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Advantages: Beautiful to watch, wonderfully acted...and you'll never guess who did it!
Disadvantages: Albert Finney's rather strange moustache

...of a series of four Agatha Christie films to be released during the 1970's - 80's, 'Murder on the Orient Express' found great success with a wide audience and has stayed a firm favourite with movie fans the world over since. Due mainly to the strength of its plot and the acting ability of the ensemble cast its success has led to it being put out in a DVD format alone, rather than in a box set with the other three. The cast is an excellent one; a ...
...book, and the script had Agatha Christie's approval before filming began. Therefore the plot looses nothing in the transfer from book to film. The year is 1935 and the renowned Belgian detective Hercule Poirot finds himself returning to England via the overland route of the Orient Express, and sharing the train with twelve interesting and memorable characters. On the first night a passenger Samuel Ratchett asks for his personal protection…he says ... Read review

Advantages: the plots keep you watching for hours
Disadvantages: there is only 4 films

...is brilliant. If your an agatha christie fan you will love this. The most famous fim of them all is included (murder on the orient express). In this you see famous faces such as sean connery and albert finney. This is a great film seeing the murder of one man. There are many clues and many red herrings. For those of you who have not seen this film i will not spoil it by saying what happens, all i will say is if you go on the orient express lock your ...
...to visit. Again in true agatha christie style this film is full of twist and has such a creative plot line. my least favourite is the mirror cracked, i am not a big miss marple fan but it is still worth a watch no matter. All i will say is if you like agatha christie this box set is a must. I have not given much detail away about the film as i do not wish to ruin it for those of you who have not had the joy of seeing them yet. ... Read review

Advantages: star cast, excellent acting all round
Disadvantages: no David Suchet

...Englishmen in many of the Agatha Christie books. I have to say that the film was a pretty good adaptation of the book which isn't all the case when Christie novels are made into films. The film has an all star cast who I've listed at the bottom but I will go through some of the more notable performances here as well as the perhaps not so notable from my point of view... Albert Finney as Poirot did not impress me as much as I would have hoped. I've ...
...me to find out that Agatha Christie herself gave her seal of approval to the screenplay for the film and attended the film premiere herself and approved of the end product too! It was common knowledge that she was not a big fan of her own creation Poirot so maybe this rather aggressive side of him portrayed in a particular scene would not have offended her. I have always liked Sean Connery and his acting in this film was no exception. He plays a ... Read review

Advantages: Well directed and acted,gripping,plot twists
Disadvantages: they havent made series 2 yet!

...The strange case of Dr Jekyll an Mr Hyde. I am so glad i did, it was worth every penny ( not much at a fiver though!) and every second. Tom Jackman (Nesbitt) plays a loving husband and father who at any given moment can turn into a psychotic enraged madman who simply calls himself "Hyde". As Hyde's visits become more frequent, Jackman must seclude himself and keep Hyde under observation with the help of Katherine Reimer (played by Michelle Ryan). ...
...but he turns out to be more sinister and more terrifying than she could ever have imagined. She must keep the lights and cameras on at all times as Hyde will not attack her when "Daddy" can see. As a result of this experiment, Jackmans Family life suffers and his wife Claire hires private detective played by Meera Syal to see whats going on. His work as a research scientist suffers too and his "best friend" Peter Syme can't help. I don't want ... Read review

Advantages: although an 18 certificate, not too spooky for us wimps
Disadvantages: none

I recently joined an online DVD club and Mr Brooks was the first film to be sent to me, as I work nights and am a bit of a wimp I decided to watch this film during the day in Bed, the result was I didn't get much sleep, not because it was overly spooky and I was scared to sleep but because it was a truelly gripping film and I did not want to miss a second of it. Mr Brooks Is definatly one of the best films I have had the pleasure of watching this ... Read review