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John Ostrander: Sherlock 2 – Revisiting The Original Revisionist
3 hours ago | Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news »
Spoiler Warning: In reviewing the second series on the BBC series Sherlock, I may discuss some plot points. If you haven’t seen it – and you should – and you want to remain unspoiled on plot twists, best skip this.
By the time I was ten I had read all of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories. I love the characters, I love the settings, and I’ve watched many of the movie and TV incarnations of the world’s most famous detective. Basil Rathbone was my initiation to the cinematic Holmes and, for a long time, he was indelible. My major gripe with the Rathbone Holmes movies was that, with only the exception of one or two, they were all set in the era in which they were made, the 30s and 40s, and had little to do with the actual stories. I wanted the gaslight and the London »
- John Ostrander
Major Hammer Films Celebration, Leicester, UK, July 14
22 May 2012 7:31 AM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »
Cinema Retro has received the following press release:
For Immediate Release
The Cath Research Centre at De Montfort University, in collaboration with Hammer Films and Phoenix Square Independent Cinema, Leicester, proudly presents:
Hammer Has Risen From the Grave
A two-day retrospective graced with a galaxy of guests and screenings
Friday the 13th and Saturday 14th July 2012
Screenings will include Hammer favourites and rarities, plus a world premiere of the newly restored HD release of the company’s seminal Gothic horror The Curse of Frankenstein (1957). They will be accompanied by introductions from Hammer experts, and Q&As with stars such as Martine Beswick, Caroline Munro, Jacqueline Pearce and Madeline Smith, and film-makers such as John Hough. There will also be signings, memorabilia stalls, prizes and more. Special guest, Mark Gatiss, will close the event by introducing one of his favourite Hammer horrors.
This fantastic festival celebrates the forthcoming digitization of the »
- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
Sherlock: The Reichenbach Fall – live chat with the co-creators
21 May 2012 3:08 PM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Highlights from the Sherlock live chat with Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, the co-creators of the British TV hit
Co-creators of the British TV hit Sherlock, Stevenn Moffat and Mark Gatiss (who plays Holmes's buttoned-up brother, Mycroft) joined Guardian readers for a live chat at 2pm on Monday, following Sherlock's sensational season two finale.
Though they remained tight-lipped about the secret behind "the Fall" and what's in store fore season three, Moffat and Gatiss did divulge several juicy tidbits, including the funniest thing that's happened on set and the inside scoop on Sherlock and Molly's dynamic.
Read through the Q&A here or replay the chat in the widget below:
Is there any part of the last two season that you feel extremely satisfied with?
Steven Moffat: Probably the pool scene at the end of The Great Game. And the way it resolved.
Mark Gatiss: All of it! »
- Matt Wells
Sherlock: Season Two - Blu-ray Review
21 May 2012 7:16 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »
The Baker Street boys are back. but they.re not a couple and that.s not Sherlock.s hat. The BBC.s brilliant update of the Arthur Conan Doyle tales continues on apace and is just as fantastic as season one, maybe even better. Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch) and Dr. Watson (Martin Freeman) have gained a certain amount of fame with Holmes. genius penchant for crime solving and Watson.s blog about those cases. Holmes. brother Mycroft (Mark Gatiss) informs him that one such reader is of a royal nature and wants him to help out with a dominatrix named Irene Adler (Lara Pulver) who has some compromising photos on her cellphone (A Scandal in Belgravia). The second case involves a man »
- Jeff Swindoll
Sherlock - The Reichenbach Fall: live chat
18 May 2012 4:21 PM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Join the co-creators of the British TV hit, Stephen Moffatt and Mark Gatiss, for a live chat on Monday after this weekend's explosive Us series finale
When PBS advertised an advance screening in New York of the second season of the BBC's masterful reinvention of the Sherlock Holmes novels, a staggering 10,000 people applied for tickets. Fans of the show came from all over the United States on the promise of an appearance by the star of the show Benedict Cumberbatch.
This series of Sherlock has drawn record audiences for PBS's Sunday night Masterpiece Mystery slot. The first episode in the three-ep season drew 3.2m viewers, more than double the average of PBS's primetime rating.
And the best is to come: an explosive season finale, The Reichenbach Fall, airs on PBS Sunday night. And we guarantee that you'll want to talk about it all day Monday. Which is why we've secured »
Can CBS' Elementary out-Holmes the BBC's Sherlock?
17 May 2012 11:32 AM, PDT | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »
A lifelong Sherlock Holmes fan, I absolutely love the recent BBC series Sherlock starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. The quality of the show is phenomenal (only 3 episodes per season) and the writing is superb. Taking the original Conan Doyle stories and updating them for the 21st century, series creators Stephen Moffat and Mark Gatiss have crafted one of the best shows on any network in any country. Not to be outdone by the Brits, CBS has a new Sherlock series of their own »
- Alex Maidy
Sherlock vs. 'Sherlock'
16 May 2012 6:24 AM, PDT | TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news »
CBS just announced that Elementary -- a modern-day retelling of the Sherlock Holmes stories starring Jonny Lee Miller as the lead and Lucy Liu as his Dr. Watson -- would be joining the schedule, Thursdays at 10 p.m. Alongside PBS Masterpiece's Sherlock (currently airing series two), that is the second updated incarnation of these tales. But Sherlock showrunner Steven Moffat isn't worried. In fact, he thinks Elementary is taking too many liberties with its storytelling.
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"What we did with our Sherlock was just take it from Victorian times into modern day," he tells TheInsider.com. "They've got three big changes: it's Sherlock Holmes in America, it's Sherlock Holmes updated and it's Sherlock Holmes with a female Watson. I wonder if he's Sherlock Holmes in any sense other than he's called Sherlock Holmes. It's almost like they should have made Watson a woman but kept the show »
Sherlock Review: "The Hounds of Baskerville"
13 May 2012 8:30 PM, PDT | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »
"The Hounds of Baskerville" delves into the Sherlock/Watson relationship perhaps more than any other episode of this BBC series to date, so let's take a minute to discuss why, exactly, John Watson puts up with Sherlock.
The question of why Sherlock needs John is pretty obvious. From a practical standpoint, John is his sounding board, he'll do footwork for him and he can interact with normal humans in a way Sherlock can't.
Plus, he's a crack shot capable of physically defending Sherlock, as in the very first episode. Beyond that, Sherlock clearly values his friendship, even though he's loathe to admit it.
For John, there's the simple answer: partnering with Sherlock helps give him the same rush and excitement he got from the war, and also helps him avoid dealing with his Ptsd.
But there are plenty of soldiers who deal with Ptsd in ways that don't make them »
- paujwill@gmail.com (PaulJ)
Why you should watch 'Sherlock,' a classic mystery that feels very modern
6 May 2012 2:06 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
There are so many compelling reasons to watch Sherlock, the BBC brain-twister that returns for a second season tonight as part of PBS’s Masterpiece: Mystery series. There’s the simple fact that it’s best procedural on television (at least, according to a totally unscientific poll of my friends), and that trying to keep up with its whiz-bang pacing actually makes you feel smarter. (Or maybe it’s just the effect of hearing guys with fancy British accents explain things like Suzhou numerals and the Golem myth while they’re solving crimes.)
Also, its two stars, Benedict Cumberbatch, »
- Melissa Maerz
'Sherlock' and 8 Other Television Reinventions of Sherlock Holmes
4 May 2012 2:32 PM, PDT | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
One of the reasons that "Sherlock," the BBC's delicious contemporary adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective stories, is such a pleasure is that it's a reinvention that's also logical and deeply faithful in spirit. Holmes, played by Benedict Cumberbatch, may be modern, but he's still a genius and an oddball, emotionally removed, arrogant, disinterested in people other than as aspects of a case and possibly sporting a mild case of Asperger's. Dr. John Watson, played by Martin Freeman, is still recently returned from Afghanistan (this time from the present war instead of the Second Anglo-Afghan one) and injured, and seems drawn to Holmes out of a sense of disconnect to the rest of the world as much as due to his respect for Holmes' gifts. The Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss-created "Sherlock" returns for a second three-episode series on PBS this Sunday to the delight of the clamoring masses. »
- Alison Willmore
'Sherlock' and 8 Other Television Reinventions of Sherlock Holmes
4 May 2012 2:32 PM, PDT | Indiewire | See recent Indiewire news »
One of the reasons that "Sherlock," the BBC's delicious contemporary adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective stories, is such a pleasure is that it's a reinvention that's also logical and deeply faithful in spirit. Holmes, played by Benedict Cumberbatch, may be modern, but he's still a genius and an oddball, emotionally removed, arrogant, disinterested in people other than as aspects of a case and possibly sporting a mild case of Asperger's. Dr. John Watson, played by Martin Freeman, is still recently returned from Afghanistan (this time from the present war instead of the Second Anglo-Afghan one) and injured, and seems drawn to Holmes out of a sense of disconnect to the rest of the world as much as due to his respect for Holmes' gifts. The Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss-created "Sherlock" returns for a second three-episode series on PBS this Sunday to the delight of the clamoring masses. »
- Alison Willmore
TV Review: Sherlock’s Joys Are Far From Elementary
4 May 2012 11:30 AM, PDT | Vulture | See recent Vulture news »
Watching the first episode of Sherlock, series 2, it occurred to me that I've never seen a totally unsatisfying adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes story. Why? Even the wilder riffs on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's sleuth — such as the Steven Spielberg–produced FX-a-thon Young Sherlock Holmes and The Seven Per Cent Solution, in which the fictional sleuth seeks counseling from Sigmund Freud — earned more grins than groans from me. Given that a great many Holmes adaptations tinker with (and sometimes outright jettison) Doyle's original context, the key must be Doyle's characters, who are so richly imagined and psychologically consistent that they ground storytellers' goofier improvisations. Like Prince Hamlet, Emma Woodhouse, and Mr. Spock, they can be transplanted into new situations and make sense.There's no better example of this than Sherlock, the first season of which debuted on Masterpiece Mystery! last year. Created by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat (Dr. »
- Matt Zoller Seitz
Sherlock: TV Review
4 May 2012 8:00 AM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
Maybe there can't be enough Sherlock Holmes adaptations. Moviegoers still seemed intrigued by Robert Downey Jr. on the big screen, and with the triumphant return of PBS' stellar series Sherlock, the smart set gets its thoroughly modern adaptation. Sherlock first appeared on BBC, then PBS in fall 2010, and was an immediate critical darling. Casting is the first of many things -- including superb writing -- co-creators Steven Moffat (Doctor Who, The Adventures of Tintin) and Mark Gatiss (Doctor Who, The League of Gentlemen) got right. Benedict Cumberbatch (Atonement, War Horse) plays Sherlock Holmes, and Martin Freeman (The Office, The Hobbit)
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- Tim Goodman
Watson's Reaction To Sherlock's Surprise Return
4 May 2012 2:39 AM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
Sherlock fans have been given another little hint into the relationship between the esoteric sleuth and his more worldly sidekick Dr Watson, courtesy of the series co-creator Mark Gatiss.
The Sun reports that Watson will be furious when his friend returns to his side for the third series, following his apparent death in the finale of the second.
Holmes, played so assuredly by Benedict Cumberbatch, appeared to be fatally outsmarted by his nemesis Moriarty, and had to jump from the top of a London building, to avoid communal doom for many others.
Sherlock Season Two Finale Review: Cumberbatch Saves The Best For Last
Holmes' return follows the original Conan Doyle narrative, where the peerless detective reappeared after plunging into the Eisenbach Falls, again with Moriarty in the mix. But the books showed Dr Watson's reaction to his friends re-arrival to be a dead faint.
According to The Sun, Gatiss thinks »
- The Huffington Post UK
Talking Holmes And Watson With 'Sherlock' and 'Doctor Who' Writer Steven Moffat
3 May 2012 8:37 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
When it comes right down to it, Sherlock Holmes is famous for thinking.
He doesn't boast a superhero physique or wield overwhelming firepower. His caustic wit doesn't make him popular, his patience for his intellectual inferiors (i.e., everyone) is non-existent and he's not even officially employed by anyone.
But he has that incredible, relentless intellect going for him, an intellect that makes him much more than an acerbic combination of Google, Wikipedia and the iPhone's Siri. And the great accomplishment of "Sherlock" (Season 2 premieres Sunday, May 6 on PBS Masterpiece; check local listings) is that is has made the workings of his mind -- and his contradictory soul -- so fantastically entertaining.
The success of "Sherlock," which has been a runaway hit worldwide, has something to do with the casting of Holmes and his stalwart, droll partner, Dr. John Watson. Benedict Cumberbatch's Holmes is fascinating even when he's staring »
- Maureen Ryan
Talking Holmes And Watson With 'Sherlock' and 'Doctor Who' Writer Steven Moffat
3 May 2012 7:44 AM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
When it comes right down to it, Sherlock Holmes is famous for thinking.
He doesn't boast a superhero physique or wield overwhelming firepower. His caustic wit doesn't make him popular, his patience for his intellectual inferiors (i.e., everyone) is non-existent and he's not even officially employed by anyone.
But he has that incredible, relentless intellect going for him, an intellect that makes him much more than an acerbic combination of Google, Wikipedia and the iPhone's Siri. And the great accomplishment of "Sherlock" (Season 2 premieres Sunday, May 6 on PBS Masterpiece; check local listings) is that is has made the workings of his mind -- and his contradictory soul -- so fantastically entertaining.
The success of "Sherlock," which has been a runaway hit worldwide, has something to do with the casting of Holmes and his stalwart, droll partner, Dr. John Watson. Benedict Cumberbatch's Holmes is fascinating even when he's staring »
- Maureen Ryan
'Being Human' exec producer Toby Whithouse talks 'The War Child'
14 April 2012 10:29 PM, PDT | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »
We said goodbye to several characters in last night’s finale. Some we already knew had to go. Mr. Snow (Mark Gatiss) was blown to smithereens. Milo (Michael Wildman) disappeared. Cutler (Andrew Gower) melted—then got staked for good measure. The Old Ones are seemingly gone forever. But if you claim to have guessed that Annie (Lenora Crichlow) was going to murder Baby Eve along with Snow and co., and then walk through her door and off into the white light, I simply don’t believe you.
Below, exec producer Toby Whithouse chats about Lenora’s shocking exit, the addition »
- Aubry D'Arminio
'Being Human' super-baddie Mark Gatiss primes us for tonight's finale
14 April 2012 7:00 AM, PDT | EW - Inside TV | See recent EW.com - Inside TV news »
He’s a mean one, Mr. Snow. He’s so scary that even Hal (Damien Molony) shakes in his presence. And he’s finally arrived in Barry—with plans to takeover (and eat) the entire world. So what better man to play him than actor-writer-producer (and Being Human creator Toby Whithouse’s friend) Mark Gatiss, who besides penning Doctor Who episodes and co-creating Sherlock (in which he also plays Mycroft), spawned the BBC series A History of Horror? Below, Gatiss tell us where Being Human fits into the timeline of scary flicks, why he might be on Team Twilight, and »
- Aubry D'Arminio
TV Review: Being Human: Season 4, Episode 8 “The War Child”
13 April 2012 3:00 AM, PDT | ScifiMafia | See recent ScifiMafia news »
Genre: Horror | Drama
Air Date/Time: April 14 at 9/8c
Network: BBC America
Created by: Toby Whithouse
Director: Philip John
Writer: Toby Whithouse
Summary:
In an old B&B in a sleepy seaside town, we join Annie (Lenora Crichlow) and her housemates Tom (Michael Socha) and Hal (Damien Molony). With a newborn baby to look after, it’s never been more difficult to live life under-the-radar as a ghost, a werewolf, and a vampire. There are also other vampires to deal with: lurking in every corner of society, waiting for the Old Ones, powerful older vampires, to arrive and take over the world with brutal force. Worse yet, there’s a malevolent ghost on the loose and someone’s seeking to expose the existence of werewolves – not to mention all the diapers that need changing.
Ahhhhh. Yes. That’S what I want. It took until the finale to get it just right, »
- Erin Willard
Horrible Histories is one of the smartest comedies on TV
12 April 2012 3:38 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Often described as being 'funny ... for a kids' show', few comedies can touch Horrible Histories for original ideas
Cbbc's Horrible Histories is a wonderfully curious thing: wildly praised, yet woefully undersold as really funny … for a kids' show. But Horrible Histories isn't just the best show on children's television – it's one of the smartest comedies on TV.
That's a bold claim, admittedly. But with the fourth series – broadcasting every afternoon this week – it's time to stop patting Horrible Histories on the head for not being rubbish, and accept that it's a genuinely brilliant comedy in its own right. There are few British comedies that can touch it for ideas, writing and performance – especially with shows such as Shooting Stars and Harry Hill's TV Burp leaving a huge hole where the silly and surreal should be.
Horrible Histories real talent, though, is just how good it is at lampooning popular culture. »
- Stephen Kelly
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