The Evolution Of Detectives In Fiction
Here are the authors and their creations who, in my view, changed the detective game.
Here are the authors and their creations who, in my view, changed the detective game.
Posted 03.29.2012
Some are obsessive-compulsive neat-freaks. Some aren't afraid to get their hands (or reputations) dirty. Some enjoy a damn fine cup of coffee, while o...
Laura Prudom | Posted 04.30.2012
In case you hadn't heard, CBS is developing a modern-day reimagining of Sherlock Holmes, set in New York, called Elementary. I was dubious as soon as I heard about the concept, mostly because a modern-day reimagining of Sherlock Holmes already exists -- it's called Sherlock.
EW.com | Posted 02.14.2012
CBS has found its Sherlock Holmes. The network has tapped Jonny Lee Miller to play the iconic detective in its modern-day reboot of the character....
BootsnAll | Posted 03.21.2012
These house museums give us a sense of what life was like in a different period and a glimpse of what went into making artists, writers and great thinkers who they were.
Posted 01.18.2012
In case you haven't had your fill of onscreen, detail-oriented pipe smokers, CBS has now green lit the pilot of a series called (wait for it) "Element...
AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 03.07.2012
PASADENA, Calif. — Benedict Cumberbatch is shrugging off British newspaper criticism of his female co-star's nude scene in TV's latest season of...
Michael Giltz | Posted 03.01.2012
Oh the DVDs are piling up, and these are the dog days of late December and early January when DVD releases slow to a trickle. Let's get to it.
Alexandra Holzer | Posted 02.21.2012
Part II interview with comic book writer genius Martin Powell as the new film Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is just released!
Zaki Hasan | Posted 02.20.2012
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows doesn't go nearly as deep as I would have liked, but is a mostly-diverting concoction that, thankfully isn't as broad as it could very well have ended up.
Dan Persons | Posted 02.19.2012
Under the direction of Guy Ritchie and as embodied by Robert Downey Jr., the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes shakes off his tweedy cobwebs and gets down, dirty, and flat-out physical in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 02.18.2012
Downey and Law still have fun with the repartee between their characters but the genuine affection between the two men is missing. Best friends in the first film, they now appear as casual acquaintances.
AP | PAUL DERGARABEDIAN | Posted 02.15.2012
LOS ANGELES — After two sluggish weeks at the domestic box office, "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" is on the case and ready to solve the re...
Jonathan Kim | Posted 02.15.2012
My problem with A Game of Shadows isn't the characters and actors in front of the camera, but with the man behind it. That's because Guy Ritchie is simply not a good director -- and arguably never has been.
Marshall Fine | Posted 02.15.2012
Where the other Mission: Impossible films were calculated to appeal to the kid in adults, this film seems aimed right at kids, period.
Posted 12.15.2011
From Mother Nature Network's Gerri Miller: When it comes to green production, "Warner Bros. is extremely conscious about that and works with the ph...
Marshall Fine | Posted 02.14.2012
What can you say about Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows that wasn't said previously about Ritchie's Baker Street reboot from 2009, She...
HuffingtonPost.com | Nicki Gostin | Posted 12.14.2011
For years, actor Jared Harris appeared in great indie movies such as "Igby Goes Down" and "Happiness." In the last couple of years, however, he's been...
Michele Weldon | Posted 02.07.2012
Digital shaming has become the newest form of public stocks, ensuring the wrongdoings of individuals are widely known and impossible to erase.
Posted 12.07.2011
There's nothing mysterious about the serious star-wattage ushered in Tuesday night at the Los Angeles premiere of "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows....
Posted 01.02.2012
We get so many books in the mail, you wouldn't believe. I know, your heart bleeds for us. Most of them, to be brutal yet honest, merit little more tha...
Andrew Losowsky | Posted 01.29.2012
What would happen if the world's greatest detectives were in a fight to the death?
Michael Giltz | Posted 01.01.2012
If you're like me, you're helpless in the face of any decent Holmes adventures. If so, The House Of Silk will satisfy. But if you prefer any new Holmes tale to surprise and delight in unexpected ways then you'd best stick with the canon.
Posted 12.19.2011
What starts off like a scary Victorian ghost story with a haunting voice over, synchronized dance moves and a game of chess quickly melts away with a ...
Posted 12.15.2011
Now perhaps Hollywood's leading superhero, Robert Downey Jr. is working to swoop in and save the career of one of his best friends. The man behind...
Max Allan Collins | Posted 05.08.2012