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A few interesting things happened on the way to Kenneth Branagh’s Death on the Nile being released in theaters. Originally scheduled for October 23, 20

Kenneth Branagh’s Agatha Christie adaptation “Death on the Nile” begins with a flashback to the trenches of World War I before shifting to 1930s London two decades later, but that’s nothing compared to the time that’s passed since Branagh’s preceding 2017 whodunit “Murder on the Orient Express.” That film, which packed a bevy of stars…

Gal Gadot plays an heiress hosting a deadly honeymoon cruise in the ‘Orient Express’ sequel

After countless delays, "Death on the Nile" is making its humbled way into theaters. A glossy, star-studded adaptation of Agatha Christie's 1937 novel, the film, with Kenneth Branagh returning as the mustachioed Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, feels like a creaky murder mystery too insecure to simply let its talky characters and spiraling plot lines play out.

In "Death on the Nile" the S.S. Karnak river cruiser is a beaut. I wish the movie were half as beautiful.