Tag Archives: Sherlock Holmes

Review: The Legend of Tarzan (2016)

Posted on December 4, 2016 by Sam S-P

If there’s a film I never expected THE LEGEND OF TARZAN to remind me of, it was THE LONE RANGER. Both films are beautiful looking genre pieces with entertaining set pieces and shudder-inducing cultural insensitivity. Johnny Depp should never have … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Alexander Skarsgard, Christoph Waltz, David Yates, Djimon Honsou, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Fantasy, Film, Guy Ritchie, Johnny Depp, Margot Robbie, Movies, Samuel L. Jackson, Sherlock Holmes, The Legend of Tarzan, The Lone Ranger, The Lord of the Rings | Leave a comment

Review: Love & Friendship (2016)

Posted on June 14, 2016 by Sam S-P

It’s Jane Austen, but not quite as we know it. Whit Stillman’s LOVE & FRIENDSHIP adapts one of the titanically influential novelist’s lesser-known and unfinished stories (originally titled LADY SUSAN) and the result is a film that is both delicate … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Chloë Sevigny, Comedy, Film, Historical Drama, James Fleet, Jane Austen, Jemma Redgrave, Justin Edwards, Kate Beckinsale, Lady Susan, Love & Friendship, Morfydd Clark, Movies, Romance, Sherlock Holmes, Stephen Fry, Tom Bennett, Total Recall, Underworld, Whit Stillman | 2 Comments

Review: Mr. Holmes (2015)

Posted on November 26, 2015 by Sam S-P

Ian McKellen and Bill Condon have done it again, but in perhaps the exact opposite fashion to how they approached their stunning not-really-biopic of James Wale, GODS AND MONSTERS. In that film they wrapped a real person in the trappings … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged A Slight Trick of the Mind, Arthur Conan Doyle, Bill Condon, Drama, Film, Gods and Monsters, Ian McKellen, James Whale, Laura Linney, Milo Parker, Mitch Cullen, Movies, Mr. Holmes, Roger Allam, Sherlock Holmes | 1 Comment

Review: The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Sam S-P

2015 has been a busy year for the spy genre. Between the anarchic KINGSMAN, the thrilling MISSION IMPOSSIBLE, and the much-hyped SPECTRE lurking round the corner, THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. had it all to prove. Guy Ritchie is in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Film Review | Tagged Alicia Vikander, Armie Hammer, Elizabeth Debicki, Film, Guy Ritchie, Henry Cavill, Hugh Grant, Jared Harris, John Mathieson, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Movies, Sherlock Holmes, Spectre, Spy Film, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | 1 Comment

Tag Archives: Sherlock Holmes

Review: The Legend of Tarzan (2016)

Review: Love & Friendship (2016)

Review: Mr. Holmes (2015)

Review: The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)

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