“Sparkling Cyanide” (1945, also known as “Remembered Death”) was adapted twice into TV movies despite not featuring Poirot or Marple, and it’s easy to see
It’s tempting to say “The Andromeda Strain” (1969) is Michael Crichton’s first great novel. Certainly, it’s the first techno-thriller, and the mimicked reportage style influenced
“The Moving Finger” (1943) is not the deepest Agatha Christie novel. But it might intrigue fans of more recent teen fare such as “She’s All
“Only Murders in the Building” (Tuesdays, Hulu) is yet another murder-mystery serial, but it brings its own flavor. Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez
Miss Marple goes a surprising 12 years between her first and second novels, returning in “The Body in the Library” (1942). I’m struck by how
“Reminiscence” (theaters and HBO Max) imagines a future where the coasts are being drowned by rising sea levels. It’s supposed to be foreboding, but it’s
In “Evil Under the Sun” (1941), Hercule Poirot takes a vacation to Smugglers’ Island, off the Southwest coast of England. Wouldn’t you know it, a
“The Mousetrap and Other Stories” (1950) kicks off with a trivia answer: The title novella is the only Agatha Christie story not published in the
M. Night Shyamalan has now put together a winning streak of four solid films with the release of “Old.” While no sane theater-goer expects another
“The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories” (1948) collects 11 Agatha Christie short stories that were originally published in magazines from 1924-47. They were