"Dumb Witness" (1996)

NOTE: If 你 have never read Agatha Christie's novel, "Taken at the Flood" 或者 seen the 2006 电视 adaptation, I suggest that 你 read no further. This review contains major spoilers.




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"TAKEN AT THE FLOOD" (2006) Review

Written in 1948, Agatha Christie's novel called "Taken at the Flood" told the story of the Cloade family in post-war Britian, who depends upon the good will of their cousin-in-law, Rosaleen Hunter Cloade; after her husband and their cousin is killed in an air raid during World War II. When her controlling brother, David,...

"DUMB WITNESS" (1996) Review

There is a belief among 粉丝 of the "AGATHA CHRISTIE'S POIROT" series that the episodes and 电视 电影院 that aired between 1989 and 2001 - ones that featured Arthur Hastings, Chief Inspector Japp and Miss 柠檬 - were 更多 faithful adaptations of Agatha Christie's novels that the 更多 最近的 ones that have aired since 2003. I do not know if I agree with this opinion, especially after viewing the 1996 电视 movie, "DUMB WITNESS".

Screenwriter Douglas Watkinson's script 更多 或者 less remained faithful to the 1937 novel's main narrative. Surrounded 由 grasping...

"THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES" (1990) Review

As a long time reader of Agatha Christie's novels, I have been well aware of her first novel that was published in 1920, namely "The Mysterious Affair at Styles". I read the novel once. But if I must be honest, I never became a 粉丝 of it.

Due to my lackluster feelings for the novel, it took me a while to watch the 电视 adaptation of it, which aired on ITV's "AGATHA CHRISTIE'S POIROT" back in 1990. But eventually I got around to it and was amazed to discover that it had been the 秒 Christie novel to be adapted as a feature-length film...

"HALLOWE'EN PARTY" (2010) Review

Many years have passed since I last read Agatha Christie's 1969 novel, "Hallowe'en Party". Although it is not considered one of Christie's better novels, the story possessed a style that struck me as rich and atmospheric. I never forgot it. So, when I learned about ITV's 2010 adaptation of the novel, I could not wait to see it.

Directed 由 Charles Palmer and adapted 由 actor Mark Gatiss (who appeared in 2008's "APPOINTMENT WITH DEATH"), "HALLOWE'EN PARTY" begins with mystery 作者 Adrianne Oliver visiting a friend named Judith Butler in the small village of...