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Review – The Marsh King’s Daughter (2024)

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By Kevin Muller

The chance to be the lead in a big budget film, like the ones in the Star Wars franchise, is any actor’s dream. In 2015, we were introduced to Daisy Ridley, who was Rey in Episodes 7-9. The young actress had Hollywood in her hands. While filming the trilogy, she popped up in some popular films like Murder on the Orient Express and Peter Rabbit.  Unfortunately, as a lead actress, she hasn’t found that much success. Now, she is taking a stab at an adaptation of the popular novel The Marsh King’s Daughter. Has the actress found the right project to showcase her talents?

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Review – Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

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by Kevin Muller

Before comic book films became the craze, the holiday season was reserved for films that had big casts, a large budget, and usually an adaptation of a famous novel. Who doesn’t want to see their favorite stars all together on screen acting with one another?  Murder on the Orient Express has been adapted many times as both a film and a TV production. This time, Shakespearean lover, and the man who brought the mighty Thor to the silver screen, Kenneth Branagh, takes a shot at the famous Agatha Christie murder mystery.

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