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Death on the Nile

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  • Title: Death on the Nile (1978)
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I have many of the same issues with the 1978 adaptation of Agatha Christie‘s Death on the Nile as I did with Kenneth Branagh‘s version nearly half a century later. The first film to feature Peter Ustinov as renown detective Hercule Poirot is a dreadful bore that takes more than an hour to get going attempting to rely on beautiful shots of Egypt and overheard snippets conversations to build tepid tension as it treads water until the murder aboard the paddle steamer finally takes place.

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Charlie’s Angels

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  • Title: Charlie’s Angels (2000)
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With tongue planted firmly in cheek, 2000’s big-screen adaption of the late 70s TV show gave us Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu as three talented agents workng for a man named Charlie (voiced by John Forsythe who reprised his role from the series). A massive box office hit, staying at number one for four weeks in a row, Charlie’s Angels took some flack from some critics for aspects of its plot and its cheesecake factor which director McG would lean into even more heavily in the film’s sequel.

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Sisterhood, Inc.

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  • Title: Sisterhood, Inc.
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Despite equal parts makeover and romcom, Sisterhood, Inc. is no She’s All That. After being ousted from the company she founded, and desperately in need of a project, Megan (Rachael Leigh Cook) recruits a board of life coaches (Rosa Gilmore, Steve Schirripa, Jackie Hoffman, and Leonidas Gulaptis) to fix the life of her screw-up younger sister Izzy (Daniella Monet).

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Champagne Problems

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  • Title: Champagne Problems
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Following your basic setup of a career woman finding the perfect guy in an unexpected place (which just happens to be the most romantic city on the planet), at Christmas no less, Minka Kelly stars as an executive sent to Paris to acquire a renowned champagne brand only to fall a dreamy guy (Tom Wozniczka) in a magical French bookstore who turns out to be the founder’s (Thibault de Montalembert) son. While not making googly-eyes, Sydney (Kelly) works to out-sell the other competitors (Sean Amsing, Flula Borg, and Astrid Whettnall).

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Holiday in Santa Fe

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  • Title: Holiday in Santa Fe
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In typical romcom holiday style, we get big city executive Belinda Sawyer (Emeraude Toubia) heading west to broker a deal for her company to buy out a small local business in Santa Fe, New Mexico. One there, Belinda is charmed by the oldest son Tony (Mario Lopez) and their buiness while the rest of the family is far more unsure about giving up their autonomy.

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