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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

If a sequel’s sole duty is to maintain the essence of its predecessor, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows succeeds mightily. The filmmakers have charged forward with the same enthusiasm they brought to 2009’s Sherlock Holmes, blithely unaware that any aspects of the first film could have been improved upon. While avoiding the mirror-image-plot syndrome that plagues so many sequels, they have made a movie that’s enjoyable in the same ways that the first was enjoyable, and fails in the same ways the first failed....  read more

Second Dark Knight Rises Trailer to Screen Before Sherlock Holmes 2?

According to Batman On Film, they've been "unofficially" told that a longer official trailer for Batman: The Dark Knight Rises will screen in the previews for the upcoming Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.   read more

Watch the New Sherlock Holmes Trailer

The newest trailer for Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows hit the web this morning and provides a few new scenes. The action-packed promo promises that Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes is knee deep in the most important case of his career.  read more

Robert Downey Jr. To Produce Film About USS Indianapolis

When Robert Downey Jr. isn't playing Iron Man or Sherlock Holmes, he's producing films.  read more

Sherlock Holmes 2 Trailer Debuts

With the success of Guy Ritchie’s 2009 adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous detective series, there was no doubt that a sequel would be in the works....  read more

Mad Men's Jared Harris Joins Sherlock Holmes 2 Cast

Jared Harris, who plays the delightfully prim Lane Pryce on Mad Men, has signed on to play the evil Professor Moriarty in Sherlock Holmes 2....  read more

Sherlock Holmes 2 Release Date Confirmed, Flash Greenlight on the Way

Let’s face it, the ending of 2009’s Sherlock Holmes was a big, fat sequel magnet. So, are we surprised that the lovable London detective will be making another appearance on the silver screen? Nope....  read more

Why is Guy Ritchie Launching a Record Label?

Good question! Turns out, it’s something of a pet project. The new label, Punchbowl Recordings, has one client, the Punchbowl Band which happens to be the house band at Mr. Ritchie’s pub called, you guessed it, The Punch Bowl....  read more

Film Friday: Comparing Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes to Conan Doyle's Stories

I don’t think I’ve ever been spotted defending a Guy Ritchie movie, and I’m not yet convinced that I’ll defend his latest. It’s premature to say, since I haven’t yet seen it. But I’m eager to defend its subject, the characters of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, not from Ritchie but from those who think the filmmaker is taking vast liberties. Maybe he is—we’ll see—but not everything in the trailer that’s causing some people to roll their eyes is a whole-cloth invention....  read more

Bookshelf to Screen: Seven Old Favorites Getting the Film Treatment This Fall (And Beyond)

Adapting literature into movies is nothing new, of course, but it sure feels like there's a lot of that going on this fall, doesn't it? Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers' Where The Wild Things Are is generating most of the buzz (check out Paste's September issue for more on that), but a slew of other much-beloved stories are getting the silver screen treatment, too—some for the first time, others not so much. Here's a look at the classics coming soon to a cinema near you, and check back soon for more peeps at upcoming book-to-film adaptations. ...  read more