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Extended Previews Of Army Of Darkness, Sherlock Holmes And Vampirella Strikes To Kick Off Today’s Dynamite’s Offerings

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Previews of comics coming from Dynamite today…. with three extended previews to begin with… ARMY OF DARKNESS #13 Elliott R. Serrano (w) Randy Valiente (a) Daniel Leister (c) FC • 32 pages • $3.99 • Teen+ Hail to the Queen! …

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Ten Thoughts About Ten Comics – Batman And Robin, Sherlock Holmes, Crossed, Before Watchmen, Caligula, Change, Dan The Unharmable, Amazing Spider-Man, Fantastic Four And Avengers Arena

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Batman #13 did this more subtly, but Batman And Robin #15 goes straight for the Killing Joke. Sherlock Holmes: Liverpool Demon #1 lays out its stall. Supernatural crime, met by a man without an ounce of belief in that regard, …

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Between The Pages – Leonardi And Bollers On Watson And Holmes

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Sherlock Holmes has been portrayed by Basil Rathbone, Benedict Cumberbatch, Robert Downey Jr, Hugh Laurie and now Jonny Lee Miller on Elementary from CBS. But host Grace Randolph talks to New Paradigm Studios about their twist on the character in …

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Trailer: Holmes And Watson In Madrid – A Spanish Spin On Conan Doyle

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

As I understand it, José Luis Garci is one of the more beloved figures in Spanish cinema. He’s certainly racked up a lot of love with the Academy, clocking four separate nominations for Best Picture in a Foreign Language over …

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Watson And Holmes – The Case Of The Black Modern Urban Remake Drawn By Rick Leonardi

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Okay someone is going to call this “Watson And Homeys”. But not me. Watson And Holmes is a new upcoming digital comic book, the latest in a batch to take advantage of Sherlock Holmes falling out of copyright. I’m surprising …

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New Study Shows Where The Spending Takes Place In The UK Film Industry

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Money makes the world go round? Shame, that.

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Another Trailer For Elementary Provides A Better Introduction To The New Holmes And Watson

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

I couldn’t care less if this new Sherlock Holmes is an accurate portrayal of Arthur Conan Doyle’s character, I only want the show to work on its own terms.

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First Trailer For US Sherlock Holmes Show Elementary And Official Blurb

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Looking pretty good, I think.

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First Official Image Of Jonny Lee Miller As Sherlock Holmes, Lucy Liu As Joan Watson

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Elementary is a modern day take on the Sherlock Holmes stories, set in New York and coming to US TV this Autumn. CBS have sent out this first official image of our lead characters – Jonny Lee Miller as Sherlock …

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New Sherlock Holmes iPad App Tries To Take Blu-Ray Supplements “To The Next Level”

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

The big new idea in Blu-ray special features is that of “the second screen experience,” something that you’ll run on your phone or tablet in sync with the movie playing on your TV screen. This week, Warner Bros. have released …

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Mark Gatiss Gives Up Some Details Of The First Episode Of Sherlock Season 3

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

It probably didn’t take too much to guess which story would form the basis of the next episode of Sherlock. The last chapter saw Holmes fake his death, and the next one will see him return, and that all points …

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Lobo Movie Back On The Blocks – Brad Peyton Tapped To Direct

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Joel Silver‘s last choice for a director to bring DC Comics’ Lemmy-tinged bounty hunter Lobo to the big screen was Guy Ritchie, but Sherlock Holmes, pub running and hair washing seemed to get in the way, and before long, he …

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Murder By Decree DVD Review – Sherlock Holmes On The Trail Of Jack The Ripper

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

The inevitable blending of Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper apparently started not long after the Whitechapel murders with the publication of a Spanish language Holmes pastiche named for the Ripper, Jack El Destripador. More surprising, perhaps, is that it …

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Wednesday Trending Topics: Lucy Liu And Doctor Who

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Mark Seifert

An interesting day for breaking TV news — a new Doctor Who Companion announced, and our first glimpse of Lucy Liu in the new twist on Sherlock Holmes called Elementary. Liu finished a strong but brief run on Southland this …

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Steven Moffat “Annoyed” By Sherlock Show Elementary, Fears Damage To “Brand”

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

He knows that Sherlock Holmes was not his creation, and he knows that the idea of updating Holmes was not new either, but Steven Moffat is still feeling pretty miffed about CBS’ upcoming show Elementary. Speaking at the Royal Television …

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Scott Beatty Writes Ebook Based On His Sherlock Holmes Comic

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Rich Johnston

After the success of their Seal Team Six ebooks by Chuck Dixon, Dynamite continue their digital prose publications by comic book writers with a new Sherlock Holmes Year One story written by Scott Beatty, based on his Sherlock comic book work …

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Pulp Classic Character Mandrake The Magician Making Another Run At The Movies

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Not too long ago, Atlas Entertainment set David and Janet Webb Peoples to writing a script for a Mandrake the Magician movie, and I was very happy. David’s scripts for Blade Runner and Unforgiven, and David and Janet’s script for …

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Stop The Fuss About Lucy Liu Because Dr. Watson Always Was A Woman – Here’s The Evidence

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

The thrust of it is simple: Watson masked her gender when recounting her adventures with the World’s Only Consulting Detective.

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