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Top 5 films this week: ‘Agatha Christie’s choo-choo whodunnit is more like the Starlight Express’

Critic Nigel Andrews on the Murder on the Orient Express, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, 78:52, Marjorie Prime and Thelma

Murder on the Orient Express — a second-class return to Agatha Christie
Kenneth Branagh’s whodunnit has Depp, Pfeiffer, Dafoe, Cruz and Dench — but precious little drama
The Killing of a Sacred Deer — Nicole Kidman and Colin Farrell star in a barmy and surreal tale
Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos’s movie is a drama thriller that becomes daffier as it goes on
78:52 — wit and intelligence
Alexandre O. Philippe’s documentary expertly dissects the shower scene in ‘Psycho’
Marjorie Prime — a clever idea
There is much to admire in this human/hologram drama — but also much to be annoyed by
Thelma — a psychodrama of undeveloped themes
Newcomer Eili Harboe is superb in this otherwise flawed Norwegian supernatural thriller