For your ears only, a radio homage to Ian Fleming May 5, 2008
Toby Stephens and David Suchet star in the first full radio adaptation of Dr. No, the 1958 Bond novel. Others in the cast are Samuel West, John Standing, Martin Jarvis and Peter Capaldi. (Times Online)
Agatha Christie Mysteries Coming for PC Mar 15, 2008
Murder on the Orient Express, featuring David Suchet is filled with spectacular twists and turns and includes a surprise ending that is different from the original novel. A curious assortment of virtual strangers invited to a lavish estate on an isolated island awaits you in And then there where None. (IGN PC Games)
Review: Heist movie gets the 'Job' done Mar 8, 2008
Complicating matters is the unfortunate coincidence that Soho smut peddler Lew Vogel (Hercule Poirot himself, David Suchet) also has a safe-deposit box at the bank; it's where he keeps records of his payoffs to the coppers. The early stages are as generic as the title. (CNN -- Showbiz)
'Bank Job' works as fun crime drama Mar 8, 2008
Half the scum in London must do their banking at the same Lloyd's branch, for it develops that a murderous smut kingpin (David Suchet) also keeps his ledger of payoffs to dirty cops in a safe deposit box there. And there's a second set of naughty pictures, in this case of high-ranking government members at an Sub, in a box belonging to a high-class madam. (Tulsa World)
'The Bank Job' revisits the walkie-talkie gang's robbery Mar 8, 2008
Stuffed with personalities, the fast, fast, fast story unfolds somewhat like a three-dimensional chess game, with the pieces moving among the different levels: on the bottom are Terry and his lads, the shaggy-haired Kevin (Stephen Campbell Moore) and the snaggle-toothed Dave (Daniel Mays); in the middle are the designated villains, including a charismatic if dubious black-power gadfly, Michael X (Peter De Jersey), and the so-called Soho porn king, Lew Vogel (David Suchet); and, on the very top,... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Statham can't pull off 'Bank Job' Mar 7, 2008
Starring: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, Daniel Mays, Peter De Jersey, and David Suchet. At: Boston Common, Fenway, suburbs. (Boston Globe)
Familiar heist formula throws a few curves in 'The Bank Job' Mar 6, 2008
A strip club owner (David Suchet) has secrets in the bank. A madam has "client" photos and film hidden there. (Juneau Empire)
A caper film with drama and emotional depth Mar 5, 2008
While several supporting players are excellent, David Suchet (beloved as TV's "Poirot") stands out as ruthless porn mogul Lew Vogel. The film can seem detail-heavy, but that helps it avoid irritating leaps. (Scripps Howard News Wire)
The Bank Job is just another heist film Mar 4, 2008
The chief villain ends up being strip-club owner Lew Vogel (a believably skeevy David Suchet), whos kept a ledger of every payment hes made to police for protection. Thats inside the vault, as are photographs of powerful, stodgy white men in various compromising positions, and of course the pictures that prompted the robbery in the first place, which were shot in the Caribbean and which Michael X (Peter de Jersey) is using as protection for his own criminal activities. (MSNBC -- Movies)
The Bank Job Mar 3, 2008
But after a successful heist, the crooks discover that in addition to money and jewellery, they also have the account book of a Soho vice king (David Suchet) recording his bribes to the cops and compromising photographs of toffs, civil servants and politicians from the deposit box of a fashionable brothel-owner. So the hapless crooks are pursued by MI5, the Special Branch, ruthless gangsters, bent bogeys, a single honest cop (the one good apple in the Met's barrel) and the royal family in the... (The Observer)
Dench drama leads critics' nods Feb 29, 2008
Challenging Gambon and Glenister for the best actor award are David Suchet (Maxwell) and Andrew Garfield (Boy A and Freezing). Gambon's nomination is for Joe's Palace and Celebration, as well as Cranford, while Glenister is also nominated for Life on Mars. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Critic's Corner weekend Dec 14, 2007
s. Still, the cast, led by Robert Carlyle, Tom Courtenay, Joanne Whalley and David Suchet, is great, and the film is fun in an awful Day After Tomorrow sort of way, as long as you don't ask too many questions. Like, say, why people keep going down when they should be going up, or why folks in a flood keep opening watertight doors. (USA Today -- Life)
Variety prize for Keira Knightley Nov 20, 2007
Theatre prizes, meanwhile, went to actor David Suchet and the cast of West End musical Cabaret. Now in their 55th year, the awards will be broadcast on Sky later this month. (BBC News)
Hercule Poirot Oct 5, 2007
His lifespan has been extended by several films and television portrayals, notably by David Suchet, and his insistence on the little grey cells has entered the lexicon of crime fiction. more in suite. (Suite101.com)
Fiction or prediction? Floods seen washing over Westminster Jul 28, 2007
" The film also stars Poirot's David Suchet and screen and stage actor Tom Courtenay. Carlyle plays an engineering chief (Rob Morrison) who realises that his estranged father's worst predictions are coming true. They have to put aside their personal differences to save London from destruction. The film is due to be released in August. SUMMER FLOODS LATEST NEWS IN PICTURES BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS HAVE YOUR SAY CLICKABLE GUIDE VIDEO AND AUDIO FROM BBC WEATHER MOST E-MAILED Qatari royals halt... (BBC News -- UK)
Nearly time to reach for the Ofcom button Jul 22, 2007
"I like watching Poirot on TV, as the character is good and the era it was filmed in is very nostalgic and interesting. David Suchet is very good.". Katie Matthews, 26, swimming school manager, city centre. (Scotsman)
In London, three new plays showcase the variety of the stage Jul 18, 2007
David Suchet in "The Last Confession" by Roger Crane at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, one of handful of new plays now on the London stage ... Our guide through this cloaked assemblage of schemers is one Cardinal Benelli, who drives the action much as Hercule Poirot might were he ever paired with Peter Shaffer's Salieri, from "Amadeus." How appropriate then to have the role taken by David Suchet, a veteran British actor who played Salieri in the last Broadway revival of Shaffer's play, receiving... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Curtain up... at last Jul 4, 2007
"The problem for nine years was they couldn't find a star of David Suchet's level and skill to play the lead. They'd find people and lose them. Every six months we were going to open. We even had one very famous actor saying he was going to do it for four months and after four months he changed his mind. I shan't name him." ... "She said, 'A dear friend of mine would be perfect for the role: David Suchet.' I said, 'He read it four years ago and didn't do it.' ". (Telegraph.co.uk)
- Michele Hanson: Why eat horse? May 8, 2007
This week Michele saw Maxwell on BBC2: "David Suchet was pretty good, but the ending was rather too snappy." She read the 67-page manual for her BT Studio 1500 phone: "Incomprehensible. I fell asleep. Woke up, tried again. I am still struggling.". Advertiser links. (Guardian Unlimited)
This rural ride will bring you to tears May 7, 2007
Commanding performance: David Suchet as Robert Maxwell. BBC2's Maxwell was a bit of a curate's egg, in which an extraordinary performance from David Suchet as the Cap'n was undermined by a lethargic screenplay from writer Craig Warner (The Queen's Sister). (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Today In History - May 2, 2007 May 2, 2007
Actor David Suchet is 61. Singer-songwriter Larry Gatlin is 59. (CBS2.com, CA)
'Maxwell was a monster - but much more, too' Apr 29, 2007
In a new BBC drama, David Suchet brings to life the fatally arrogant media tycoon Robert Maxwell ... High and mighty: David Suchet as Robert Maxwell in the BBC2 drama, Maxwell ... "Playing him, I felt the sheer power of the man," says David Suchet, who is a force of nature in the role of Maxwell. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Reborn TJ Troupe tackles 'Merchant of Venice' Apr 26, 2007
In the other, David Suchet, best known for his portrayal of Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, played him as an outsider because he is Jewish. Cukierman, 18, a TJ senior and McLean resident, prefers the more hard-nosed Stewart portrayal. (The Burke Times, VA)
Poirot: Taken at the Flood Mar 24, 2007
David Suchet as Hercule Poirot ... Hercule Poirot (David Suchet) is approached with new information by the dead man's sister, Francis, but he suspects her motives ... David Suchet as Hercule Poirot. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
After campy pop start, 'Dracula' just trickles away Feb 10, 2007
And the formidable David Suchet , best known as Hercule Poirot in the Agatha Christie TV movies, gains almost no footing as Van Helsing the vampire killer. He fits into the movie briefly, and, like the entire production, he ultimately has little impact. (Boston Globe)
Agatha Christie's Poirot Jan 11, 2007
David Suchet as Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot ... Add to this David Suchet's delectably arch Poirot and you have great television ... David Suchet as Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Agatha Christie's Poirot: Five Little Pigs Dec 29, 2006
David Suchet as Hercule Poirot ... David Suchet does not quite manage to bring this mix to the screen ... David Suchet as Hercule Poirot. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
- David Mckie Dec 14, 2006
Here Poirot is played by Peter Ustinov, but more often today it's David Suchet, who's impeccably close to the Poirot who first appears in the second chapter of Christie's first book, The Mysterious Affair at Styles (1920) ... (Curiously, in Evil Under the Sun, the part of Japp is taken by David Suchet. (Guardian Unlimited)
The weekend's TV Dec 12, 2006
David Suchet - Poirot himself - is in south-west China, at a panda sanctuary. "Oh look, I'm touching him," he says. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Radio pick of the day Dec 8, 2006
Elsewhere, telly Poirot David Suchet unglues his moustache to star with Paul Scofield in a three-part adaptation of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (6pm, BBC7). You know the story: four nice kids stray into what looks like an ordinary cupboard, only to discover that it's a doorway to a world of talking animals, eternal winter, hamfisted allegory, monarchist subservience and Christian propaganda. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Clive Perry, OBE — theatre administrator and director Dec 2, 2006
Peter Farago, Bill Pryde and Derek Nicholls all directed some memorable productions and actors such as Alan Rickman and David Suchet were seen on stage. The finances of such theatres at the end of the 1970s were on a knife-edge and Perry knew not many risks could be taken. (TimesOnline)
Flushed Away Oct 16, 2006
Voices: Roddy St. James - Hugh Jackman Rita - Kate Winslet Le Frog - Jean Reno Whitey - Bill Nighy Spike - Andy Serkis Sid - Shane Richie The Toad - Ian McKellen Rita's Mum - Kathy Burke Rita's Dad - David Suchet Rita's Grandma - Miriam Margolyes. British drollery is fueled by American aggressiveness to mixed results in "Flushed Away." This first adventure in computer animation by Blighty's celebrated Aardman studio succeeds in retaining the trademark look of the company's clay figure... (Variety)
The ghost of Inspector Morse haunts PBS' new 'Mystery' series Jul 30, 2006
The PBS "Mystery" series sets out to prove there is life after John Thaw, and it succeeds as well as can be expected, given the fact that, with David Suchet, Thaw was one of the most memorable actors to grace British mystery series. Until his death from lung cancer in 2002, Thaw was as much Inspector Morse as Suchet is Hercule Poirot. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Why we need a Poirot Feb 20, 2006
Poirot (David Suchet) and Katherine (Georgina Rylance) in Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Mystery of the Blue Train ... In the Marple series, it is Geraldine McEwen, and in this week's Poirot classic, David Suchet ... David Suchet, ever the fastidious performer, all but owns the role today. (The Age)
Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Mystery of the Blue Train Feb 19, 2006
Elliott Gould (L) and David Suchet ... David Suchet plays Hercule Poirot with all the manners, experience and sagacious eye twitters expected of the legendary Belgian detective ... Elliott Gould (L) and David Suchet. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Yawns not laughs Jan 12, 2006
For reasons too daft to mention, everyone before long is quoting Rudyard Kipling's "Boots," when, that is, they're not being silenced by the imperious, striped-suited presence of the studio chief Herman Glogauer, who is quick to insist that "no time (be) wasted on thinking." David Suchet - better-known the world over as TV's mustachioed Belgian detective, Poirot - played Glogauer in the RSC version of this play and is back again, this time the right age for the role. (He'll be 60 in May. (International Herald Tribune)
