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Murder on the Orient Express (2017) Movie Review

December 12, 2017 Steve Baqqi
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I have never read a single Agatha Christie book, nor could I recall having I seen a single movie or T.V. show based on her work until I started doing supplementary research on this movie (call me unenlightened). This is a shocking statement, I know, but it gave me the advantage of reviewing this film tabula rasa, unencumbered by preconceived notions or expectations from the books or previous adaptations. My resulting enlightenment resonated with the sentiment, “Meh…not bad.” The story follows one Hercule Poirot, a world-famous detective who is well into his career and now looking for some rest and relaxation. Despite Poirot’s best efforts, he becomes embroiled in perhaps his most difficult case yet, confined to the snowbound Orient Express.

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Tags Murder on the Orient Express, Agatha Christie, Movies Based on Books, 2017, Hercule Poirot, Kenneth Branagh, The Hateful Eight, Quentin Tarantino, 65mm film, Train Movie, Walloon, Belgian, Belgium, super detective, Murder Mystery, Judy Dench, Johnny Depp, Daisy Ridley, Willem Dafoe, Penelope Cruz, Josh Gad, Michelle Pfeiffer
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The Legend of Tarzan (2016) Movie Review

July 25, 2016 Steve Baqqi

The Legend of Tarzan is, along with The Shallows, another surprisingly good film of 2016 (and forget what the Tomatometer says). I went into this film with extremely low expectations and The Legend of Tarzan exceeded all of them. That’s not to say that the film is great or even very good, no it's far from it.  But The Legend of Tarzan isn’t a terrible either. It's an epic reimagining of Tarzan that stumbles but succeeds in being a satisfying adventure film.

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Tags The Legend of Tarzan, 2016, The Shallows, Tomatometer, Epic Reimagining, Tarzan, Alexander Skarsgard, King of The Jungle, England, Jane, Margot Robbie, Lord Greystoke, John Clayton III, The Congo, King Leopold II, Belgium, Slavery, George Washington Williams, Africa, Jane Porter Clayton, Christoph Waltz, Captain Leon Rom, European colonialsm, Racism, War Profiteering, White Savior, The Jungle Book, The Planet of The Apes
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