Death on the Nile

Kenneth Branagh takes a stylish second pass as director and star in this lavish all-star take on the classic Agatha Christie whodunit, as an Egyptian vacation for Belgian detective Hercule Poirot (Branagh) turns into a working holiday-and the steamship-set slaying of a newlywed heiress (Gal Gadot) confronts him with no shortage of possible suspects. With Armie Hammer, Annette Bening, Sophie Okonedo, Russell Brand, Letitia Wright, Rose Leslie, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French. 127 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.