‘Poirot’ Season 11 (2008-09) runs into adaptation challenges
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): Despite some bizarre scripting choices, the series’ production values have never been higher.
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): Despite some bizarre scripting choices, the series’ production values have never been higher.
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): Rewriting of Christie’s words helps one story and hurts another in this season when Ariadne Oliver makes her debut.
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): The “dark years” – not necessarily in a bad way – start with four tragic episodes about unrequited love.
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): The show returns from a four-year hiatus with a last go-around of the ensemble format and one of the series’ best episodes.
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): Which isn’t to say everyone is jolly in the Lee household for “Hercule Poirot’s Christmas,” but we wouldn’t have it any other way.
Sleuthing Sunday (Movie review): True, she doesn’t seem remotely British. But if you can accept the Americanization, this is a fun adaptation of Christie’s novel.
Sleuthing Sunday (Movie review): A standout cast and gorgeous location shooting make this one of the best Poirot film adaptations.
Sleuthing Sunday (Movie review): While the actress isn’t my idea of Christie’s sleuth, the plotting and acting are strong in this adaptation.
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): The writers adapt the final eight Poirot short stories, and take wild swings, before shifting focus to the novels.
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): The show momentarily sets aside short stories to tackle “The ABC Murders,” “Death in the Clouds” and “One, Two, Buckle My Shoe.”