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Mark Halpern (153 KP) rated Murder on the Orient Express (2017) in Movies

Jan 26, 2018

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Exceptional remake

Based on the famous book written by Agatha Christie Novel Murder On The Orient Express. The story of thirteen different strangers and one famous Detective are on one of the most luxurious trains in the eastern hemisphere. One man gets murdered and it is up to famous detective Hercule Poirot to solve the case. The train passengers contain a mixture of classes from a Princess, to countess, a Doctor, a Dancer, The valet, The professor, the gold digger a antiquities dealer and a nurse, a governess, a Count, the Italian fan and the Conductor. They are the suspects in this cold blooded murder. During the murder the an avalanche knocks the train off the tracks and during this is when the body is discovered. It is this stoppage of time that allows our Hero to question the suspects and try to make sense of all the evidence what ever there maybe.
I can't divulge more because there are so many different plot points that it would ruin the chance for you to see the movie and enjoy it.
The Book can never be beat, The first movie was ok but, the remake was fantastic. Stars Melanie Griffith, Judi Dench, William Dafoe, Daisy Ridley, Johnny Deep, Josh Gad, Penople Cruz and Kenneth Branagh. This is an excellent cast for this movie and it is amazing. I do suggest you read the book first but, that is just a suggestion

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Ashley Catron (66 KP) rated The After Wife in Books

Mar 7, 2018

The After Wife

Gigi Levangie Grazer | 2012 | Fiction & Poetry

5.5

(2 Ratings)

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** spoiler alert ** The book started out really strong and then just kind of tanked for me. I am the type of person where, if I like the book, I can retain minute details about it. I can stop reading somewhere and still be able to pick back up where the story is no longer how much time has passed. I did not experience that with this book. I was roughly halfway through when I put it down and when I came back, I could not remember half of what was going on. It was just very easily forgotten and the story was all over the place. The description on the back makes this seem like it will be a great book about a widow who learns to overcome in the face of death, but instead, it just screams "reality" television. In between her ability to suddenly see dead people, being attracted to any guy who gives her any form of attention, her "support network" of friends that all have severe issues, and then randomly being tasked to solve her husband's murder since she can see dead people and now solving all the cold case files, it was just too much for one book. The characters are easily forgotten, the story does not feel real, and it took until the last 2 pages of the book to finally find out who killed the husband. Overall I would not recommend it.