There's less of the steampunk silliness and more straightforward (and incredibly stylized) action in Guy Ritchie's latest abduction of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's brilliant detective, Sherlock Holmes, and it is all for the better. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" again bears only the most fleeting resemblance to its cerebral Victorian origins, but we like the "new" Holmes and Watson nevertheless. Robert Downey Jr. holds nothing back in his over the top (or, as Watson says, "manic, bordering on psychotic") portrayal of the overcaffeinated and coca'd sleuth, and Jude Law brings equal -- if more rational -- energy to his Dr. Watson, much more a partner than a sidekick in this adventure.
...And so is the movie. Except for the evil professor, everyone cares ab...
More than 100 years ago, the famous detective Sherlock Holmes was featured for the first time in "A Study in Scarlet" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In 2009, director Guy Ritchie directed the film "Sherlock Holmes," starring Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes and Jude Law as his faithful companion Watson. Now we have "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows," starring the same cast along with some new faces. The plot revolves around a new villain named Professor James Moriarty, the most famous criminal mastermind of the novels and short stories. It is a battle between intellects and it is intense and exciting.
... changes his personality from the first movie, and we still love him. Law also does an amazing ...
The game's afoot yet again in "Sherlock Holmes," an energetic reimagining of a 19th century hero for 21st century multiplexers. As enacted with a semi-maniacal gleam in his eye by a mischievous Robert Downey Jr., this latest Holmes - never seen with a deerstalker and magnifying glass but frequently stripped down to suspenders and pantaloons, the better for bareknuckle brawling - may displease Arthur Conan Doyle purists but should find favor with audiences eager for a fun, witty action movie. Assuming at least some audience familiarity with its title sleuth (Holmes is rivaled only by Tarzan, Dracula and Frankenstein's monster as the movies' most oft-resurrected character), "Sherlock Holmes" opens at a moment of domestic crisis for the world's greatest detective, as his best friend, Dr. W...
By Mal Vincent The Virginian-Pilot
... set in 1891, but this version of Arthur Conan Doyle's master detective is expected to come acros...
LOS ANGELES -- Robert Downey Jr. is trading Iron Man's metal suit for Sherlock Holmes' deerstalker hat. Downey is following his action blockbuster "Iron Man" with the title role in "Sherlock Holmes," a mystery drama based on Arthur Conan Doyle's detective and an upcoming comic-book about Holmes by Lionel Wigram, one of the movie's producers. Guy Ritchie ("Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels") is directing the Warner Bros. film, which is set to begin shooting in October, the studio said Thursday.
Take it from a lifelong fan of Arthur Conan Doyle: Robert Downey Jr. is so NOT Sherlock Holmes. That's not a hindrance - in fact, it's a big help - as he and director Guy Ritchie bring Conan Doyle's dusty Victorian-age detective into the modern world.
...Who knows? Maybe the movie will make a few viewers go discover Conan Doyle fo...
If you're an avid reader, you're going to love the 2009 holiday movie season. Among the fictional creations that are coming to the big screen in the next couple of months are Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective- beyond-peer Sherlock Holmes (played by Robert Downey Jr. this time), as well as those that are featured in the books "Push" (by Ramona "Sapphire" Lofton) "The Lovely Bones" (Alice Sebold), "The Road" (Cormac McCarthy) "Fantastic Mr. Fox" (Roald Dahl), as well as a period drama that was written by British novelist Nick Hornby, "An Education.
... theatrical releases of Hannah Montana: The Movie, Disney Channel will serve up original series and ... that included Bleach, Death Note, Detective Conan, Hamtaro and Naruto within the U.S. and Euro...
If there was one person in the world associated with no-nonsense critical thinking, surely it was Conan Doyle. Quite a change for a nine-year-old girl! ELSIE WRIGHT Elsie was tall, with beautiful flowing hair, a wide smile, and a great sense of style. On that particular day, however, as water dripped from Frances' black woollen stockings onto her expensive leather shoes, her mother completely lost her temper.
... Sherlock Holmes, the greatest fictional detective of all time. If there was one person in the world ... tactic you might associate with a Hollywood movie star, not an ordinary 13-year old girl!. Elsie see...
Fresh from the festival circuit and a limited theatrical release, Secuestro Express roars into area vidstores via Miramax Home Entertainment ($29.99) as a frenetically paced nightmare ride, the most harrowing South American crime movie since Fernando Meirelles' "City of God." It's our ... DVD pick of the week
...: John Hannah stars as the eponymous detective in the three-disc, four-movie set, Rebus ($39.98),, while Arthur Conan Doyle is represented by the Sherlock Holmes title ...
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