In Theaters: ****King of Kings (2025)

King of Kings: A Story Told by Charles Dickens.

This is an animated portrayal of the life of Jesus.   It is very appropriate for Easter season.  It is told through the eyes of Charles Dickens, who had written this story for his children.  In this telling it is used as a way for Charles and Walter to come together after Walter behaved poorly at a public telling by DIckens of The Christmas Carol.  Walter is obsessed with King Arthur, so Dickens tells him of the King of Kings.  And shows that Kings do not always need swords.  

This movie does a good job of portraying the life of Jesus.  However inserting Walter and Charles Dickens and the cat into the scenes is sometimes a little obnoxious.

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  Pierce Brosnan

  Pontius Pilate

  (voice)
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  Oscar Isaac

  Jesus Christ

  (voice)
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  Kenneth Branagh

  Charles Dickens

  (voice)
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  Uma Thurman

  Catherine Dickens

  (voice)
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  Mark Hamill

  King Herod

  (voice)
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  Forest Whitaker

  Peter

  (voice)
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  Ben Kingsley

  High Priest Caiaphas

  (voice)
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  Dee Bradley Baker

  Willa the Cat

  (voice)
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  Roman Griffin Davis

  Walter Dickens

  (voice)

Movie Review: ***^Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

This movie represents a fascinating look at the Agatha Christie classic.  The cast of character is also very interesting.  Kenneth Branagh plays our detective hero, Hercule Poirot.  Bouc, his traveling companion is played by Tom Bateman.  And then the other passengers on the train, who all become the subject of an investigation as Poirot is called upon to solve a murder where a passenger is stabbed a dozen times and killed.  Other actors include: Penelope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Josh Gad, Derek Jacobi, Leslie Odom Jr., Michelle Pfeiffer and Daisy Ridley.  Kenneth Branagh also directed.  Each of these characters comes together with the other is a most peculiar way, which is what makes for the twist at the end of the movie.  I can't say I enjoyed this version better than the original from the 1970s.  However it does see true to the story, and the mystery.