengers is a murderer. Branagh donned the elaborate Poirot…
Sherlock: The Adventures of a Modern Detective
Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. Photo: BBC There’s a moment in ”A Scandal in Belgravia”, the first episode of the second season of Sherlock, that made me laugh. Sherlock Holmes…