A Haunting in Venice is Kenneth Branagh's third turn as Hercule Poirot but snags on realism, despite Michelle Yeoh and Tina Fey

No filmmaker is so passionately engaged in British classics as actor, screenwriter and director Kenneth Branagh. His obsession with Shakespeare is renowned, when he was the youngest ever representative of Henry V in the Royal Shakespeare Company, and he successfully adapted many Shakespeare plays for the film screen as actor and director.

A Haunting In Venice Review: The Most Visually Interesting Work of Kenneth Branagh's Poirot Series

A Haunting In Venice Movie Review: It’s without a doubt the most visually and thematically interesting work of Kenneth Branagh's Poirot series thus far.

In A Haunting in Venice, Kenneth Branagh Serves Up Amusement

Although now dead for nearly 50 years — she expired in 1976 at age 85 — Agatha Christie remains as mysteriously ubiquitous as ever. Rivaled in sales only by William Shakespeare — and let’s acknowledge that he received a 330-year head start — Christie has conservatively moved more than 2 billion books since The Mysterious Affair at Styles, her 1920 debut.

A Haunting in Venice: No longer in denial, Kenneth Branagh's new Poirot case ups the chills

REVIEW: Gone are the lavish cast, costuming and multiple sun-baked settings, replaced by what is essentially a chamber piece on a dark and stormy night.

A Haunting in Venice is Kenneth Branagh's third turn as Hercule Poirot but snags on realism, despite Michelle Yeoh and Tina Fey

Agatha Christie's iconic detective is lured by his mystery novelist friend to investigate a murder most spooky in A Haunting in Venice.