A case could be made for Sherlock Homes as the first modern superhero. It would be as reasonable an explanation as any for the enduring nature of this character. His deductive reasoning is routinely presented as otherworldly. He is generally represented as wearing a costume with his deerstalker hat and Inverness cape. He is as ascetic as Superman and as brooding as Batman. His moral flaws rival those of Iron Man. He has an archenemy in Moriarty and a sense of immortality in that his death could never be confirmed. (more…)
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Mr. Holmes Review
Posted: March 7, 2015 in 2015 Berlinale, Drama, ReviewsTags: Arthur Conan Doyle, Basil Rathbone, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bill Condon, Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Milo Parker, Nicholas Rowe, Sherlock Holmes, The Shootist
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Delicious Review
Posted: July 16, 2014 in Drama, ReviewsTags: Bad Movies, Eating Disorder, Louise Brealey, Movies, Nicholas Rowe, Romantic, Tammy Riley-Smith
A film with the premise of a romantic relationship between an aspiring French chef and a British woman with a eating disorder sounds absurd enough to be the next Farrelly Brothers project. The pitch practically writes itself: he prepares haute cuisine, she vomits. If only he can find the right recipe, they might just cook up a little magic together. Meanwhile, the kooky elderly neighbor dispenses love and life advice while entertaining a string of gentleman callers as the would-be chef steals the ingredients for his elaborate meals from the restaurant owned by the man he suspects is his real father.
