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Owen Gleiberman Chief Film CriticAgatha Christie was born in 1890, and the heyday of movie adaptations of her novels goes quite a ways back (like, 70 or 80 years). The whole structure and flavor of this sort of delectably engineered whodunit, with its cast of suspects drawn in deliberate broad strokes and its know-it-all detective whose powers of deduction descend directly from Sherlock Holmes, is rooted in the cozy symmetry of the studio-system era.

Kenneth Branagh’s adaptation of “Death on the Nile” begins with a sequence that is miles removed from Agatha Christie — indeed, it feels like a Branagh has spliced in a missing reel from “1917.” In an unbroken take, his camera snakes through a WWI-era foxhole, ending with the delivery of orders for a suicide mission. But maybe not.

accused of sexual assault and rape.) There are plenty of other reasons to wish the perfectly watchable “Death” had been better, if only because it’s already an upgrade from the flat, purposeless “Express.” This one’s trappings are plusher, its puzzle and solution niftier, yet still not totally there as a smoothly glamorous, engrossing piece of escapism.Christie aficionados may wonder what a grey WWI prologue in Belgium’s blood-soaked trenches has to do with Mediterranean misadventure. But Branagh and Green believe, a tad obnoxiously, that Poirot is more interesting if he’s less comical oddball and more heavy-headed hero with a lost love.

Daniel Craig may be done with James Bond, but his next franchise is well and truly already established. Having portrayed Detective Benoit Blanc in Rian Johnson's Knives Out, the No Time To Die star returns for another murder mystery as the Southern gentlemen. Untitled Knives Out 2 was shot on the Greek island of Spetses last summer and sees the former 007 opposite an amazing cast just like last time.

Chris Willman Music WriterKenneth Wannberg, composer and Emmy-winning music editor who worked on nearly half of all John Williams’ films dating back to the late 1960s, died Jan. 27 at his home in Florence, Oregon.

Didn’t have her back? Lala Kent called out Vanderpump Rules costar Tom Sandoval for not showing up for her amid her split from Randall Emmett.

The Bachelorette creates successful, long-lasting couples. In seven seasons of the dating show, only Georgia Love and Lee Elliott have made their relationship work in the real world.WATCH: Brooke Blurton chooses Darvid Garayeli on The Bachelorette AustraliaBy comparison, The Bachelor Australia has produced five lasting love stories including Tim Robards and Anna Heinrich, Sam Wood and Snezana Markoski, Matty Johnson and Laura Byrne, Locky Gilbert and Irena Srbinovska, and most recently Jimmy Nicholson and Holly Kingston.While Angie and her finale pick Carlin Sterritt lasted eight months outside the show before breaking up, the 31-year-old is now weighing in on The Bachelorette's low success rate."I saw comments like, 'The Bachelorettes must only go on it for fame and that's why they don't work out as long' and I'm like, hang on a damn minute," she told best friend Yvie Jones on their Two Girls One Pod podcast.Angie Kent and Carlin Sterrit on The Bachelorette Australia."Have we ever thought for a second that maybe the Bachelorettes don't work out as often because most women going on The Bachelor and The Bachelorette are probably a little more likely to be looking for love than going on Bachelor In Paradise and getting Instagram followers and going on tours to bang heaps of girls than the dudes are for The Bachelorette?" she said.Yvie said it simply could be down to casting, and that the producers are better at picking women for The Bachelor than they are at picking men for The Bachelorette."I think it goes to show that there's probably a lot more amazing women out there going on these shows than there are men, like that is just proven time and time again," Angie responded.Yvie added: "Yeah, I'd like to see the casting

Showbiz news here. She dated Tom Cruise from 2001 to 2004 after they met on the set of Vanilla Sky, a science fiction psychological film. At the time Tom was married to Nicole Kidman and he and Penelope began dating after they had filmed Vanilla Sky and Tom was no longer with Nicole.

Clayton Davis After a stampede of awards announcements that include ACE Eddies, Producers Guild and Writers Guild of America Awards, the prestigious Directors Guild of America Awards finally weighs in with their own set of nominees that recognizes achievements in directing.In the motion pictures category, the group nominated Kenneth Branagh for “Belfast” (Focus Features), Jane Campion for “The Power of the Dog” (Netflix), Paul Thomas Anderson for “Licorice Pizza” (MGM/United Artists Releasing), Steven Spielberg for “West Side Story” (20th Century Studios) and Denis Villeneuve for “Dune” (Warner Bros).Notable snubs included Joel Coen (“The Tragedy of Macbeth”), Adam McKay (“Don’t Look Up”), Siân Heder (“CODA”), Guillermo del Toro (“Nightmare Alley”) and Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (“Drive My Car”). Campion is the second woman ever to receive a second nod from the Directors Guild.

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THEATRICAL FEATURE FILMPaul Thomas AndersonLicorice Pizza(Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures/United Artists Releasing)Mr. Anderson’s Directorial Team:Kenneth BranaghBelfast(Focus Features)Jane CampionThe Power of the Dog(Netflix)Steven SpielbergWest Side Story(20th Century Studios)Mr.

The plaudits for “Belfast” seem to be endless. They started in September at the Toronto film festival, where Kenneth Branagh’s coming-of-age-movie set in 1969 won the People’s Choice Award. And they’ve kept pouring in ever since, in the form of nominations from dozens of prominent critics groups and guilds.

Lala Kent, 31, seems to be hinting that she wasn’t happy about her sex life with ex Randall Emmett, 50, in her latest podcast episode. The Vanderpump Rules star, who broke up with the producer in Oct., admitted she “couldn’t wait” for the sex she had while “sober” to be “over” while discussing her sobriety and her past relationship.

Making herself happy. As Lala Kent focuses on a new chapter in her life, the reality star revealed that she had plastic surgery plans and already attended a breast implant consultation.

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