Aniston 'stalker' found mentally incompetent for trial
Aniston became one of television's biggest stars in her 10 years on Friends from 1994 until 2004. She won an Emmy Award for best lead actress in a comedy for the role, and she has been nominated for nine more. She currently stars in The Morning Show on Apple TV+.
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The Advertiser
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- The Advertiser
Guy Ritchie's fun and brainless crime caper may well have legs
Fountain of Youth (M, 126 minutes) 3 stars The recent and final chapter of the Indian Jones films, The Dial of Destiny, was the close of a 40-plus-year film journey, and as nature abhors a vacuum, Guy Ritchie's Fountain of Youth comes along from Apple TV+ hoping to fill that vacuum. Ritchie is a talent, to be sure, but while he used to come up with refreshing original material, his recent fare consists of what is referred to as IP films. That is, films that exploit existing intellectual property, like the 2019 live-action Disney remake of Aladdin, his 2015 reboot of the 60s television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. or even recently adapting his own movie The Gentlemen for a streaming series. They're inventively directed but don't give you anything you don't expect, and that is Fountain of Youth, a film desperately hoping to become a film franchise and exploitable IP. Ritchie, Apple TV and the cast of big names give it everything they've got trying to make that happen. Luke Purdue (John Krasinski) is a professional adventurer and as the film opens he is being chased through the Bangkok markets by a cadre of villains trying to recover a painting he has stolen from them - and so perhaps Luke is actually the villain. Among those in pursuit is Esme (Eiza Gonzalez), seemingly pursuing Luke separate to the other bad guys, and almost successful at getting the painting back. Eventually escaping, John visits his sister Charlotte (Natalie Portman) at her work at one of London's major art galleries, where he brazenly steals yet another painting and runs off with Charlotte on his heels. Charlotte is furious with her brother, as well you might be when you'll likely lose your career thanks to his light fingers, but it seems the Purdue siblings grew up the children of an adventurer thief, like the filmic children of Nicholas Cage's National Treasure hero or Angelina Jolie's Lara Croft. Luke has assembled his late father's old team of assistants, spending the money of billionaire Owen Carver (Domhnall Gleeson) on the hunt for the mythical fountain of youth. Carver claims to have a terminal illness and is prepared to spend whatever is necessary, and so the team has bought and robbed a collection of priceless art that have clues to the location of the mythic fountain. As her career has been now tanked, Charlotte may as well come along for the ride. Guy Ritchie's film is certainly fun, there is certainly big big money being spent on filming in exotic locations and some of the action set-pieces are very well executed. He goes for practical stunt work over CGI where he can, and the action has a believability to it, with Krasinski not trying to be Jason Statham with a PhD, and limping away painfully from each fight scene. But James Vanderbilt's screenplay is fairly paint-by-numbers, and if you've seen any of the National Treasure films you could confidently predict most of the plot and dialogue. There's even Stanley Tucci as the head of a secret organisation that exists to protect the location of the fountain of youth, though he's only on screen for about as long as you can say 'Hey, isn't this eerily similar to the plot of The Mummy?' Frankly the only thing about he film with a ring of authenticity to it is the snarky dialogue between the two siblings, and Krasinski and Portman play well together. In fact, if this is just the first in an ongoing franchise, perhaps the filmmakers' biggest mistake was just calling it Fountain of Youth and not "Luke Purdue and the Fountain of Youth" or "Charlotte Purdue and the Fountain of Youth", as either character could take the Indiana Jones mantle. Fun and a bit brainless, Ritchie's film is worth the price of the AppleTV+ free trial. Fountain of Youth (M, 126 minutes) 3 stars The recent and final chapter of the Indian Jones films, The Dial of Destiny, was the close of a 40-plus-year film journey, and as nature abhors a vacuum, Guy Ritchie's Fountain of Youth comes along from Apple TV+ hoping to fill that vacuum. Ritchie is a talent, to be sure, but while he used to come up with refreshing original material, his recent fare consists of what is referred to as IP films. That is, films that exploit existing intellectual property, like the 2019 live-action Disney remake of Aladdin, his 2015 reboot of the 60s television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. or even recently adapting his own movie The Gentlemen for a streaming series. They're inventively directed but don't give you anything you don't expect, and that is Fountain of Youth, a film desperately hoping to become a film franchise and exploitable IP. Ritchie, Apple TV and the cast of big names give it everything they've got trying to make that happen. Luke Purdue (John Krasinski) is a professional adventurer and as the film opens he is being chased through the Bangkok markets by a cadre of villains trying to recover a painting he has stolen from them - and so perhaps Luke is actually the villain. Among those in pursuit is Esme (Eiza Gonzalez), seemingly pursuing Luke separate to the other bad guys, and almost successful at getting the painting back. Eventually escaping, John visits his sister Charlotte (Natalie Portman) at her work at one of London's major art galleries, where he brazenly steals yet another painting and runs off with Charlotte on his heels. Charlotte is furious with her brother, as well you might be when you'll likely lose your career thanks to his light fingers, but it seems the Purdue siblings grew up the children of an adventurer thief, like the filmic children of Nicholas Cage's National Treasure hero or Angelina Jolie's Lara Croft. Luke has assembled his late father's old team of assistants, spending the money of billionaire Owen Carver (Domhnall Gleeson) on the hunt for the mythical fountain of youth. Carver claims to have a terminal illness and is prepared to spend whatever is necessary, and so the team has bought and robbed a collection of priceless art that have clues to the location of the mythic fountain. As her career has been now tanked, Charlotte may as well come along for the ride. Guy Ritchie's film is certainly fun, there is certainly big big money being spent on filming in exotic locations and some of the action set-pieces are very well executed. He goes for practical stunt work over CGI where he can, and the action has a believability to it, with Krasinski not trying to be Jason Statham with a PhD, and limping away painfully from each fight scene. But James Vanderbilt's screenplay is fairly paint-by-numbers, and if you've seen any of the National Treasure films you could confidently predict most of the plot and dialogue. There's even Stanley Tucci as the head of a secret organisation that exists to protect the location of the fountain of youth, though he's only on screen for about as long as you can say 'Hey, isn't this eerily similar to the plot of The Mummy?' Frankly the only thing about he film with a ring of authenticity to it is the snarky dialogue between the two siblings, and Krasinski and Portman play well together. In fact, if this is just the first in an ongoing franchise, perhaps the filmmakers' biggest mistake was just calling it Fountain of Youth and not "Luke Purdue and the Fountain of Youth" or "Charlotte Purdue and the Fountain of Youth", as either character could take the Indiana Jones mantle. Fun and a bit brainless, Ritchie's film is worth the price of the AppleTV+ free trial. Fountain of Youth (M, 126 minutes) 3 stars The recent and final chapter of the Indian Jones films, The Dial of Destiny, was the close of a 40-plus-year film journey, and as nature abhors a vacuum, Guy Ritchie's Fountain of Youth comes along from Apple TV+ hoping to fill that vacuum. Ritchie is a talent, to be sure, but while he used to come up with refreshing original material, his recent fare consists of what is referred to as IP films. That is, films that exploit existing intellectual property, like the 2019 live-action Disney remake of Aladdin, his 2015 reboot of the 60s television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. or even recently adapting his own movie The Gentlemen for a streaming series. They're inventively directed but don't give you anything you don't expect, and that is Fountain of Youth, a film desperately hoping to become a film franchise and exploitable IP. Ritchie, Apple TV and the cast of big names give it everything they've got trying to make that happen. Luke Purdue (John Krasinski) is a professional adventurer and as the film opens he is being chased through the Bangkok markets by a cadre of villains trying to recover a painting he has stolen from them - and so perhaps Luke is actually the villain. Among those in pursuit is Esme (Eiza Gonzalez), seemingly pursuing Luke separate to the other bad guys, and almost successful at getting the painting back. Eventually escaping, John visits his sister Charlotte (Natalie Portman) at her work at one of London's major art galleries, where he brazenly steals yet another painting and runs off with Charlotte on his heels. Charlotte is furious with her brother, as well you might be when you'll likely lose your career thanks to his light fingers, but it seems the Purdue siblings grew up the children of an adventurer thief, like the filmic children of Nicholas Cage's National Treasure hero or Angelina Jolie's Lara Croft. Luke has assembled his late father's old team of assistants, spending the money of billionaire Owen Carver (Domhnall Gleeson) on the hunt for the mythical fountain of youth. Carver claims to have a terminal illness and is prepared to spend whatever is necessary, and so the team has bought and robbed a collection of priceless art that have clues to the location of the mythic fountain. As her career has been now tanked, Charlotte may as well come along for the ride. Guy Ritchie's film is certainly fun, there is certainly big big money being spent on filming in exotic locations and some of the action set-pieces are very well executed. He goes for practical stunt work over CGI where he can, and the action has a believability to it, with Krasinski not trying to be Jason Statham with a PhD, and limping away painfully from each fight scene. But James Vanderbilt's screenplay is fairly paint-by-numbers, and if you've seen any of the National Treasure films you could confidently predict most of the plot and dialogue. There's even Stanley Tucci as the head of a secret organisation that exists to protect the location of the fountain of youth, though he's only on screen for about as long as you can say 'Hey, isn't this eerily similar to the plot of The Mummy?' Frankly the only thing about he film with a ring of authenticity to it is the snarky dialogue between the two siblings, and Krasinski and Portman play well together. In fact, if this is just the first in an ongoing franchise, perhaps the filmmakers' biggest mistake was just calling it Fountain of Youth and not "Luke Purdue and the Fountain of Youth" or "Charlotte Purdue and the Fountain of Youth", as either character could take the Indiana Jones mantle. Fun and a bit brainless, Ritchie's film is worth the price of the AppleTV+ free trial. Fountain of Youth (M, 126 minutes) 3 stars The recent and final chapter of the Indian Jones films, The Dial of Destiny, was the close of a 40-plus-year film journey, and as nature abhors a vacuum, Guy Ritchie's Fountain of Youth comes along from Apple TV+ hoping to fill that vacuum. Ritchie is a talent, to be sure, but while he used to come up with refreshing original material, his recent fare consists of what is referred to as IP films. That is, films that exploit existing intellectual property, like the 2019 live-action Disney remake of Aladdin, his 2015 reboot of the 60s television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E. or even recently adapting his own movie The Gentlemen for a streaming series. They're inventively directed but don't give you anything you don't expect, and that is Fountain of Youth, a film desperately hoping to become a film franchise and exploitable IP. Ritchie, Apple TV and the cast of big names give it everything they've got trying to make that happen. Luke Purdue (John Krasinski) is a professional adventurer and as the film opens he is being chased through the Bangkok markets by a cadre of villains trying to recover a painting he has stolen from them - and so perhaps Luke is actually the villain. Among those in pursuit is Esme (Eiza Gonzalez), seemingly pursuing Luke separate to the other bad guys, and almost successful at getting the painting back. Eventually escaping, John visits his sister Charlotte (Natalie Portman) at her work at one of London's major art galleries, where he brazenly steals yet another painting and runs off with Charlotte on his heels. Charlotte is furious with her brother, as well you might be when you'll likely lose your career thanks to his light fingers, but it seems the Purdue siblings grew up the children of an adventurer thief, like the filmic children of Nicholas Cage's National Treasure hero or Angelina Jolie's Lara Croft. Luke has assembled his late father's old team of assistants, spending the money of billionaire Owen Carver (Domhnall Gleeson) on the hunt for the mythical fountain of youth. Carver claims to have a terminal illness and is prepared to spend whatever is necessary, and so the team has bought and robbed a collection of priceless art that have clues to the location of the mythic fountain. As her career has been now tanked, Charlotte may as well come along for the ride. Guy Ritchie's film is certainly fun, there is certainly big big money being spent on filming in exotic locations and some of the action set-pieces are very well executed. He goes for practical stunt work over CGI where he can, and the action has a believability to it, with Krasinski not trying to be Jason Statham with a PhD, and limping away painfully from each fight scene. But James Vanderbilt's screenplay is fairly paint-by-numbers, and if you've seen any of the National Treasure films you could confidently predict most of the plot and dialogue. There's even Stanley Tucci as the head of a secret organisation that exists to protect the location of the fountain of youth, though he's only on screen for about as long as you can say 'Hey, isn't this eerily similar to the plot of The Mummy?' Frankly the only thing about he film with a ring of authenticity to it is the snarky dialogue between the two siblings, and Krasinski and Portman play well together. In fact, if this is just the first in an ongoing franchise, perhaps the filmmakers' biggest mistake was just calling it Fountain of Youth and not "Luke Purdue and the Fountain of Youth" or "Charlotte Purdue and the Fountain of Youth", as either character could take the Indiana Jones mantle. Fun and a bit brainless, Ritchie's film is worth the price of the AppleTV+ free trial.
Canberra Times
a day ago
- Canberra Times
Aniston 'stalker' found mentally incompetent for trial
Aniston became one of television's biggest stars in her 10 years on Friends from 1994 until 2004. She won an Emmy Award for best lead actress in a comedy for the role, and she has been nominated for nine more. She currently stars in The Morning Show on Apple TV+.
Sydney Morning Herald
a day ago
- Sydney Morning Herald
The best new TV shows to stream in June
Another month, another stack of streaming titles to add to your roster. There are shows that are going to hit some hard-to-reach spots, whether it's Stan's idiosyncratic sibling comedy Hal & Harper (with bonus dad energy from Mark Ruffalo) or Apple TV+'s hard-nosed arson drama Smoke. Let's get your watching squared away! Apple TV+ My top Apple TV+ recommendation is Smoke (June 27). One sure sign that the creative voices on a show genuinely enjoyed their collaboration is when they sign up to do it all again. That's the case with British star Taron Egerton (Rocketman) and American crime novelist and series creator Dennis Lehane (Mystic River), whose 2022 Apple TV+ crime drama Black Bird drew widespread praise. The pair have reunited for this investigatory thriller, which is inspired by true events in America's Pacific Northwest, where an arson investigator (Egerton) and a police detective (Jurnee Smollett, The Order) reluctantly team up to track down not one but two serial arsonists. The stacked supporting cast includes Rafe Spall (Trying), John Leguizamo (The Menu) and Greg Kinnear (Shining Vale). Loading Also on Apple TV+: Owen Wilson, good to see you! The Wedding Crashers star brings his deadpan delusions to Stick (June 4), a screwball sports comedy about a washed-up former professional golfer who seeks redemption via coaching a young prodigy. Created by screenwriter Jason Keller (Ford v. Ferrari), the limited series stars Wilson as the not entirely reliable Pryce Cahill, who is dodging divorce proceedings when he discovers teenage phenomenon Santi Wheeler (Peter Dager). Qualifying tournaments and goofy golf philosophy ensue, with Marc Maron (Glow) as an unconvinced sounding board. Meanwhile, Sydney Sweeney continues to diversify her Hollywood profile. Having already ticked off a romcom (Anyone But You), a horror flick (Immaculate), and a bad superhero movie (Madame Web), the coronated screen queen stars opposite Julianne Moore in the crime thriller Echo Valley (June 13). Written by Brad Ingelsby (Mare of Easttown) and directed by Michael Pearce (Beast), the feature begins with a tearful, bloodied Claire Garrett (Sweeney) arriving at the horse ranch of her estranged mother, Kate (Moore), claiming that she had to kill her abusive boyfriend in self-defence. When Kate covers up the crime, she becomes an accomplice even as Claire's actions on the night raise questions. May highlights: Should a security cyborg binge space soaps or protect its human clients? Sci-fi black comedy Murderbot had the answer, plus culinary thriller Careme brought Kitchen Confidential into the Napoleonic era. Netflix My top Netflix recommendation is The Survivors (June 6). Netflix has first-rate source material for its new Australian drama: a Jane Harper novel. The author of The Dry creates menacing mysteries that resonate, as is the case with this story of a small seaside town where a tragedy that left several people dead 15 years prior returns to the public eye when a new murder takes place. Confronting the town's collective amnesia is a young couple, Kieran (Charlie Vickers), the son of a local clan returned home with his young family, and his partner, Mia (Yerin Ha), who sees the community's failings. Adapting Harper's novel is Tony Ayres, whose previous shows include Stateless and Fires. Also on Netflix: Squid Game (June 27), the blockbuster South Korean series that helped change the definition of event television, comes to an end with its third season. These new episodes were filmed back-to-back with last December's second season, which culminated in a failed rebellion among the players of the dystopian competition that once again left player turned saboteur Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) facing a very uncertain future. Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk will steer the show to its conclusion, safe in the knowledge that Squid Game fascination has not eased. The second season's first three days smashed Netflix viewing records. May highlights: Julianne Moore was compelling as a billionaire's controlling wife in Sirens, Tina Fey and Steve Carell starred in the bittersweet comedy The Four Seasons, and Conan O'Brien: the Kennedy Centre Mark Twain Prize for American Humour was an uproarious celebration. Stan * My top Stan recommendation is Hal & Harper (June 26). Mark Ruffalo is in his do-anything era. After big-screen turns as a cad in Poor Things and a pompous interplanetary dictator for Mickey 17, the former Marvel star comes back to Earth in this bittersweet comic drama. Ruffalo plays a suburban single father whose child-raising techniques have resulted in stunted, co-dependent lives for his now 20-something children, Hal (Cooper Raiff, the show's writer and director) and Harper (Lili Reinhart, Riverdale). The pair's attempts to understand where they're at, and engage with their emotionally shifty dad, form the basis of this limited series. Raiff turned heads with his last movie, Apple TV+'s idiosyncratic rom-com Cha Cha Real Smooth, so there's real promise here. Loading Also on Stan: There are currently many shows about London's fictional crime gangs, including Stan's Gangs of London, so thankfully the setting for this latest British organised crime drama moves north to Liverpool. This City is Ours (June 4) stars Sean Bean (Snowpiercer) as Ronnie Phelan, a drug dealer who has cornered the city's narcotics business and built an empire. Wealth and age have Ronnie thinking of retirement, but that soon creates chaos and instability when he leans towards his right-hand man, Michael Kavanagh (James Nelson-Joyce, A Thousand Blows), over his impatient son, Jamie (Jack McMullen, Hijack). The unofficial mediation process, as fans of this genre well know, is violent and vengeful. May highlights: The murder mystery is never more fun than when Natasha Lyonne's rogue detective is solving them on Poker Face, plus The Walking Dead devotees got a new season of post-apocalyptic New York with the return of Dead City. Disney+ My top Disney+ recommendation is The Bear (June 26). I love this outstanding show's scheduling commitment – late June every year, a new season appears. The fourth instalment of Christopher Storer's celebrated comic-drama about an obsessive chef turning his family's Chicago sandwich spot into a fine-dining restaurant has plenty to resolve. The third season ended with a crucial newspaper review leaving Carmy Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White), once more, torn between satisfaction and torment, while the bills mount and the staff start to fray. All the 'yes, chef!' cast return, plus a further appearance by Jamie Lee Curtis as Carmy's troubled mother, Donna. I wouldn't be completely surprised if the show recalibrated after the third season and leant more into its drama. Loading Also on Disney+: Having previously flooded Disney+ with spin-off superhero series, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has tapped the breaks these past two years. Quality over quantity has been the goal. The latest offering is Ironheart (June 25), a six-part comic-book drama about young scientist Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne), who was introduced in the 2022 blockbuster Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as the creator of her own Iron Man-like suits. Williams returns to her hometown of Chicago, where her belief in technology comes up against magic in a show that leans into community struggle and personal responsibility. May highlights: The accolades continued for Andor, the Star Wars show that matters, while Tucci in Italy was a truly delicious food and travel documentary. Max My top Max recommendation is Mountainhead (June 1). Succession hive assemble! The tech billionaires are far richer and far less regulated than everyone's favourite toxic media moguls in the new feature film from Succession creator Jesse Armstrong. The British satirist, whose inspired dialogue can cause whiplash, charts a weekend retreat for a quartet of digital titans – played by Steve Carell (The Four Seasons), Ramy Youssef (Ramy), Jason Schwartzman (Asteroid City), and Cory Michael Smith (May December) – just as new AI features on one of their platforms is stoking violence and economic panic around the world. A crisis? No, it's an opportunity. Armstrong, who also directs, dissects his delusional new subjects with one tech bro nightmare after another. Also on Max: Mariska Hargitay is one of television's most enduring stars. Since 1999, she's played Olivia Benson, the unyielding New York detective investigating sexual crimes on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. The 61-year-old has always been open about the void in her own life – when Hargitay was just three her mother, Hollywood bombshell Jayne Mansfield, died in a car accident; Hargitay was asleep in the vehicle's back seat. My Mum Jayne (June 28) is a documentary about Hargitay's attempts to delve into her mother's personal and public legacy. Hargitay, who directs, calls it a, 'a labour of love and longing'. Amazon Prime Video My top Amazon Prime recommendation is We Were Liars (June 18). Shows about the young and privileged are timeless: wealth porn, aristocratic beauty, and unfulfilled privilege have powered everything from Gossip Girl to Elite. The latest variant is an adaptation, by Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries), of E. Lockhart's 2014 best-selling young adult novel about a teenager, Cadence Eastman (Emily Alyn Lind, the Gossip Girl reboot), trying to fill in the trauma-induced gap in her memory connected to a summer she spent at her family's island compound with her cousins and best friends. Something bad obviously happened, but the truth gets twisted in a narrative that leans more towards psychological thriller than pouty melodrama. Loading Also on Amazon Prime: Adding to the conspiratorial thriller genre – think Condor, Deep State and Rabbit Hole – Countdown (June 25) is a law enforcement drama about an LAPD detective, Mark Meachum (Jensen Ackles), assigned to a task force responding to the murder of a government official. Once the investigators start to unwind the plot, the stakes are very much raised. Derek Haas, who kept procedural television afloat with both Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D., is responsible for a series that should add to Amazon Prime's Reacher -led stable of tough guy TV. May highlights: The Marvellous Mrs Maisel crew put their mark on the ballet world with Etoile, while a new season of Nicole Kidman's Nine Perfect Strangers continued to do heads in (including our critic). ABC iview My top iview recommendation is Bay of Fires (June 15). The first season of this Australian drama was the anti- SeaChange: at-risk finance CEO Stella (co-creator Marta Dusseldorp) and her children are given new identities and relocated to a small Tasmanian town, only to discover that it's full of suspicious criminals, a budding cult and other untrustworthy former government assets. If the debut season required Stella to fight for survival, with a tone that mixed heightened black comedy and thriller tension, the second instalment finds her trying to hold together the fractious coalition she built. It's a very different kind of local politics. This is a chance for the ABC to build a series that doesn't just endure, it evolves. May highlights: It was a month of hardy crime dramas that crisscrossed Britain – The One That Got Away was a gritty Welsh mystery, while Bergerac rebooted the Channel Islands detective, plus feel-good reality series The Piano hit all the right notes. SBS On Demand My top SBS On Demand recommendation is Families Like Ours (June 20). Much like the British drama Years and Years, which viewed that nation's fictional dystopian descent through the lens of an everyday Manchester clan, this Danish drama tackles the vastness of climate change through an ordinary family's struggle. A what-if set in the not-quite near-future, it's driven by the need to evacuate Denmark as rising sea levels will flood the nation. Certainty ends as the country's millions of citizens explore immigration options or forced relocation, facing separation and a loss of a lifestyle taken for granted. The co-writer and director is Thomas Vinterberg (The Celebration, Another Round), who has stressed that his focus is more personal than political. May highlights: A dedicated team of German police detectives made The Black Forest Murders a gripping investigation drama, while an iconic character got a new twist in the period adventure Sherlock & Daughter. Other streamers My top recommendation for the other streaming services is Binge's Mix Tape (June 12). A romantic second chance couched in the past's unquenchable promise and the siren's song of beloved teenage tunes, this Irish-Australian limited series tells a then-and-now story. In 1989, in Britain a connection is slowly forged between teenagers Alison (Florence Hunt) and Daniel (newcomer Rory Walton-Smith), only for them to be irrevocably separated. Cut to the current day and both have built lives of their own, only for Daniel (Jim Sturgess) to discover that Alison (Teresa Palmer) is living in Sydney. What they do next – with a soundtrack of vintage classics – is in the hands of writer Jo Spain (Harry Wild), who adapted Jane Sanderson's 2020 novel of the same name, and director Lucy Gaffy (Irreverent). Loading Also: The Agatha Christie mystery-industrial complex rolls onwards with the BBC's new three-part adaptation of a 1944 novel from the doyenne of detective fiction. Towards Zero (June 3) is very much classic Christie, albeit with an impressively credentialled cast, set at a 1930s British country estate where the imperious order maintained by Lady Tressilian (Anjelica Huston) is interrupted by visitors and then a murder. It falls to Inspector Leach (Matthew Rhys) to interview the assembled suspects and sift the clues.
