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Death on the Nile By Calum Whitfield A fun murder mystery with a stellar cast. It doesn’t do anything new, but it does most of it well. 3.5/5 Cameras🎥🎥🎥.5 Directed by: Kenneth Branagh  Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Emma Mackey, et al Where to find it: In cinemas now  No Copyright Infringement Intended  Agatha Christie is by many counts the most successful author of all time and Hercule Poirot is far and away her most famous creation, having appeared in 33 novels and numerous film and television adaptations. I’ve never read or seen any of them, beyond maybe a few minutes of the ITV series starring David Suchet. That is until I decided to give the latest version of Death on the Nile a go, a sequel to a version of Murder on the Orient Express released a few years prior, and I must say I’m rather glad I did. Death in the Nile begins with Poirot (Kenneth Branagh, who also directed the film) visiting a bar in London where we are introduced to several ...

Red Notice  By Emily Hubbard  Netflix's latest star-studded action-comedy fails to live up to its predecessors  2.5/5 Cameras 🎥🎥.5 Directed by: Rawson Marshall Thurber Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot  Where to find it: Netflix  No Copyright Infringement Intended  In stark contrast to the unprecedented drought of last year, 2021 has left film lovers spoiled for choice when it comes to new releases. Despite the initial excitement this prospect heralds, it does, however, mean that audiences have frequently been required to carefully pick which of the abundance of new content is worth their precious time. Red Notice, unfortunately, is not. The title of Netflix’s latest big-budget release refers to a global alert issued by Interpol to find and arrest an individual, a Red Notice, and follows the unlikely pairing of John Hartley (Dwayne Johnson) an Interpol agent, and widely renowned art thief Nolan Booth (Ryan Reynolds) as they attempt ...