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A perfectly handcrafted wedding party against the backdrop of 1930’s Egypt: Plenty of dancing, alcohol and motive for murder, yet everyone seems to have an airtight alibi. “Death on the

In a post-"Knives Out world, Kenneth Branaghs Death on the Nile is a stale murder mystery with too much exposition and an Armie Hammer problem.

Schroders has promoted Simon Doyle from his role as head of multi-asset to the newly-created role of chief investment officer for Australia.

Schroders has created the role of chief investment officer, Australia, while also making two leadership appointments within its multi-asset and fixed income teams.

DUBAI: With “Death on the Nile,” director Kenneth Branagh revisits another iconic Agatha Christie novel (following 2017’s “Murder on the Orient Express”) — this time a glamorous-but-deadly whodunnit set on a Nile River cruiseship in the 1930s. Famed Belgian detective Hercule Poirot (Branagh) is on board the elegant floating palace SS Karnak, which is hosting the honeymoon

‘Death on the Nile’

The movie doesn't lack substance or plot altogether, but it does feel like substance and plot weren't the filmmakers' central concern.

Much like the plagues that biblically, um, plagued ancient Egypt, the film "Death on the Nile" suffered its fair share of locusts.

Image Courtesy of 20th Century Studios/Roger Ebert By Dean Robbins Death on the Nile (2022)…

It's all an overindulgent, glaringly-artificial, colonial-era fantasy.