If you thought that director Bill Condon’s Mr. Holmes is another thrilling crime investigation story with the famous detective Sherlock and his close companion Dr. Watson, I have a surprise for you. Instead you get a refreshing new take where Sir Ian McKellen brilliantly plays a 93-year-old Sherlock Homes, dealing with retirement from his infamous career as the famous detective …
Maybe there is a god, because it looked like Pixels was a massive flop at the North American box office over the weekend. Opening in second place with an estimated $24 million haul, Marvel’s Ant-Man narrowly beat Pixels to the top spot this weekend with $24.7 million taken. Opening on 3723 screens, the Adam Sandler flick failed to capitlise on …
Damn ants! First they were in my sugar! Then they started raiding the cat food! Now they’re in my cinema? IS THERE NO END TO MY SUFFERING? Ant-Man kicked the Phase 2 weekend off for Marvel, with an opening US weekend of just over $58 million. Disney projected around $60-$65 million on opening weekend for their smallest hero, so this …
I am pretty sure that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle would be horrified astounded with all the different iterations of his very famous Sherlock Holmes. The detective has been in huge blockbuster movies played by Iron Man Robert Downey Jr., in the absolutely stellar Sherlock Holmes, and even has a TV series where his sidekick is played by a rather attractive Asian woman… Yeah, lost me there …
For as long as Sherlock Holmes has been sleuthing, the great detective has always been seen in his intellectual prime. After all, how appealing would a Sherlock Holmes film be that revolved around an aged master investigator tackling the case of the missing socks? Thing is, that’s half of a good hook, something that will be seen when Sir Ian …
It’s been well documented that 2015 is the year of the Geekpocalypse, as a film release schedule stuffed with such awesomeness as Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Jurassic World and more, causes geeks around the world to just drop dead in excitement overload. But today, we’re not talking about those movies. We’re talking about the ones that may …
YOU…SHALL…NOT…SOLVE THIS CASE! Outside of Lord Of the Rings and X-Men, Ian McKellen movies aren’t exactly a dime a dozen. The actor calls the theater home, but he does happen to have another non-wizard/mutant related film on the horizon, as he portrays an older version of the famed detective Sherlock Holmes. Last Updated: July 10, 2014
It would be naive to say climate change is not real — or that …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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