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Nov. 5th, 2025
Got through two films the last couple of nights while Martin is away on a work trip.
The Mummy was a rewatch, and I’m amused how many of the lines I could remember. It is extremely derivative of the 1932 Universal version, but has pizzazz and charm galore, and I love it. In the last few days news came out of a possible new Mummy film starring Rachel Weisz and Brendan Fraser. Yes please.
Death on the Nile is the Kenneth Branagh version. Charming enough, but for me nowhere near as much fun as the 1978 Peter Ustinov version. But it kept me amused, I liked some of the reworked bits, and was impressed by the English accents of the American cast. Rose Leslie also put a lot of effort vocally into her role as the French-speaking maid. I watched this on Disney+ and had access to loads of extra behind the scenes features, which was nice. I was agog that they built replicas of the SS Karnak and the temple at Abu Simbel.
The Mummy was a rewatch, and I’m amused how many of the lines I could remember. It is extremely derivative of the 1932 Universal version, but has pizzazz and charm galore, and I love it. In the last few days news came out of a possible new Mummy film starring Rachel Weisz and Brendan Fraser. Yes please.
Death on the Nile is the Kenneth Branagh version. Charming enough, but for me nowhere near as much fun as the 1978 Peter Ustinov version. But it kept me amused, I liked some of the reworked bits, and was impressed by the English accents of the American cast. Rose Leslie also put a lot of effort vocally into her role as the French-speaking maid. I watched this on Disney+ and had access to loads of extra behind the scenes features, which was nice. I was agog that they built replicas of the SS Karnak and the temple at Abu Simbel.