Kenneth Branagh

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  Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

  Kenneth Branagh

  PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2014

  Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit is an entertaining though unexceptional thriller pitting the CIA's Jack Ryan against Russian terrorists who consp...

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  Thor [Blu-Ray]

  Kenneth Branagh

  PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2011

  Shocker of the year: Thor is really damn good, maybe even excellent. Marvel's take on the Norse god of thunder works as an epic superhero a...

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  Thor

  Kenneth Branagh

  PUBLISHED May 5, 2011

  If you'd told me a week ago that Thor would be one of the most visually awe-inspiring cinematic achievements to date, I'd have smirked scep...

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  William Shakespeare's Hamlet [Blu-ray]

  Kenneth Branagh

  PUBLISHED Sep 3, 2010

  While I've seen filmed Hamlet adaptations by Olivier, Kozintsev, Zeffirelli and Almereyda's anti-consumerist effort, wherein "the apparitio...

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  The Magic Flute

  Kenneth Branagh

  PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2009

  One's enjoyment of The Magic Flute will have much to do with their appreciation of both the Opera and CGI, as there is nary a scene without...

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  Sleuth

  Kenneth Branagh

  PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2008

  Based on the 1972 film, which in turn was based on the 1970 stage play, Sleuth is an interesting, though uneven, dialogue between a cuckold...

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  Peter's Friends

  Kenneth Branagh

  PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2008

  Since it first came out in 1992, I have had a tempestuous relationship with Peter’s Friends, a pathetic saga of unrealistic expectations, d...

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  Sleuth

  Kenneth Branagh

  PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2007

  I don’t particularly care for the original Sleuth, a Broadway/West End concoction far less clever than it would have you believe. Still, I...