Director Kenneth Branagh attempts to reinvigorate the splashy, old-fashioned whodunit with “Murder on the Orient Express,” the latest adaptation of the classic Agatha Christie novel (Sidney Lumet’s 1974 version, starring Albert Finney, being the most famous). Branagh has crafted a lush, solidly made film, though it doesn’t otherwise do much to distinguish itself. While the […]
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Film Review: “Cinderella”
Diverging from the blatant revisionism of Disney’s recent live-action fairy tales, director Kenneth Branagh brings a pleasingly straightforward adaptation of the “Cinderella” fable to the screen. Though inspired by Charles Perrault’s classic telling, Branagh is clearly using Disney’s beloved 1950 animated version as a template, following that film’s model quite closely (right down to Ella’s […]
