Murder on the Orient Express (2018) --- "Everyone Is A Suspect, But The Ending Will Leave You Speechless."

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A lavish trip through Europe quickly unfolds into a race against time to solve a murder aboard a train. When an avalanche stops the Orient Express dead in its tracks, the world's greatest detective -- Hercule Poirot -- arrives to interrogate all passengers and search for clues before the killer can strike again. (1)

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     I must first point out that I have not had the opportunity to read the book on which the film is based on, so this review contains no comparison between the two different formats. More than 40 years after her death, Agatha Christie’s work still lives with the BBC regularly producing miniseries based on her work. And now within the same year we, as moviegoers, get to see not one but two of her famous books come to life on screen. The first is what Kenneth Branagh's recent interpretation of Murder on the Orient Express (2017), while the second is based on the book Christie considers to be her best and favorite work, Crooked House. This review is based on former of the two.

Crooked House (2017) --- “Curious Thing, Rooms. They Can Tell You Quite A Lot About The People Who Live In Them.”- Agatha Christie

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In this classic Agatha Christie detective story, former diplomat Charles Hayward has returned from Cairo to London to become a private detective. When Aristide Leonides, a wealthy and ruthless tycoon, is poisoned in his own bed, Detective Hayward is invited to solve the crime. As the investigation deepens he must confront the shocking realization that one of the key suspects is Aristede's beautiful granddaughter, his employer and former lover; and must keep a clear head to navigate the sultry Sophia and the rest of her hostile family. (1)

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     I must first point out that I have not had the opportunity to read the book on which the film is based on, so this review contains no comparison between the two different formats. More than 40 years after her death, Agatha Christie’s work still lives with the BBC regularly producing miniseries based on her work. And now within the same year we, as moviegoers, get to see not one but two of her famous books come to life on screen. The first is Kenneth Branagh's recent interpretation of Murder on the Orient Express (2017), while the second is based on the book Christie considers to be her best and favorite work, Crooked House. This review is based on later of the two.

Phantom Thread (2018) --- "Explore The Complex Life Of A Fashion Designer Haunted By His Mother's Ghost And The Women Who Control Him."

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Set in the glamour of 1950’s post-war London, renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his sister Cyril (Lesley Manville) are at the center of British fashion, dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites, debutantes and dames with the distinct style of The House of Woodcock. Women come and go through Woodcock’s life, providing the confirmed bachelor with inspiration and companionship, until he comes across a young, strong-willed woman, Alma (Vicky Krieps), who soon becomes a fixture in his life as his muse and lover. Once controlled and planned, he finds his carefully tailored life disrupted by love. With his latest film, Paul Thomas Anderson paints an illuminating portrait both of an artist on a creative journey, and the women who keep his world running. (1)

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     Written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights), Phantom Thread (2018) is an intimately delicate and beautifully crafted masterpiece that expresses an artist's creative journey through threads of fashion and romance. Through an expansive story, lavish cinematography, epic sound, and a stellar cast the film follows a unique perspective on love, in which sometimes love is used to shape and manipulate a person’s delicate heartstrings in order to achieve someone else’s goal or ideas. At first, the film presents itself as a stylish and romantic look into the fashion industry but as the film progresses we start to see a tense and somewhat crazy world without losing its lightness or romance. Aside from being a romance, this film is also a ghost story as it explores the notion that artists are haunted by ghosts and they use are to quell an inner yearning for something transcendental. Phantom Thread develops a life of its own which allows Anderson to squeeze tension in every frame, further highlighting the notion that this film is haunted.

I Can Only Imagine (2018) --- "We've Heard The Song That Inspired Millions, And This Is The Untold Story."

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Growing up in Greenville, Texas, Bart Millard suffers physical and emotional abuse at the hands of his father, Arthur. When Arthur becomes terminally ill, he finds redemption by embracing his faith and rediscovering his love for his son. Years later, Bart's troubled childhood and mended relationship with his dad inspires him to write the hit song "I Can Only Imagine" as singer of the Christian band MercyMe. (1)

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     I Can Only Imagine (2018) was an interesting, inspiring, and powerful true story behind one of the most popular and inspiring Christian song of the same name by Mercy Me. Sometimes movie trailers have a habit of revealing the entire film but luckily this was not the case for this film. I Can Only Imagine is so much better than the trailer makes it out to be, and the story behind this famous song is probably more inspiring than the song itself. I Can Only Imagine deserves the audience’s full undivided attention as it will not disappoint.

Let There Be Light (2017) --- "Find Out How An Atheist Found God After A Near-Death Experience Challenges His Beliefs."

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For all his far-reaching fame, Sol Harkens, the world's most famous atheist, is a lonely soul and a lousy part-time dad. After a near death experience challenges his simplest assumptions about this world, Sol finds his purpose and re-imagines his life, in a film that will make you laugh and cry and want to stand up and cheer. (1)

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     Directed by Kevin Sorbo, written by Dan Gordon and Sam Sorbo, and produced by Sean Hannity, Let There Be Light (2017) is a faith-based film for the whole family. The film follows Kevin Sorbo who plays the stereotypical atheist making fun of Christians and their belief. But after he has a near-death experience, audiences are taken on a journey from the depths of despair to the glory of Heaven.