Mystery

Seventies-style howcatchem ‘Poker Face’ would make Columbo proud

“Poker Face” (Peacock) starts off as an earworm – I’d bet 50 percent of viewers have “puh-puh-puh-poker face” in their head when thinking about the

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‘Agatha Christie’s Poirot’ Season 1 (1989) launches an icon

It took 13 years after Agatha Christie’s death until we got the definitive version of Hercule Poirot on screen, with David Suchet starring in the

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Preston & Child go back in time for ‘Cabinet of Dr. Leng’

Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child have sent Agent Pendergast and other characters to many parts of the globe, but for “The Cabinet of Dr. Leng”

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‘Sleeping Murder’ (1976) a relaxing throwback mystery

“Sleeping Murder” (October 1976), which Agatha Christie (1890-January 1976) wrote mid-career with the purposeful intent of having it published after her death, is like a

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‘Curtain’ (1975) impressively drops on Poirot’s career

Death is such a regular part of Agatha Christie novels that you’d be hard-pressed to find one that doesn’t find someone biting the dust. But

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T&T’s interplay makes ‘Postern of Fate’ (1973) readable

I somewhat dreaded reading and reviewing “Postern of Fate” (1973), Agatha Christie’s last-written novel. It’s a popular choice as her worst book, and I feared

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Christie, Osborne weave a tangled ‘Spider’s Web’ (2000)

Charles Osborne (1927-2017) wraps up his trilogy of Agatha Christie play novelizations with “Spider’s Web” (2000), based on her 1954 play. It’s another tasty snack

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‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ (1973) didn’t start as a slasher

“I Know What You Did Last Summer” was a hit horror movie in 1997, and it’s still a viable franchise today, with a TV series

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‘Unfinished Portrait’ (1934) peeks into Christie’s life

“Unfinished Portrait” (1934), Agatha Christie’s second Mary Westmacott novel, is a straightforward bildungsroman of Celia going from childhood to a suicide attempt to possible peace

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John’s top 10 movies of 2022

The industry is struggling through a post-pandemic transitional period as it figures out how people want to consume movies. For now, there’s still an appetite

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