First Look – Masters of the Universe
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Phineas and Ferb – Lord of the Firesides
- Title: Phineas and Ferb – Lord of the Firesides
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There are no shenanigans from Phineas (Vincent Martella) and Ferb (David Errigo Jr.) in “Lord of the Firesides.” Although the pair make a brief cameo, the story is set around Perry being forced to help Doofenshmirtz (Dan Povenmire) and the villain’s latest invetion being accidentally turned on and triggering trouble at teh Fireside Girl Lodge.
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Evil Under the Sun
- Title: Evil Under the Sun
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The second Agatha Christie adaptation to star Peter Ustinov as master detective Hercule Poirot works better than the first, even if the awkward opening (necessary to wrap-up the case nearly two-hours later) feels completely out of place until the end of the film. While looking into an insurance matter, Poirot travels to an isolated hotel on an island in the Adriatic Sea where the focus of his inquiry, an egotistical gold digging actress (Diana Rigg) who makes more enemies than movies, turns up dead on a secluded beach.
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Death on the Nile
- 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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