Douglas Wilmer as Sherlock Holmes

"SHERLOCK HOLMES" (2009) Review

I have never been a major fã of the Sherlock Holmes novels and stories penned por Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and other writers. Once, I tried to get interested in them por leitura one or two novels. But they had simply failed to spark my interest.

I have shown a little mais enthusiasm toward the various filmes and televisão adaptations of Doyle’s novels and characters. Mind you, I never became a faithful viewer of the televisão series that starred Jeremy Brett as Holmes. But I have do have my private list of Sherlock Holmes filmes that I consider as personal favorites....

"SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS" (2011) Review

Following the success of his 2009 movie, "SHERLOCK HOLMES", Guy Ritchie returned to helm a sequel about 19th century detective Sherlock Holmes' battle with his famous arch nemesis, Professor James Moriarty. Both Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law reprise their roles of Holmes and Dr. John Watson.

Loosely adapted from Arthur Conan Doyle's 1893 short story called, "The Final Problem", "SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS" picks up sometime after the end of the 2009 movie. Thanks to Irene Adler's disclosure of the master criminal, Sherlock Holmes has...