Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Lui take Holmes and Watson to 21st century New York City in this TV mystery take on the world’s greatest detective.
Tag: Sherlock Holmes
‘Sherlock: Series 4’ on Netflix
While there has been no official announcement, it sure feels like Sherlock: Series 4 (2016) brings the BBC’s 21st century reworking of Sherlock Holmes, with Benedict Cumberbatch as the world’s greatest consulting detective and Martin Freeman as the loyal Dr. John Watson, to a close. And perhaps it’s about time. The series, developed and created by […]
Blu-ray: Hammer’s ‘The Hound of the Baskervilles’ on Twilight Time
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) (Twilight Time, Blu-ray) – Hammer Films had just launched their full color revivals of the classic movie monsters when they tackled Sherlock Holmes, giving him the Gothic treatment in a mix mystery and supernatural horror. Peter Cushing is perfectly cast as the great detective, the very embodiment of science […]
William Gillette is the original ‘Sherlock Holmes’ on Fandor
The 1916 Sherlock Holmes was not the first film based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s great detective but it is by all accounts the first Holmes feature and in many ways it remains the most important Holmes film ever made. It’s an adaptation of the popular stage play written and produced by William Gillette, who drew […]
Watch This! Leonard Nimoy is Sherlock Holmes
In 1976, Leonard Nimoy took the lead in a stage revival of William Gillette’s 19th century play “Sherlock Holmes.” That show was not recorded but he revived the portrayal for a short film made for Kentucky Educational Television. The Interior Motive (1976), produced as an episode of The Universe and I, is not listed on IMDb […]