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The Case for Benedict Cumberbatch as the Greatest On-Screen Sherlock
21 May 2012 7:03 AM, PDT | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
Who is the greatest on-screen incarnation of Sherlock Holmes? It's a complicated question -- acting can be difficult enough to quantify even without the challenge of taking on the most frequently portrayed fictional character in the history of film and television. Each Holmes has had to compete with and be compared to the ones before him, going back to the anonymous actor who starred in the first Holmes film in 1900, a silent 30-second short from Arthur Marvin. Of the dozens of actors to take on the role in the over a century since, a few have been truly outstanding, like Basil Rathbone, to whom the highly entertaining cycle of Holmes films in the 1930s and '40s owe nearly everything. Jeremy Brett's portrayal of the character on British TV starting in 1984 is widely considered definitive -- Brett researched the canonical Holmes meticulously to that end. So I don't mean »
- Danny Bowes
The Case for Benedict Cumberbatch as the Greatest On-Screen Sherlock
21 May 2012 7:03 AM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
Who is the greatest on-screen incarnation of Sherlock Holmes? It's a complicated question -- acting can be difficult enough to quantify even without the challenge of taking on the most frequently portrayed fictional character in the history of film and television. Each Holmes has had to compete with and be compared to the ones before him, going back to the anonymous actor who starred in the first Holmes film in 1900, a silent 30-second short from Arthur Marvin. Of the dozens of actors to take on the role in the over a century since, a few have been truly outstanding, like Basil Rathbone, to whom the highly entertaining cycle of Holmes films in the 1930s and '40s owe nearly everything. Jeremy Brett's portrayal of the character on British TV starting in 1984 is widely considered definitive -- Brett researched the canonical Holmes meticulously to that end. So I don't mean »
- Danny Bowes
News Nuggets: 'Doctor Who,' 'Sherlock' writer Steven Moffat wins special BAFTA honor
20 May 2012 11:02 AM, PDT | Gold Derby | See recent Gold Derby news »
Steven Moffat to receive a special BAFTA honor: "Recognising his 'outstanding creative writing contribution to television,' the award will be presented on 27 May at London's Royal Festival Hall. Previous recipients include Russell T Davies, who preceded the 50-year-old Scot as 'Doctor Who's' head writer. 'Blimey! A special award!' said Moffat, 'I didn't even know I was ill.' The accolade follows the writing prize he received at last Sunday's Bafta Craft Awards for 'A Scandal in Belgravia,' the first episode of 'Sherlock's' second series." BBC Sherlock Holmes breaks the record as the most portrayed literary character in TV and film history: "Sherlock Holmes, who has been portrayed by actors like Basil Rathbone, Jeremy Brett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Robert Downey Jr., Tom Baker and many others, has broken the record for having more film and TV portrayals than any other literary character. The super sl. »
Natalie Haynes's guide to TV detectives: #9 – Sherlock Holmes
14 May 2012 5:18 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
You can keep your Cumberbatch and Rathbone. Of the 75-odd actors who have played Sherlock Holmes on screen, Jeremy Brett is the man
You can keep Basil Rathbone, fond as I am of him. You can keep Robert Downey, Jr, Benedict Cumberbatch and Peter Cushing. You can even keep Michael Caine in Without A Clue (my secret favourite portrayal of Sherlock Holmes on the big screen). You know why you can keep them? Because, in exchange, I get Jeremy Brett, the Sherlock for the connoisseurs.
Jeremy Brett is the Sherlock Holmes of my childhood, and perhaps (as with the Doctor or James Bond) we simply attach ourselves to the first one we see. But I don't think so. In the ITV series which began in 1984, and ran until a year before Brett's early death in 1995, Sherlock Holmes was as close to his literary roots as he has ever been on screen. »
- Natalie Haynes
Natalie Haynes's guide to TV detectives: #9 – Sherlock Holmes
14 May 2012 5:18 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
You can keep your Cumberbatch and Rathbone. Of the 75-odd actors who have played Sherlock Holmes on screen, Jeremy Brett is the man
You can keep Basil Rathbone, fond as I am of him. You can keep Robert Downey, Jr, Benedict Cumberbatch and Peter Cushing. You can even keep Michael Caine in Without A Clue (my secret favourite portrayal of Sherlock Holmes on the big screen). You know why you can keep them? Because, in exchange, I get Jeremy Brett, the Sherlock for the connoisseurs.
Jeremy Brett is the Sherlock Holmes of my childhood, and perhaps (as with the Doctor or James Bond) we simply attach ourselves to the first one we see. But I don't think so. In the ITV series which began in 1984, and ran until a year before Brett's early death in 1995, Sherlock Holmes was as close to his literary roots as he has ever been on screen. »
- Natalie Haynes
Simon Moore's Desert Island Collection
27 February 2012 1:01 PM, PST | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Simon Moore presents his Desert Island Collection...
Movies
1. Withnail & I - the perfect mix of comedy, pathos and uniquely quotable dialogue.
2. The Princess Bride - everything that's funny and beautiful about fantasy fiction.
3. Porco Rosso - Miyazaki's midlife crisis masterpiece, with Michael Keaton as a flying pig. Yes.
4. Monkey Business - probably the Marx Brothers' purest distillation of slapstick insanity.
5. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - the greatest Western ever made? Who the hell cares, I love the ambition, the danger and the hilarity of gunfighters on a gold rush.
6. The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler writes, Bogart & Bacall sizzle. Unbeatable film noir.
7. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World - it's a musical with fistfights instead of songs. How do you resist?
8. From Russia with Love - Connery in his prime.
9. Young Frankenstein - artful comedy in every sense.
10. Rocky - the film by which all others are now measured in some degree. »
- flickeringmyth
Review: Sherlock Holmes on Screen
13 February 2012 10:00 AM, PST | Shadowlocked | See recent Shadowlocked news »
If there is one famous literary character that has made such an impact on film and television, it has to be Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle’s immortal detective. Holmes has generated such a fascination for filmmakers; he is probably more popular, and certainly more prolific, than Dracula and James Bond put together. The number of Holmes films produced since the pioneering days of the silent era is so extensive it’s unlikely the Great Detective will ever be absent from our screens for very long.
Within the last couple of years, Holmes has become fashionable again thanks to Robert Downey Jr’s cinematic reinvention of the role in two successful Guy Ritchie movies and the excellent TV series Sherlock, which effectively transports Holmes (brilliantly played by Benedict Cumberbatch) to modern day London. Oddly enough the concept is not a new one considering Holmes, like Dracula, is a man of his time »
TV Review: Sherlock 2.3, ‘The Reichenbach Fall’
17 January 2012 10:44 AM, PST | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Back when Moriarty first met Holmes in the season 1 finale he threatened to ‘burn the heart’ out of the great detective. While we all knew he wasn’t lying, nobody could have predicted the ingenious way in which he would go about doing it.
The season 2 finale of Sherlock was a fantastic culmination of plot threads and character growth that had been brewing from the pilot episode. It successfully built upon everything that had been introduced on the show since day one. Throughout the show Sherlock has been caught between his head and his heart. He has slowly been warming up to those close to him but it’s his superior intellect which is biggest handicap when it comes to making and keeping friends. He will gladly humiliate those close to him for an opportunity to display and boast about his deductive skills. The beauty of »
- Tom Ryan
Benedict Cumberbatch voted greatest ever on-screen Sherlock Holmes
17 January 2012 8:14 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Benedict Cumberbatch has been named the greatest ever on-screen Sherlock Holmes. Over 2,000 people voted in a poll for Digital Spy and the current star of BBC One's Sherlock won the title with a whopping 58% of the vote. Jeremy Brett, who played the detective in four Granada TV series between 1984 and 1994, was in second place with 18.6% of the vote. Robert Downey Jr, the star of Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, was placed third, with 15.6%. The full top five was as follows: 1. Benedict Cumberbatch - 58%
2. Jeremy Brett - 18.6%
3. Robert Downey Jr - 15.6%
4. Basil Rathbone - 5.1%
5. Peter (more) »
- By Mayer Nissim
Who is the best on-screen Sherlock Holmes? - poll
11 January 2012 8:23 AM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
As series two of BBC's Sherlock comes to a close this week and Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows winds down in cinemas we've started thinking about the all-time great Holmes. While we'll never be able to put the question to author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, we're interested in who you think is the best on-screen depiction of the detective. Around 75 actors have played the part in over 211 films, but we've narrowed our shortlist to the most well-known and well-loved. Vote in our poll below to let us know your favourite! Our shortlist includes Basil Rathbone from the 1939 to 1946 14-film series, Jeremy Brett in Granada Television's The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes from 1984 to (more) »
- By Mayer Nissim
TV Review: Sherlock 2.1, ‘A Scandal in Belgravia’
3 January 2012 12:42 AM, PST | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
On Sunday BBC’s ‘Sherlock’ returned to our TV screens, and while it may have been over a year since the season 1 finale, it was certainly worth the wait.
The season 2 premiere ‘A Scandal in Belgravia’ hit the ground running by quickly resolving the previous season’s cliff hanger featuring Holmes, Watson, Moriarty and a bomb, before setting our favourite consulting detective up with some new mysteries to solve. These new cases are documented by Watson’s blog and given titles that are clever nods to some of Conan Doyle’s classic tales such as ’The Speckled Blonde’, ‘The Geek Interpreter’ and ‘The Naval Treatment’. There was also a fantastic moment with Holmes donning a deerstalker cap. These little touches really enrich the show and show a great deal of respect for the source material.
The scenario with Irene Adler was very faithful to ‘A Scandal »
- Tom Ryan
Peter Hammond obituary
1 January 2012 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Actor who became a prolific TV director
Peter Hammond, who has died aged 87, moved from acting to become a prolific TV director, contributing to series including The Avengers, Granada's Sherlock Holmes series and Inspector Morse. It was with The Avengers in 1961 that he first made his mark. Hammond and his colleague Don Leaver directed 19 of the opening 26 episodes of the series between them and were largely responsible for creating its distinctive look in its pre-film days.
Hammond established himself as a quick worker who still managed to bring flair to his episodes. He developed a trademark style in which the confines of the small studio spaces would be enlivened by "foreground interest" and scenes would be distorted or heightened by being shot through glass or caught in the reflection of a mirror. This distinctive visual effect would reappear in productions as diverse as the studio-bound Three Musketeers (1966) and Dark Angel, »
- Dick Fiddy
Peter Hammond obituary
1 January 2012 4:05 PM, PST | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Actor who became a prolific TV director
Peter Hammond, who has died aged 87, moved from acting to become a prolific TV director, contributing to series including The Avengers, Granada's Sherlock Holmes series and Inspector Morse. It was with The Avengers in 1961 that he first made his mark. Hammond and his colleague Don Leaver directed 19 of the opening 26 episodes of the series between them and were largely responsible for creating its distinctive look in its pre-film days.
Hammond established himself as a quick worker who still managed to bring flair to his episodes. He developed a trademark style in which the confines of the small studio spaces would be enlivened by "foreground interest" and scenes would be distorted or heightened by being shot through glass or caught in the reflection of a mirror. This distinctive visual effect would reappear in productions as diverse as the studio-bound Three Musketeers (1966) and Dark Angel, »
- Dick Fiddy
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