All aboard Kim Jong-un’s ‘Orient Express: Taking a train across North Korea

Allie Dunnington December 14, 2018 Share this article As one of the first tourists allowed to travel on an overnight sleeper through a remote part of North Korea, Allie Dunnington reports on how things have changed since she last visited a decade ago. I don’t agree with boycotting countries. They never harm the regime, but […]

Agatha Christie's grandson reveals the the woman behind the Orient Express

PR James Pritchard reveals the woman behind the legendary book, now a blockbuster The latest adaptation of Murder On The Orient Express, with Kenneth Branagh as Hercule Poirot, has taken more than $ 350 million dollars at the box office. And a sequel of Death On The Nile is already in the pipeline. So what […]

New Blu-ray Releases: ‘Thor: Ragnarok,’ ‘Coco,’ ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ and More

(Welcome to Not Dead Yet, a feature dedicated to new Blu-ray releases and what special features you should be excited about. Because yes, some of us still like to own physical copies of our movies.) Time for another Blu-ray round-up for all you physical media fiends out there. There’s so much good stuff here, folks. Thor: Ragnarok comes […]

That Was Fast: ‘Death on the Nile’ Adaptation Set to Follow ‘Murder on the Orient Express’

Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Expressmay not be a great movie, but it’s not a terribly offensive one either. And hey, here’s to more literary adaptations for grown-ups with all-star casts if the alternative is yet another superhero epic. At its conclusion (teeny tiny spoiler alert, I guess?), Hercule Poiriot […]

‘Murder on the Orient Express’ Sequel ‘Death on the Nile’ is Coming

Ready for the Agatha Christie cinematic universe? If you enjoyed Kenneth Branagh‘s recent big screen take on Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, here’s some good news: a sequel is now in the works in the form of Death on the Nile. Branagh is expected to helm Death on the Nile, which will be the next adventure featuring […]

Does Daisy Ridley Have a Future Beyond ‘Star Wars’? ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ Suggests Yes

This year’s holiday movie season brings us arguably the most widely anticipated blockbuster of the entirety of 2017: Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Rian Johnson’s follow-up to the massively popular revival of the Star Wars franchise in 2015, The Force Awakens, is still five weeks away from release, and is all but guaranteed to be a […]

Messy New ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ Adaptation is a Missed Opportunity

Murder on the Orient Express opens with Kenneth Branagh literally stepping in shit, a metaphor so apt for the 114 minutes that follows, it’s hard to believe the director/star isn’t straight-up trolling. Who else would so flagrantly tempt his critics? Perhaps the image is merely a challenge to himself, a visual wink that we’d have […]

Murder on the Orient Express movie reviews: Is it full steam ahead or off the rails?

Last night saw the world premiere of the Agatha Christie adaptation take place at London’s Royal Albert Hall. The film’s stars were greeted by their fans as film critics took their seats to watch Murder on the Orient Express. The classic mystery has been adapted a number of times for film and TV, but just […]

The kidnap case that inspired Murder On The Orient Express

When Murder On The Orient Express was published in 1934 its author Agatha Christie was known as the Queen of Crime and copies raced off the shelves.  The book was turned into a film starring Albert Finney as her Belgian detective Hercule Poirot 40 years later and was immediately nominated for six Academy Awards.  Indeed, […]

The original Orient Express train set to surprise fans at St Pancras station in London

It will be the first time the historic train, which usually begins its journey in Calais, has come to Britain and it will include a carriage that Christie used when she travelled on it. Christie devotees are expected to flock to the star-studded premiere on November 2 and to see the train which inspired what […]