Tag Archives: Guy Ritchie

Film review | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows – Robert Downy Jr is a handy dandy who boxes clever

Posted on 16 December 2011 by Jason Best

Much to the dismay of Conan Doyle purists and the surprise of everyone else, Guy Ritchie’s 2009 Sherlock Holmes proved to be a surprisingly entertaining romp. Now Robert Downey Jr’s manic, mischievous, unexpectedly kick-ass hero is back for a sequel … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | Sherlock Holmes – Downey Jr’s Holmes & Law’s Watson make a great couple

Posted on 17 May 2010 by Jason Best

Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes could have been a disaster, but this rollicking action-adventure featuring Conan Doyle’s legendary detective turned out to be a surprisingly entertaining romp. Admittedly, the plot is rubbish: sub-Dan Brown tosh in which Holmes and companion Dr … Continue reading →

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News Hound | Corey Haim dead at 38

Posted on 10 March 2010 by Adele Craciun

 The Lost Boys actor Corey Haim has died at the age of 38 from an alleged drugs overdose. Jude Law claims that Sherlock Holmes 2 is happening sometime later this year. Scriptwriting couple Kieran and Michele Mulroney (Paper Man) were … Continue reading →

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At the Cinema | Sherlock Holmes – Robert Downey Jr drops the deerstalker and puts up his fists in the great detective’s latest caper

Posted on 22 December 2009 by Jason Best

Forget the deerstalker. Forget the calabash pipe. Forget the phrase “Elementary, my dear Watson”. Forget, indeed, most of the props, quotes and attributes that have accrued to Conan Doyle’s legendary consulting detective. Robert Downey Jr’s dashing, devil-may-care Sherlock Holmes, unexpectedly … Continue reading →

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News Hound | 20 May 2009

Posted on 20 May 2009 by Adele Craciun

Movie Talk sniffs around the back alleys of the internet to bring you the latest showbiz news – so you don’t have to get your paws dirty… The trailer for Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes is out, looking promising: You need … Continue reading →

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Posted on 4 March 2009 by admin

Taken Rescue mission… A former CIA agent uses all his skills in an attempt to recover his daughter who has been abducted by sex-traffickers in France. Get Smart Mission impossible… A bumbling secret agent is charged with bringing down an … Continue reading →

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Posted on 25 February 2009 by admin

Taken Rescue mission… A former CIA agent uses all his skills in an attempt to recover his daughter who has been abducted by sex-traffickers in France. Mamma Mia! Dancing Queen… Meryl Streep can dance. Meryl Streep can jive. Meryl Streep … Continue reading →

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Small Screen – this week’s top ten DVDs…

Posted on 11 February 2009 by admin

RocknRolla Sex, thugs and rock ’n’ roll… Guy Ritchie’s latest crime caper follows some London criminals as they attempt to get rich quick on the back of a land deal scam. If you can see this, then you might need … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | RocknRolla

Posted on 2 February 2009 by Jason Best

After the debacle of his would-be mystical crime thriller Revolver (not to mention the even more disastrous Swept Away), Guy Ritchie ditches the Kabbalah sermons and returns to something closer to what fans of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels … Continue reading →

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Out on DVD | Eden Lake

Posted on 19 January 2009 by Jason Best

  Rising British star Kelly Reilly (currently filming Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes) and Michael Fassbender (Bobby Sands in Hunger) play a pair of affluent Londoners whose weekend break at an idyllic secluded lake turns into a remorseless nightmare after they … Continue reading →

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