“A man cannot destroy the savage in him by denying its impulses. They only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.”
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1920) will screen at Webster University’s Moore Auditorium Friday October 20th at 7:30pm. Austin, Texas’ most adventurous band, The Invincible Czars, will provide live music.The band encourages fans and attendees to dress for the Halloween season at these shows.
Alongside Sherlock Holmes and James Bond, Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a work that has spawned many screen adaptations, yet predates both, the first of which dating as far back as 1908. Widely considered one of, if not the best of the bunch, director John S. Robertson’s seminal 1920 proto-horror classic Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde is mostly remembered for one thing above all others. Played by an endlessly captivating John Barrymore,...
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1920) will screen at Webster University’s Moore Auditorium Friday October 20th at 7:30pm. Austin, Texas’ most adventurous band, The Invincible Czars, will provide live music.The band encourages fans and attendees to dress for the Halloween season at these shows.
Alongside Sherlock Holmes and James Bond, Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a work that has spawned many screen adaptations, yet predates both, the first of which dating as far back as 1908. Widely considered one of, if not the best of the bunch, director John S. Robertson’s seminal 1920 proto-horror classic Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde is mostly remembered for one thing above all others. Played by an endlessly captivating John Barrymore,...
- 10/11/2017
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Louisa Mellor Jan 17, 2017
We’ve scoured Sherlock’s The Final Problem for tiny details and references to other stories, and here’s what we found…
Warning: contains spoilers.
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With the help of the pause button and a pot of strong coffee, we’ve picked through Sherlock’s series four finale The Final Problem to seek out the nerdy references and painstakingly added background details. (You can find the same for the previous episodes here and here.)
Here goes…
1. Starting with the obvious, The Final Problem is of course the title of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1893 short story in which Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty appear to tumble to their deaths in the Reichenbach Falls. Andrew Scott’s Moriarty references the title several times in series two finale The Reichenbach Fall.
We’ve scoured Sherlock’s The Final Problem for tiny details and references to other stories, and here’s what we found…
Warning: contains spoilers.
See related Travelers: why you should watch Netflix's new time travel show Travelers: first trailer for Netflix time travel series
With the help of the pause button and a pot of strong coffee, we’ve picked through Sherlock’s series four finale The Final Problem to seek out the nerdy references and painstakingly added background details. (You can find the same for the previous episodes here and here.)
Here goes…
1. Starting with the obvious, The Final Problem is of course the title of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1893 short story in which Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty appear to tumble to their deaths in the Reichenbach Falls. Andrew Scott’s Moriarty references the title several times in series two finale The Reichenbach Fall.
- 1/16/2017
- Den of Geek
Sean Wilson Jan 16, 2017
From the BBC's Sherlock, through Disney, Hans Zimmer and Young Sherlock Holmes: we salute the music of Mr Holmes...
Few characters have enjoyed as much reinvention as Arthur Conan Doyle's sleuth Sherlock Holmes, an enduring icon who is as much bound up with the history of cinema (and indeed stage, TV and radio) as he is with literature. Indeed, adaptations of Holmes stories stretch right the way back to the earliest days of film at the start of the 20th century. Fittingly enough given Holmes' penchant for a violin serenade, the musical scores to his adventures are as richly varied as the outcomes to his mysteries are unexpected. Here are Holmes' musical highlights, from Buster Keaton through to Benedict Cumberbatch.
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Not, strictly speaking, a Sherlock movie but as the title implies, the legacy of the character casts a long shadow over Buster Keaton's silent classic.
From the BBC's Sherlock, through Disney, Hans Zimmer and Young Sherlock Holmes: we salute the music of Mr Holmes...
Few characters have enjoyed as much reinvention as Arthur Conan Doyle's sleuth Sherlock Holmes, an enduring icon who is as much bound up with the history of cinema (and indeed stage, TV and radio) as he is with literature. Indeed, adaptations of Holmes stories stretch right the way back to the earliest days of film at the start of the 20th century. Fittingly enough given Holmes' penchant for a violin serenade, the musical scores to his adventures are as richly varied as the outcomes to his mysteries are unexpected. Here are Holmes' musical highlights, from Buster Keaton through to Benedict Cumberbatch.
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Not, strictly speaking, a Sherlock movie but as the title implies, the legacy of the character casts a long shadow over Buster Keaton's silent classic.
- 1/15/2017
- Den of Geek
Louisa Mellor Jan 10, 2017
We've scoured The Lying Detective for details and noticed a few interesting titbits. Spoilers ahead...
Once again, we’ve clued for looks in the latest Sherlock episode The Lying Detective and noticed some fun details and references to the original Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories. Here goes…
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1. The episode’s very first shot of a smoking gun – which we assume is that of Vivian Norbury in The Six Thatchers as remembered by John Watson – is actually the gun shot at John Watson by Eurus Holmes in the episode’s final shot. (The same shot also features in the series four opening credits and is briefly edited in to the scene of Sherlock and ‘Faith’ sitting by the Thames after he’s thrown her gun into the water.)
2. A vase of white roses,...
We've scoured The Lying Detective for details and noticed a few interesting titbits. Spoilers ahead...
Once again, we’ve clued for looks in the latest Sherlock episode The Lying Detective and noticed some fun details and references to the original Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories. Here goes…
See related CHiPs heading to the movies, Lethal Weapon influences CHiPs movie lands Vincent D'Onofrio as villain
1. The episode’s very first shot of a smoking gun – which we assume is that of Vivian Norbury in The Six Thatchers as remembered by John Watson – is actually the gun shot at John Watson by Eurus Holmes in the episode’s final shot. (The same shot also features in the series four opening credits and is briefly edited in to the scene of Sherlock and ‘Faith’ sitting by the Thames after he’s thrown her gun into the water.)
2. A vase of white roses,...
- 1/9/2017
- Den of Geek
Filming may already be underway on the London set of Holmes and Watson, Etan Cohen’s comedic spin on Arthur Conan Doyle’s legendary characters, but The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that The Night Manager‘s Hugh Laurie and Ralph Fiennes have now been cordially invited to 221b Baker Street.
THR stopped short of disclosing the exact specifics of their roles, but word is that Laurie and Fiennes will be portraying two key figures from the Holmes portfolio – Moriarty and Mycroft, perhaps? What we do know for sure is that Holmes and Watson will herald a new collaboration between Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly. Together, they’ve stormed the circuit (Talladega Nights) and caused a full-blown family feud (Step Brothers) but this time around, Ferrell and Reilly will be headlining a much more light-hearted spin on the two famous sleuths. Also on board are Rob Brydon (Inspector Lestrade), Kelly Macdonald (Mrs.
THR stopped short of disclosing the exact specifics of their roles, but word is that Laurie and Fiennes will be portraying two key figures from the Holmes portfolio – Moriarty and Mycroft, perhaps? What we do know for sure is that Holmes and Watson will herald a new collaboration between Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly. Together, they’ve stormed the circuit (Talladega Nights) and caused a full-blown family feud (Step Brothers) but this time around, Ferrell and Reilly will be headlining a much more light-hearted spin on the two famous sleuths. Also on board are Rob Brydon (Inspector Lestrade), Kelly Macdonald (Mrs.
- 1/6/2017
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Louisa Mellor Jan 4, 2017
Did you spot the tease for next week’s episode in the Sherlock series 4 opener? See that and more details from The Six Thatchers…
After taking a fine-toothed comb to new Sherlock episode The Six Thatchers (well, watching it with one finger hovering over the pause button) here are a few items of note discovered, in addition to a handful of discoveries made by some very fine Sherlock detectives elsewhere…
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1. We know that Lady Smallwood’s British Intelligence code name is ‘Love’, leaving the Holmes brothers and Sir Edwin to divvy up ‘Antarctica’, ‘Langdale’ and ‘Porlock’ between them. Porlock (as well as being a village...
Did you spot the tease for next week’s episode in the Sherlock series 4 opener? See that and more details from The Six Thatchers…
After taking a fine-toothed comb to new Sherlock episode The Six Thatchers (well, watching it with one finger hovering over the pause button) here are a few items of note discovered, in addition to a handful of discoveries made by some very fine Sherlock detectives elsewhere…
See related Tom Hiddleston interview: The Avengers, modern myths, playing Loki and more Tom Hiddleston interview: The Avengers, War Horse, Greek mythology and more Marvel Studios movies: UK release date calendar Why Thor: Ragnarok may be a pivotal film in Marvel's phase 3
1. We know that Lady Smallwood’s British Intelligence code name is ‘Love’, leaving the Holmes brothers and Sir Edwin to divvy up ‘Antarctica’, ‘Langdale’ and ‘Porlock’ between them. Porlock (as well as being a village...
- 1/3/2017
- Den of Geek
Sherlock fans can expect a pair of blessed arrivals when we ring in 2017: the first full season of PBS/Masterpiece’s detective drama in three years… and a bundle of joy for John and Mary Watson as they welcome their first child.
“It creates a different dynamic,” co-creator Mark Gatiss tells TVLine about the addition of a tiny Watson, who debuts in the Season 4 premiere (Sunday, Jan. 1 at 9/8c). “Now I must stress, although we have a lot of fun with it, it doesn’t mean that Sherlock has become Two Men, a Woman and a Baby. But we do have fun with it,...
“It creates a different dynamic,” co-creator Mark Gatiss tells TVLine about the addition of a tiny Watson, who debuts in the Season 4 premiere (Sunday, Jan. 1 at 9/8c). “Now I must stress, although we have a lot of fun with it, it doesn’t mean that Sherlock has become Two Men, a Woman and a Baby. But we do have fun with it,...
- 12/26/2016
- TVLine.com
After a lengthy hiatus, our favorite opiate addicted "high-functioning sociopath" returns to the telly on Jan 1st 2017 with episode 1 "The Six Thatchers," and then episode 2 on Jan 8th entitled "The Lying Detective," followed by episode 3 "The Final Problem" on January 15th. And that's it for series 4.
If you aren't familiar with Sherlock or British television, the way television is done in England is different than what you may be accustomed to with the standard American 10-16 episode seasons. Often, seasons are referred to as a "series" overseas, and many are 6 episodes in length, especially for a major drama. Sherlock episodes are basically TV movies running around two hours each, and they may be months are even years apart. This is no surprise considering the fame of both Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock Holmes) and Martin Freeman (Dr. John Watson) making it difficult to coordinate their schedules.
The second trailer does not give...
If you aren't familiar with Sherlock or British television, the way television is done in England is different than what you may be accustomed to with the standard American 10-16 episode seasons. Often, seasons are referred to as a "series" overseas, and many are 6 episodes in length, especially for a major drama. Sherlock episodes are basically TV movies running around two hours each, and they may be months are even years apart. This is no surprise considering the fame of both Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock Holmes) and Martin Freeman (Dr. John Watson) making it difficult to coordinate their schedules.
The second trailer does not give...
- 12/12/2016
- by Drew Carlton
- LRMonline.com
The game is (almost) afoot! Three months out from the show’s hotly-anticipated return, the BBC has begun stoking the embers of excitement for Sherlock season 4.
Upholding tradition, over the weekend the British broadcasting giant took to Facebook to lift the lid on the first two episode titles: “The Six Thatchers” and “The Dying Detective.” If history has taught us anything, it’s that these monikers are likely plays on famous Arthur Conan Doyle stories – The Six Napoleons and The Lying Detective have emerged as the likely candidates, but until season 4 premieres in January, treat those rumors as just that.
What we do know is that Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman will be back in action as Sherlock and John Watson, respectively. Returning to present-day London after being flung back in time for Victorian-themed spinoff The Abominable Bride, the residents of 221b Baker Street will be going toe-to-toe with the...
Upholding tradition, over the weekend the British broadcasting giant took to Facebook to lift the lid on the first two episode titles: “The Six Thatchers” and “The Dying Detective.” If history has taught us anything, it’s that these monikers are likely plays on famous Arthur Conan Doyle stories – The Six Napoleons and The Lying Detective have emerged as the likely candidates, but until season 4 premieres in January, treat those rumors as just that.
What we do know is that Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman will be back in action as Sherlock and John Watson, respectively. Returning to present-day London after being flung back in time for Victorian-themed spinoff The Abominable Bride, the residents of 221b Baker Street will be going toe-to-toe with the...
- 9/26/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Everyone's got a favorite Gene Wilder performance: to younger viewers, he's a fondly remembered face in childhood favorites like Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; to an older filmgoers, he was a brilliantly bawdy performer who owned comedy in the Seventies. At any age, however, he was one of those impossible-to-dislike actors whose very presence had a way of lifting up a film.
Most actors consider it a privilege to land one all-time classic role over the course of their career — Wilder had more than can be counted on one hand.
Most actors consider it a privilege to land one all-time classic role over the course of their career — Wilder had more than can be counted on one hand.
- 8/29/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Kayti Burt Aug 8, 2016
From silent film to the BBC's Sherlock, we're perusing the many on-screen incarnations of the villainous Culverton Smith...
Contains potential spoilers for Sherlock series 4 (well, in the sense that it talks about the hundred-year-old story that inspired one of its characters).
In series 4 of the BBC drama, we're told Culverton Smith is to be Sherlock's "darkest villain yet". Introduced in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Dying Detective" and continuing in various film and TV adaptations over the years, the character has already had a long screen career.
In preparation for the forthcoming season of Sherlock (because what else are we supposed to do with this interminable hiatus?), we're taking a look at Culverton Smith's on-screen history through the ages. We've got your silent films. We've got your fan films. We've got your Jeremy Brett. Pick your poison — or should I say infectious disease...
First, an introduction.
From silent film to the BBC's Sherlock, we're perusing the many on-screen incarnations of the villainous Culverton Smith...
Contains potential spoilers for Sherlock series 4 (well, in the sense that it talks about the hundred-year-old story that inspired one of its characters).
In series 4 of the BBC drama, we're told Culverton Smith is to be Sherlock's "darkest villain yet". Introduced in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Dying Detective" and continuing in various film and TV adaptations over the years, the character has already had a long screen career.
In preparation for the forthcoming season of Sherlock (because what else are we supposed to do with this interminable hiatus?), we're taking a look at Culverton Smith's on-screen history through the ages. We've got your silent films. We've got your fan films. We've got your Jeremy Brett. Pick your poison — or should I say infectious disease...
First, an introduction.
- 8/7/2016
- Den of Geek
Kayti Burt Jul 25, 2016
We're clueing for looks in the Sherlock season 4 teaser trailer. What did we find?
We got our very first look at Sherlock season 4 courtesy of Comic Con with the release of a teaser trailer for the upcoming season, and it is full of clues just waiting to be analysed.
All in all, the trailer was surprisingly ensemble-y, with two of the most intriguing moments going to Mrs. Hudson and Molly, rather than Sherlock and John. It also seemed to emphasize action much more than previous Sherlock trailers, though this could be a marketing choice more than something indicative of the season as a whole.
But enough with the larger picture analysis. Here are 15 things we noticed in the first trailer for Sherlock season 4...
Moriarty gets top billing
The teaser begins with Jim's handsome mug, which is to say that it begins where both the season 3 finale and...
We're clueing for looks in the Sherlock season 4 teaser trailer. What did we find?
We got our very first look at Sherlock season 4 courtesy of Comic Con with the release of a teaser trailer for the upcoming season, and it is full of clues just waiting to be analysed.
All in all, the trailer was surprisingly ensemble-y, with two of the most intriguing moments going to Mrs. Hudson and Molly, rather than Sherlock and John. It also seemed to emphasize action much more than previous Sherlock trailers, though this could be a marketing choice more than something indicative of the season as a whole.
But enough with the larger picture analysis. Here are 15 things we noticed in the first trailer for Sherlock season 4...
Moriarty gets top billing
The teaser begins with Jim's handsome mug, which is to say that it begins where both the season 3 finale and...
- 7/25/2016
- Den of Geek
“Something’s coming. Maybe it’s Moriarty, maybe it’s not. But something’s coming.” Comic-Con got a first look at Season 4 of Sherlock during today’s panel for the British mystery series. The trailer promises that “everything they know will be tested” and teases an intense, surprisingly action-heavy fourth season that seems closer to John le Carré than Arthur Conan Doyle. In the hall to discuss the upcoming season are star Benedict Cumberbatch, co-star Amanda Abbington…...
- 7/24/2016
- Deadline TV
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Sherlock Christmas Special, The Abominable Bride, delivered a shock, but isn’t that all part of this glorious show’s game?
This review contains spoilers.
“It’s called The Adventure of Having Your Cake and Eating It!” Mark Gatiss joked on the set of the Victorian-era Sherlock special, displaying the kind of self-aware humour that the episode—now going by the catchier title of The Abominable Bride—was fat with.
It’s a great line of course, but also an admission. Having poured their Doyle super-fandom into creating a staggeringly successful modern Holmes and Watson, Gatiss and Steven Moffat were now going back in time to, in their own words, do it properly. Bowler hats, hansom cabs and gaslight properly. The prospect clearly filled them with glee, and the result was gleeful. For about an hour.
Having settled its audience comfortably into what seemed like perfect New Year’s Day television—entertaining,...
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Sherlock Christmas Special, The Abominable Bride, delivered a shock, but isn’t that all part of this glorious show’s game?
This review contains spoilers.
“It’s called The Adventure of Having Your Cake and Eating It!” Mark Gatiss joked on the set of the Victorian-era Sherlock special, displaying the kind of self-aware humour that the episode—now going by the catchier title of The Abominable Bride—was fat with.
It’s a great line of course, but also an admission. Having poured their Doyle super-fandom into creating a staggeringly successful modern Holmes and Watson, Gatiss and Steven Moffat were now going back in time to, in their own words, do it properly. Bowler hats, hansom cabs and gaslight properly. The prospect clearly filled them with glee, and the result was gleeful. For about an hour.
Having settled its audience comfortably into what seemed like perfect New Year’s Day television—entertaining,...
- 1/3/2016
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Sherlock, Season 3, Episode 4, “The Abominable Bride”
Written by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffatt
Directed by Douglas Mackinnon
Aired Friday, January 2nd at 9pm Et on PBS
It has been a while since Sherlock Holmes last graced our screens—two years, to be exact. In the closing moments of the last episode, “His Last Vow,” he was sent off to exile as punishment for the murder of Charles Magnussen. However, he was recalled moments after taking off due to the reappearance of Jim Moriarty (Andrew Scott). With Season Four expected to arrive next year, Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Watson (Martin Freeman) return with a Victorian-themed special, which is perhaps the most perplexing episode to date.
“The Abominable Bride” sees the duo investigate a series of murders committed by a woman, Emilia Ricoletti, who is already dead. As Sherlock delves deeper into the mystery, he finds himself haunted by old ghosts, namely his nemesis Moriarty.
Written by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffatt
Directed by Douglas Mackinnon
Aired Friday, January 2nd at 9pm Et on PBS
It has been a while since Sherlock Holmes last graced our screens—two years, to be exact. In the closing moments of the last episode, “His Last Vow,” he was sent off to exile as punishment for the murder of Charles Magnussen. However, he was recalled moments after taking off due to the reappearance of Jim Moriarty (Andrew Scott). With Season Four expected to arrive next year, Sherlock (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Watson (Martin Freeman) return with a Victorian-themed special, which is perhaps the most perplexing episode to date.
“The Abominable Bride” sees the duo investigate a series of murders committed by a woman, Emilia Ricoletti, who is already dead. As Sherlock delves deeper into the mystery, he finds himself haunted by old ghosts, namely his nemesis Moriarty.
- 1/2/2016
- by Katie Wong
- SoundOnSight
Chicago – Different isn’t bad and might be great, but you’d better have an irrefutable reason to change what was never broken. Campy being the only word to accurately convey this alternate-reality version of Sherlock Holmes with an original script, writer Greg Kramer and director Andrew Shaver try too hard to be different without ever figuring out why.
Play Rating: 2.0/5.0
This Thanksgiving, spend your time anywhere but with David Arquette’s “Sherlock Holmes” at the Oriental Theatre. Thankfully, the one-week limited engagement only runs in Chicago from Nov. 24 through Nov. 29, 2015 until it tours elsewhere.
David Arquette as Sherlock Holmes (center), James Maslow as Dr. John Watson and Renee Olstead as Lady Irene St. John in “Sherlock Holmes”.
Photo credit: Starvox Entertainment, June Entertainment
Starvox Entertainment and June Entertainment’s “Sherlock Holmes” has stripped out all the mystery, intrigue, tension, drama and danger and replaced it with cheesy, cheeky and...
Play Rating: 2.0/5.0
This Thanksgiving, spend your time anywhere but with David Arquette’s “Sherlock Holmes” at the Oriental Theatre. Thankfully, the one-week limited engagement only runs in Chicago from Nov. 24 through Nov. 29, 2015 until it tours elsewhere.
David Arquette as Sherlock Holmes (center), James Maslow as Dr. John Watson and Renee Olstead as Lady Irene St. John in “Sherlock Holmes”.
Photo credit: Starvox Entertainment, June Entertainment
Starvox Entertainment and June Entertainment’s “Sherlock Holmes” has stripped out all the mystery, intrigue, tension, drama and danger and replaced it with cheesy, cheeky and...
- 11/26/2015
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
BBC
With a show as popular – and rarely on – as Sherlock, the internet is always buzzing with speculation about where it will go next when it eventually returns.
One of the biggest reactions to a TV episode in recent years happened after the finale of series two, The Reichenbach Fall, when Sherlock jumped from a rooftop and promptly returned from the dead. For two years, fans came up with endless theories about how the detective faked his death – varying wildly in believability – until series three revealed the actual answer. Such was the depth to which fans dissected the episodes that the explanation in the show actually felt less developed than some of those fans had made up.
And that spirit has carried on in this long gap between series three and four, as fans wonder what will happen next to Sherlock and John, how Mary’s pregnancy will turn out...
With a show as popular – and rarely on – as Sherlock, the internet is always buzzing with speculation about where it will go next when it eventually returns.
One of the biggest reactions to a TV episode in recent years happened after the finale of series two, The Reichenbach Fall, when Sherlock jumped from a rooftop and promptly returned from the dead. For two years, fans came up with endless theories about how the detective faked his death – varying wildly in believability – until series three revealed the actual answer. Such was the depth to which fans dissected the episodes that the explanation in the show actually felt less developed than some of those fans had made up.
And that spirit has carried on in this long gap between series three and four, as fans wonder what will happen next to Sherlock and John, how Mary’s pregnancy will turn out...
- 11/21/2015
- by Christian Bone
- Obsessed with Film
This one's a keeper, a film that generates a meaningful emotional charge. Ian McKellen and director Bill Condon re-team for an intensely felt portrait of Sherlock Holmes in his sunset years, holding on to his intellectual capacities as he reappraises a tragic case from years before. Laura Linney is his housekeeper, who fears Holmes is a bad influence on her son -- but the relationship is mutually beneficial. Mr. Holmes Blu-ray + Digital HD Lionsgate/Miramax 2015 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 94 min. / Street Date November 10, 2015 / 24.99 Starring Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Milo Parker , Hiroyuki Sanada, Hattie Morahan, Patrick Kennedy, Roger Allam, Philip Davis, Frances de la Tour, Charles Maddox, Takako Akashi, Zak Shukor, John Sessions, Nicholas Rowe, Frances Barber, Colin Starkey, Sarah Crowden. Cinematography Tobias A. Schleisser Film Editor Virginia Katz Original Music Carter Burwell Written by Jeffrey Hatcher from a novel by Mitch Cullin from characters by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Produced by Iain Canning,...
- 11/14/2015
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
The three-year run of Hannibal, one of the most visually and narratively innovative series ever to air on television, broadcast or cable, came to a breathtaking conclusion Saturday night. I have already confessed to a bit of selfish melancholy that there will be no more surprises, no more opportunities to get lost in the show’s radical approach to reimagining Thomas Harris’s well-known and well-trodden scenarios, and no more sweet, agonized anticipation over what form the show, probably the most envelope-pushing of any network show ever aired, might take in its own becoming. But I must also confess that I couldn’t be more satisfied with the way Hannibal, all three seasons now fully unveiled, was orchestrated to a beautifully modulated finish that illustrated the truly expressive and even transcendent (of the limitations of a more audience-friendly, more comfortingly linear structure and tone) achievement of Bryan Fuller’s series.
- 9/4/2015
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
In 2009, the BBC produced a 60-minute pilot for a new series. It was written by Steven Moffat, starred Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, and was based on the first (and little-adapted) Sherlock Holmes novel by Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet. If this sounds familiar, it's because the episode was ultimately reworked – and re-shot entirely – as the episode 'A Study in Pink', after the BBC decided to produce the show as three feature-length episodes rather than six hour-long ones.
Reports that the pilot had been scrapped led to some less-than-positive buzz around the show, with rumours flying that the series was a dud – but then Sherlock debuted in all its 90-minute glory back in summer of 2010, and we all remember how that went.
Co-creators Moffat and Mark Gatiss have always maintained that they're proud of the pilot, and it's included on the first series DVD as proof. So on...
Reports that the pilot had been scrapped led to some less-than-positive buzz around the show, with rumours flying that the series was a dud – but then Sherlock debuted in all its 90-minute glory back in summer of 2010, and we all remember how that went.
Co-creators Moffat and Mark Gatiss have always maintained that they're proud of the pilot, and it's included on the first series DVD as proof. So on...
- 7/25/2015
- Digital Spy
From spoofs to point-and-click adventure games, here are 10 of the most memorable unusual incarnations of Sherlock Holmes...
We don’t know a great deal about the content of the 90-minute Sherlock special set to air later this year, but one thing has emerged from the set photos and tantalising titbits of information we’ve seen so far. Sherlock Holmes and John Watson will be in nineteenth-century garb, pitching them back into the setting of the legendary detective’s original adventures: 1895, to be precise. Why that happens is as yet unclear, but all will be revealed.
For those still craving their Holmes fix in the meantime, the new film Mr. Holmes offers us Ian McKellen’s take on the character, musing upon an old case as he looks back on his long career from the vantage point of retirement. Jonny Lee Miller’s ultra-modern, Us-based Sherlock will be entering his fourth...
We don’t know a great deal about the content of the 90-minute Sherlock special set to air later this year, but one thing has emerged from the set photos and tantalising titbits of information we’ve seen so far. Sherlock Holmes and John Watson will be in nineteenth-century garb, pitching them back into the setting of the legendary detective’s original adventures: 1895, to be precise. Why that happens is as yet unclear, but all will be revealed.
For those still craving their Holmes fix in the meantime, the new film Mr. Holmes offers us Ian McKellen’s take on the character, musing upon an old case as he looks back on his long career from the vantage point of retirement. Jonny Lee Miller’s ultra-modern, Us-based Sherlock will be entering his fourth...
- 6/29/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
"Over the span of two decades, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival (Sfsff) has transformed itself from a one-day, three-film event into the second most prestigious silent movie showcase in the world," writes Michael Hawley at the top of his extensive overview. Featured in the 20th edition opening today are "Pauline Kael's all-time favorite film (the 1926 French short Ménilmontant), Harold Lloyd's last silent picture (Speedy) and Frank Capra's first sound film (The Donovan Affair, whose lost soundtrack will be recreated by live actors). The roster of high-profile guests includes Kevin Brownlow, Serge Bromberg and Leonard Maltin." We're gathering previews of highlights including Andre Antoine’s The Swallow and the Titmouse, Lewis Milestone's All Quiet on the Western Front, William Gillette's Sherlock Holmes and more. » - David Hudson...
- 5/28/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
"Over the span of two decades, the San Francisco Silent Film Festival (Sfsff) has transformed itself from a one-day, three-film event into the second most prestigious silent movie showcase in the world," writes Michael Hawley at the top of his extensive overview. Featured in the 20th edition opening today are "Pauline Kael's all-time favorite film (the 1926 French short Ménilmontant), Harold Lloyd's last silent picture (Speedy) and Frank Capra's first sound film (The Donovan Affair, whose lost soundtrack will be recreated by live actors). The roster of high-profile guests includes Kevin Brownlow, Serge Bromberg and Leonard Maltin." We're gathering previews of highlights including Andre Antoine’s The Swallow and the Titmouse, Lewis Milestone's All Quiet on the Western Front, William Gillette's Sherlock Holmes and more. » - David Hudson...
- 5/28/2015
- Keyframe
Elementary delivers another brilliantly bonkers case, but it looks as though season 3 will end with a whimper, not a bang…
This review contains spoilers.
3.23 Absconded
Forget Gordian knots, this week’s kidnapped-sheik-bee-murder plot was a Hydra-headed beast dreamt up in some ninth circle of a mythological realm of implausibility.
When Elementary goes for contrivance, boy does it go for it. The series is less a modern take on the Doyle stories now, and more a free-for-all contest in which writers compete to make the most outlandish connections using Holmes’ deductions as the Krazy Glue sticking it all together.
All of which is brilliant of course.
I’ve said it before and it bears repeating: there’s nothing quite like Elementary on TV, or at least not masquerading as a mainstream show. Which other network crime drama embraces eccentricity to this extent? Absconded began with insect colony collapse and ended with...
This review contains spoilers.
3.23 Absconded
Forget Gordian knots, this week’s kidnapped-sheik-bee-murder plot was a Hydra-headed beast dreamt up in some ninth circle of a mythological realm of implausibility.
When Elementary goes for contrivance, boy does it go for it. The series is less a modern take on the Doyle stories now, and more a free-for-all contest in which writers compete to make the most outlandish connections using Holmes’ deductions as the Krazy Glue sticking it all together.
All of which is brilliant of course.
I’ve said it before and it bears repeating: there’s nothing quite like Elementary on TV, or at least not masquerading as a mainstream show. Which other network crime drama embraces eccentricity to this extent? Absconded began with insect colony collapse and ended with...
- 5/8/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Arsher Ali has revealed that he auditioned to play Moriarty on Sherlock.
The actor - who appears in ITV's new drama Arthur & George - told Digital Spy and other press that he got the audition "spectacularly wrong".
"I went up for Moriarty and just got it spectacularly wrong," he said. "I got a callback and I was thinking, 'This is great. It's great that they're thinking Moriarty could be like me - amazing'.
"But I just completely wasn't expecting or didn't cotton on to what Andrew [Scott] eventually did. He's fantastic in it, but that's not how I saw it at all - so I missed that boat."
Ali plays George Edalji in Arthur & George - a real-life figure who was falsely accused of committing a violent crime and found an unexpected champion in Arthur Conan Doyle (Martin Clunes).
The role of good-natured Edalji particularly appealed to him after playing unscrupulous...
The actor - who appears in ITV's new drama Arthur & George - told Digital Spy and other press that he got the audition "spectacularly wrong".
"I went up for Moriarty and just got it spectacularly wrong," he said. "I got a callback and I was thinking, 'This is great. It's great that they're thinking Moriarty could be like me - amazing'.
"But I just completely wasn't expecting or didn't cotton on to what Andrew [Scott] eventually did. He's fantastic in it, but that's not how I saw it at all - so I missed that boat."
Ali plays George Edalji in Arthur & George - a real-life figure who was falsely accused of committing a violent crime and found an unexpected champion in Arthur Conan Doyle (Martin Clunes).
The role of good-natured Edalji particularly appealed to him after playing unscrupulous...
- 2/27/2015
- Digital Spy
The Great Game: A Professor Moriarty Novel by Michael Kurland An offshoot of the Sherlock Holmes universe, this is a pastiche focusing on Professor James Moriarty. It is the latest in a series of novels written by Kurland dealing with the Professor’s adventures, and putting him an entirely different light to that portrayed by Conan Doyle. Strict Sherlock Holmes fans will not like it – but anyone who enjoys Victorian mysteries undoubtedly will! When an unexpected visitor is shot by a crossbow bolt, while standing on the doorstep of Moriarty’s home, Moriarty starts to investigate. At the same time, his […]...
- 1/28/2015
- by Angela Youngman
- Monsters and Critics
As nominated by our writers, here are the books of 2014 we can’t recommend highly enough…
Closing the final page on the very best books leaves you with a single urge: to share it. We’re talking about the kind of books that make you want to follow strangers down the road, tugging at their elbow and saying “seriously, you’ve got to read this”.
Here then, is our equivalent of doing that. These are the books published in 2014 that our writers felt compelled to share. If there’s one that you feel similarly enthused about, feel free to recommend away in the comments section...
Half A King – Joe Abercrombie
Unless you’ve been living in hermit-like seclusion recently, you can’t help but notice that Young Adult fiction is having its moment. Not even a genre a few years ago, it burst into the public consciousness with a flurry...
Closing the final page on the very best books leaves you with a single urge: to share it. We’re talking about the kind of books that make you want to follow strangers down the road, tugging at their elbow and saying “seriously, you’ve got to read this”.
Here then, is our equivalent of doing that. These are the books published in 2014 that our writers felt compelled to share. If there’s one that you feel similarly enthused about, feel free to recommend away in the comments section...
Half A King – Joe Abercrombie
Unless you’ve been living in hermit-like seclusion recently, you can’t help but notice that Young Adult fiction is having its moment. Not even a genre a few years ago, it burst into the public consciousness with a flurry...
- 12/22/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Discarded plots, quotes from canon, Martin Freeman's hatred of Watson's moustache... Here's a long list of Sherlock series 3 trivia...
Released this month, the collector’s edition Sherlock series 3 DVDs are crammed with nerd succour, from the episodes one and three commentaries by Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat, Sue Vertue and Una Stubbs, to behind-the-scenes featurettes, falling-over and dancing outtakes, footage from episode read-throughs, a deleted scene in which Lars Mikkelsen licks Benedict Cumberbatch, technical special effects gubbins, clips from the only existing television interview with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and - we almost forgot - the series itself.
For Sherlock fans who haven’t yet had the pleasure, we’ve ploughed through all the bonus material on the discs, turning up the odd bit of trivia treasure as we did so. Find out below about Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat's plans for Sherlock to teach Mary the violin, Benedict Cumberbatch...
Released this month, the collector’s edition Sherlock series 3 DVDs are crammed with nerd succour, from the episodes one and three commentaries by Mark Gatiss, Steven Moffat, Sue Vertue and Una Stubbs, to behind-the-scenes featurettes, falling-over and dancing outtakes, footage from episode read-throughs, a deleted scene in which Lars Mikkelsen licks Benedict Cumberbatch, technical special effects gubbins, clips from the only existing television interview with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and - we almost forgot - the series itself.
For Sherlock fans who haven’t yet had the pleasure, we’ve ploughed through all the bonus material on the discs, turning up the odd bit of trivia treasure as we did so. Find out below about Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat's plans for Sherlock to teach Mary the violin, Benedict Cumberbatch...
- 11/25/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
We never stop recovering our film history. In 2014 alone we found a 1916 version of Sherlock Holmes starring the legendary stage actor William Gillette (the only known footage of the man considered the definitive Holmes of his era in character) and an unfinished orphan film shot in 1913 starring black Broadway star Bert Williams. The digital tools have given filmmakers, producers, studios and film archivists and restorers the ability to resurrect damaged prints and rescue damaged footage previously beyond the scope of physical and chemical methods and the transition from film prints to theatrical digital formats for repertory and revival showings has created new incentives to restore and remaster classic films for new theatrical screenings. >> - Sean Axmaker...
- 11/23/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
We never stop recovering our film history. In 2014 alone we found a 1916 version of Sherlock Holmes starring the legendary stage actor William Gillette (the only known footage of the man considered the definitive Holmes of his era in character) and an unfinished orphan film shot in 1913 starring black Broadway star Bert Williams. The digital tools have given filmmakers, producers, studios and film archivists and restorers the ability to resurrect damaged prints and rescue damaged footage previously beyond the scope of physical and chemical methods and the transition from film prints to theatrical digital formats for repertory and revival showings has created new incentives to restore and remaster classic films for new theatrical screenings. >> - Sean Axmaker...
- 11/23/2014
- Keyframe
The third series of the BBC's "Sherlock" ended with a surprising coda - despite his having committed suicide last season, Moriarty's visage popped up on every screen in London asking "Did you miss me?".
Is Holmes' nemesis still alive? Mark Gatiss, the show's co-creator, producer, writer, and our hero's on-screen brother Mycroft Holmes, tells Radio Times that next year's upcoming standalone special of the show will "completely" solve the mystery of Moriarty's supposed reappearance leading to a new story arc for the full fourth series.
That arc is also set to take a darker tone than last series as Gatiss teases "you can always expect tragedy as well as adventure". Despite the stories themselves undergoing a Lot of changes in their adaptation to the screen, the show itself is following the general arcs of Arthur Conan Doyle's characters. This would suggest that John Watson's wife Mary (Amanda Abbington...
Is Holmes' nemesis still alive? Mark Gatiss, the show's co-creator, producer, writer, and our hero's on-screen brother Mycroft Holmes, tells Radio Times that next year's upcoming standalone special of the show will "completely" solve the mystery of Moriarty's supposed reappearance leading to a new story arc for the full fourth series.
That arc is also set to take a darker tone than last series as Gatiss teases "you can always expect tragedy as well as adventure". Despite the stories themselves undergoing a Lot of changes in their adaptation to the screen, the show itself is following the general arcs of Arthur Conan Doyle's characters. This would suggest that John Watson's wife Mary (Amanda Abbington...
- 11/21/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Between the long-awaited confirmation of Sherlock's fourth series, the even longer-awaited confirmation of Sherlock Holmes 3, and the upcoming release of Anthony Horowitz's novel Moriarty, the cult of Holmes is positively thriving.
It's no secret that we're big Baker Street fans here at Digital Spy, so we were predisposed to enjoy the Museum of London's new exhibition Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Never Lived and Will Never Die.
Incorporating video footage, paintings, written extracts, props from the BBC's Sherlock and some artifacts belonging to Arthur Conan Doyle himself, there are too many Holmesian treasures to name within the multimedia exhibition. But below are the five main reasons it's a must-do for any fan.
1. See the birth of Sherlock Holmes
On paper, that is. One of the rarest and most impressive items in the exhibition is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's notebook, which contains the first lines of...
It's no secret that we're big Baker Street fans here at Digital Spy, so we were predisposed to enjoy the Museum of London's new exhibition Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Never Lived and Will Never Die.
Incorporating video footage, paintings, written extracts, props from the BBC's Sherlock and some artifacts belonging to Arthur Conan Doyle himself, there are too many Holmesian treasures to name within the multimedia exhibition. But below are the five main reasons it's a must-do for any fan.
1. See the birth of Sherlock Holmes
On paper, that is. One of the rarest and most impressive items in the exhibition is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's notebook, which contains the first lines of...
- 10/17/2014
- Digital Spy
'Sherlock Holmes' movie found at Cinémathèque Française (image: William Gillette in 'Sherlock Holmes') Sherlock Holmes, a long-thought-lost 1916 feature starring stage performer and playwright William Gillette in the title role, has been discovered in the vaults of the Cinémathèque Française. Directed by the all-but-forgotten Arthur Berthelet for the Chicago-based Essanay production company, the approximately 90-minute movie is supposed to be not only the sole record of William Gillette's celebrated performance as Arthur Conan Doyle's detective, but also the only surviving Gillette film.* In the late 19th century, William Gillette himself wrote the play Sherlock Holmes, which turned out to be a mash-up of various stories and novels featuring the detective, chiefly the short stories "A Scandal in Bohemia" and "The Final Problem." ("May I marry Holmes?" Gillette, while vying for the role, telegraphed Conan Doyle. The latter replied, "You may marry or murder or do What you like with him.
- 10/3/2014
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Some good news for silent film fans. The Cinémathèque Française film archive/museum in Paris, France announced this week that they've "rediscovered" and will be restoring a print of a 1916 silent film directed by Arthur Berthelet, starring William Gillette as Sherlock Holmes. The newly restored print will premiere at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival in May 2015 next year, and this news was released jointly between these two organizations (via Variety). Gillette is a classic British actor known for playing Sherlock Holmes on stage, and this is his one and only film role as the detective in one of the first film adaptations. The report states that a "nitrate dupe negative" was discovered in Cinémathèque Française's vaults just last week and will be digitally restored, with the very first premiere at the Toute la Mémoire du Monde, before going on to play at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. The film,...
- 10/2/2014
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Before Benedict Cumberbatch, Robert Downey Jr., Jeremy Brett, or Basil Rathbone donned the deerstalker, the world’s first film version of Sherlock Holmes was performed by an actor named William Gillette. Never heard of him? That is hardly surprising, as Gillette was primarily a stage actor and made only one film: Sherlock Holmes, from 1916. Long thought lost, Sherlock Holmes was recently discovered by the Cinematheque Francaise, and is currently in the process of a digital restoration with the help of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival.
Directed by Arthur Berthelet and produced by Essanay Studios in Chicago, the 1916 film version of Sherlock Holmes features Gillette in the titular role as he comes into conflict with his arch-nemesis Professor Moriarty. The film contains a number of set pieces that were part of Gillette’s original play, and apparently illustrates how Gillette brought a number of elements from various Sherlock Holmes stories into the plot.
Directed by Arthur Berthelet and produced by Essanay Studios in Chicago, the 1916 film version of Sherlock Holmes features Gillette in the titular role as he comes into conflict with his arch-nemesis Professor Moriarty. The film contains a number of set pieces that were part of Gillette’s original play, and apparently illustrates how Gillette brought a number of elements from various Sherlock Holmes stories into the plot.
- 10/2/2014
- by Lauren Humphries-Brooks
- We Got This Covered
French-film archive Cinémathèque Française announced today that it has uncovered a lost, silent film version of Sherlock Holmes from 1916 in its archives. The film is the only surviving footage of actor William Gillette — the first to don Holmes's iconic deerstalker hat — in a role that he made famous in stage portrayals. It is currently being restored and will make its U.S. debut at the the San Francisco Silent Film Festival in May 2015. "William Gillette’s Sherlock Holmes has ranked among the holy grails of lost film and my first glimpse of the footage confirms Gillette’s magnetism,” said Robert Byrne, board president of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival. "Audiences are going to be blown away when they see the real Sherlock Holmes on screen for the first time.” Um, the real Sherlock Holmes? Mr. Byrne should be glad the Cumberbitches don’t have some sort of Beygency-type enforcement organization (Cumberbeygency?...
- 10/2/2014
- by Anna Silman
- Vulture
A 1916 silent movie about Sherlock Holmes, long thought to be lost, has been discovered by the Cinematheque Francaise, which has joined with the San Francisco Film Festival to create a digital restoration. The restored film will be unveiled in Europe at the Cinematheque Francais' festival of film restoration in Paris in January, and its American premiere will take place at the San Francisco Silent Film festival in May, the Sfsff announced Wednesday. Sherlock Holmes, directed by Arthur Berthelet and produced by the Essanay Studios in Chicago, starred William Gillette, an American actor and playwright popular in the late 19th
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- 10/1/2014
- by Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sherlock Holmes has appeared on stage and on screen numerous times played by dozens of actors, and now, thanks to a recent discovery, fans of the world's greatest detective will be able to view a lost but key piece of his on-screen history. The French film archive Cinémathèque Française announced on Wednesday that a silent film version of Sherlock Holmes produced in 1916 was discovered in their collection a few weeks ago. Produced by Essanay Studios, the film, simply titled Sherlock Holmes, stars William Gillette as the titular detective, a role for which he was known around the world. Gillette is...
- 10/1/2014
- by Jonathon Dornbush
- EW - Inside Movies
Last month's Emmy awards saw an unexpected and wildly impressive victory for Sherlock, with the series three finale 'His Last Vow' picking up three major awards for Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, and Steven Moffat's script.
Thrilling though this is, the reminder of how good Sherlock is has only served to make the inevitably long wait for series four that bit more painful, and Moffat didn't help matters by enigmatically declaring that the upcoming series will be "devastating". Gulp.
Sherlock series 4 predictions: What's next for Sherlock and John?
Since we were in the mood to marathon all thirteen and a half hours of Sherlock this week, we took the opportunity to pit the nine episodes against each other. Read our list from worst to best below, then tell us all the reasons why we're wrong in the comments!
9. 'The Blind Banker' (Series 1, Episode 2)
There are no truly bad episodes of...
Thrilling though this is, the reminder of how good Sherlock is has only served to make the inevitably long wait for series four that bit more painful, and Moffat didn't help matters by enigmatically declaring that the upcoming series will be "devastating". Gulp.
Sherlock series 4 predictions: What's next for Sherlock and John?
Since we were in the mood to marathon all thirteen and a half hours of Sherlock this week, we took the opportunity to pit the nine episodes against each other. Read our list from worst to best below, then tell us all the reasons why we're wrong in the comments!
9. 'The Blind Banker' (Series 1, Episode 2)
There are no truly bad episodes of...
- 9/6/2014
- Digital Spy
Sherlock is a thrilling, contemporary reimagining of the Arthur Conan Doyle classic that follows Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson's adventures in 21st Century London. Sherlock, the hit BBC One drama produced by Hartswood Films, will return to screens for a Special, followed by a series of three new episodes. The last series saw Sherlock’s life change a lot - he returned from the dead, his best friend John Watson married Mary Morstan and he met his match in Charles Augustus Magnussen. After the briefest of exiles, Sherlock came back only to face one of his biggest mysteries yet. Why is Moriarty’s face being broadcast on every television in the land? Speaking about the return of the series, co-creator, writer and executive producer Steven Moffat says: “A special, plus a new series of...
- 7/3/2014
- by Pietro Filipponi
- The Daily BLAM!
Finding a large enough gap in the respective calendars of Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman so they can film more episodes of Sherlock has been no elementary task for the show’s producers over the past couple of years, given the pair’s increasingly full schedules. But Fargo and Hobbit star Freeman has told the U.K. newspaper The Telegraph it “looks pretty likely” the pair will reunite early next year to shoot a special Christmas episode of the beloved Conan Doyle adaptation. “I’m speaking off-message here I think that might be for next Christmas,” said the actor, who...
- 7/1/2014
- by Clark Collis
- EW - Inside TV
“He [Professor Moriarty] is the Napoleon of crime, Watson. He is the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undedicated in this great city. He is a genius, a philosopher, an abstract thinker. He has a brain of the first order”
-“The Final Problem” (1893) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Professor Moriarty, known as Jim in more recent adaptations, is not a conventional monster. He doesn’t have scales or a knife, he isn’t some otherworldly creature…yet, in all his incarnations he is viciously terrifying and capable of creating ultimate chaos for our hero.
Moriarty, considered one of literature’s finest villains, was only in two Doyle novels: “The Final Problem” and “The Reichenbach Fall”. He was introduced as a crime lord who protects nearly all the criminals in England in exchange for their obedience and a share of their profits. However, in most modern adaptations...
-“The Final Problem” (1893) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Professor Moriarty, known as Jim in more recent adaptations, is not a conventional monster. He doesn’t have scales or a knife, he isn’t some otherworldly creature…yet, in all his incarnations he is viciously terrifying and capable of creating ultimate chaos for our hero.
Moriarty, considered one of literature’s finest villains, was only in two Doyle novels: “The Final Problem” and “The Reichenbach Fall”. He was introduced as a crime lord who protects nearly all the criminals in England in exchange for their obedience and a share of their profits. However, in most modern adaptations...
- 6/2/2014
- by Tressa
- SoundOnSight
Elementary approaches its season two finale, but has it already played its cards? Here's Frances' review...
Review
This review contains spoilers.
2.22 Art In The Blood
“Art in the blood is liable to take the strangest forms.” The Adventure Of The Greek Interpreter, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
So which is it? Is Mycroft Holmes an MI6 mole or framed asset? Was his return to MI6 precipitated by his insolvency or by his little brother’s imminent prison sentence? Is he tinker, tailor, soldier or spy?
Spy is a given after the revelations of the past two episodes, which saw the arrow swing wildly around Mycroft’s character dial from hero to villain and back again before appearing to settle on ‘wronged man’.
Just as it seemed that Sherlock was piecing together the evidence to convict his brother (he’d already wished Mycroft dead, why would he hesitate to have him charged for suspected murder?...
Review
This review contains spoilers.
2.22 Art In The Blood
“Art in the blood is liable to take the strangest forms.” The Adventure Of The Greek Interpreter, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
So which is it? Is Mycroft Holmes an MI6 mole or framed asset? Was his return to MI6 precipitated by his insolvency or by his little brother’s imminent prison sentence? Is he tinker, tailor, soldier or spy?
Spy is a given after the revelations of the past two episodes, which saw the arrow swing wildly around Mycroft’s character dial from hero to villain and back again before appearing to settle on ‘wronged man’.
Just as it seemed that Sherlock was piecing together the evidence to convict his brother (he’d already wished Mycroft dead, why would he hesitate to have him charged for suspected murder?...
- 5/9/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Review Frances Roberts 14 Mar 2014 - 12:41
They can't all be zingers, proves The Hound Of The Cancer Cells. Here's Frances' review...
This review contains spoilers.
2.18 The Hound Of The Cancer Cells
What teases Elementary’s makers are. This week’s episode title alluded to one of Sherlock Holmes’ most famous cases, but did we see a modern take on Conan Doyle’s hell beast/inheritance plot in The Hound Of The Cancer Cells? Did we heck.
Instead, we were served an intricately plotted but workaday murder with a side salad of cliché about gangs, pregnant teens, and standing up to crack-dealing ‘bangers’. Perhaps an incarnation of Baskerville Hall is due an appearance in a future episode, but if not, Doyle fans are likely to feel a little cheated by this week’s punning episode title.
Death-by-helium was a diverting opener at least, the victim’s appeals for life made darkly cartoonish,...
They can't all be zingers, proves The Hound Of The Cancer Cells. Here's Frances' review...
This review contains spoilers.
2.18 The Hound Of The Cancer Cells
What teases Elementary’s makers are. This week’s episode title alluded to one of Sherlock Holmes’ most famous cases, but did we see a modern take on Conan Doyle’s hell beast/inheritance plot in The Hound Of The Cancer Cells? Did we heck.
Instead, we were served an intricately plotted but workaday murder with a side salad of cliché about gangs, pregnant teens, and standing up to crack-dealing ‘bangers’. Perhaps an incarnation of Baskerville Hall is due an appearance in a future episode, but if not, Doyle fans are likely to feel a little cheated by this week’s punning episode title.
Death-by-helium was a diverting opener at least, the victim’s appeals for life made darkly cartoonish,...
- 3/14/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Feature Alex Westthorp 19 Feb 2014 - 07:00
Nostalgia ahoy! With Sherlock Holmes more popular than ever, Alex looks back at eighties children's drama, The Baker Street Boys...
The BBC's contemporary take on Arthur Conan Doyle's short stories has made Sherlock the most popular television drama series in many years. Benedict Cumberbatch has made Sherlock his own, his approach to the role as radical for the current era as the late, great Jeremy Brett's was a generation ago. Martin Freeman has banished our memories of his role as Tim Canterbury in Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's The Office, with his wonderful re-assessment of Dr John Watson. The corporation is making the most of the Conan Doyle franchise. After from two rather lacklustre yuletide cases, firstly with Richard Roxburgh in 2002 then Rupert Everett in 2004; they finally have a hit on their hands. The benchmark hitherto has always been Granada Television...
Nostalgia ahoy! With Sherlock Holmes more popular than ever, Alex looks back at eighties children's drama, The Baker Street Boys...
The BBC's contemporary take on Arthur Conan Doyle's short stories has made Sherlock the most popular television drama series in many years. Benedict Cumberbatch has made Sherlock his own, his approach to the role as radical for the current era as the late, great Jeremy Brett's was a generation ago. Martin Freeman has banished our memories of his role as Tim Canterbury in Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's The Office, with his wonderful re-assessment of Dr John Watson. The corporation is making the most of the Conan Doyle franchise. After from two rather lacklustre yuletide cases, firstly with Richard Roxburgh in 2002 then Rupert Everett in 2004; they finally have a hit on their hands. The benchmark hitherto has always been Granada Television...
- 2/18/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Feature Gem Wheeler 14 Feb 2014 - 07:00
Gem compares Elementary and Sherlock's approach to adapting Arthur Conan Doyle's original stories...
Warning: contains plot details for Sherlock series three and Elementary season two.
Unless you’ve been hiding out in a mysterious foreign country since 2012, you’ll know that Sherlock recently concluded its third series by presenting us with another tantalising mystery. The last time this happened, it was the thorny question of how Sherlock managed to survive his leap from the roof of St Bart’s. This year, we’re left to wonder how Moriarty apparently brushed aside the small matter of a self-inflicted bullet wound to the head. It’s comforting to know that times may change, but Sherlock’s capacity to induce fevered speculation and waves of online outrage will be with us for some time to come.
We’ve been granted no fewer than three recent interpretations of the consulting detective.
Gem compares Elementary and Sherlock's approach to adapting Arthur Conan Doyle's original stories...
Warning: contains plot details for Sherlock series three and Elementary season two.
Unless you’ve been hiding out in a mysterious foreign country since 2012, you’ll know that Sherlock recently concluded its third series by presenting us with another tantalising mystery. The last time this happened, it was the thorny question of how Sherlock managed to survive his leap from the roof of St Bart’s. This year, we’re left to wonder how Moriarty apparently brushed aside the small matter of a self-inflicted bullet wound to the head. It’s comforting to know that times may change, but Sherlock’s capacity to induce fevered speculation and waves of online outrage will be with us for some time to come.
We’ve been granted no fewer than three recent interpretations of the consulting detective.
- 2/13/2014
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Several years ago, when I first heard that the BBC was doing a version of the Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories re-set in the modern day, I was skeptical. I’ve long loved the Holmes stories. I believe I finished reading the Canon for the first time by the age of ten. For me, part of the charm was the fog/smog filled Victorian streets of London, with the hansom cabs, the gaslights, et al. For me, the era and setting were as much characters in the stories as Holmes and Watson. I might have given the series a pass except that the co-creator and frequent writer for the series was going to be Steven Moffat.
I knew Moffat from some remarkable work he had done on Doctor Who. He has penned what I felt were some of the best episodes I’d ever watched on the series,...
I knew Moffat from some remarkable work he had done on Doctor Who. He has penned what I felt were some of the best episodes I’d ever watched on the series,...
- 2/9/2014
- by John Ostrander
- Comicmix.com
The Sherlock Holmes played by Benedict Cumberbatch is the most brilliant problem solver on television. The Sherlock Holmes played by Jonny Lee Miller in Elementary comes pretty close, but I give the edge to the “high functioning” sociopath with the “mind palace” in his head. (Now that’s some Intelligence.) The third and final installment of Sherlock’s third season challenged the master detective with a most vexing conundrum, a test of both imagination and morality, one that has become increasingly popular in our hero fiction of late: To kill or not to kill.
Sherlock and crime-fighting colleague, best mate,...
Sherlock and crime-fighting colleague, best mate,...
- 2/3/2014
- by Jeff Jensen
- EW.com - PopWatch
Sherlock His Last Vow
The Sherlock season 3 finale had a “ripped from the headlines” feel to it as London’s best loved sleuth went head-to-head with a pernicious media magnate who built his fortune upon stolen secrets and blackmail. Sound familiar? Well maybe it does but while it has contemporary overtones His Last Vow was based on a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that was written at the start of the last century. Some things never change eh?
The villain of the piece, and series 3 in general was the fancifully named Charles Augustus Magnussen (Lars Mikkelsen). He is of course the “one man Sherlock hates.” Quite an accolade considering his various run-ins with a certain Mr Moriarty. Sherlock investigated Magnussen on behalf of a politician but it soon became apparent that Magnussen had been meddling in Sherlock’s life for quite some time. Among other things, he arranged the...
The Sherlock season 3 finale had a “ripped from the headlines” feel to it as London’s best loved sleuth went head-to-head with a pernicious media magnate who built his fortune upon stolen secrets and blackmail. Sound familiar? Well maybe it does but while it has contemporary overtones His Last Vow was based on a story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that was written at the start of the last century. Some things never change eh?
The villain of the piece, and series 3 in general was the fancifully named Charles Augustus Magnussen (Lars Mikkelsen). He is of course the “one man Sherlock hates.” Quite an accolade considering his various run-ins with a certain Mr Moriarty. Sherlock investigated Magnussen on behalf of a politician but it soon became apparent that Magnussen had been meddling in Sherlock’s life for quite some time. Among other things, he arranged the...
- 2/3/2014
- by Edited by K Kinsella
BBC
It may have only just begun, but two and a half weeks later Sherlock was over once again, leaving fans to contemplate another multiple-year wait for the next all-too-short instalment. With all that time to look forward to any future episodes, Sherlock’s audience are naturally keen to analyse and pick apart the three episodes we just saw. More than any speculation about Moriarty’s reappearance, the big question is: Are the new trio of episodes a match for the earlier ones?
Aren’t some of Sherlock’s deductions just a little far fetched, even for him? Isn’t some of his behaviour a kind of inappropriate that goes beyond plausible? Aren’t some of the plot contrivances a little more out there than before? In short, isn’t it all just a little bit, well, silly? The truth is that your mileage may vary when it comes to the answers to these questions,...
It may have only just begun, but two and a half weeks later Sherlock was over once again, leaving fans to contemplate another multiple-year wait for the next all-too-short instalment. With all that time to look forward to any future episodes, Sherlock’s audience are naturally keen to analyse and pick apart the three episodes we just saw. More than any speculation about Moriarty’s reappearance, the big question is: Are the new trio of episodes a match for the earlier ones?
Aren’t some of Sherlock’s deductions just a little far fetched, even for him? Isn’t some of his behaviour a kind of inappropriate that goes beyond plausible? Aren’t some of the plot contrivances a little more out there than before? In short, isn’t it all just a little bit, well, silly? The truth is that your mileage may vary when it comes to the answers to these questions,...
- 1/29/2014
- by Jack Gann
- Obsessed with Film
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