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Sherlock Holmes Review
21 December 2009 8:12 AM, PST
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We all know what happened the last time Guy Ritchie decided to stray from his comfort zone. The result was Swept Away and the least said about that cinematic travesty, the better. It’s plainly obvious that Ritchie isn’t to everybody’s taste either. Regarded by many as a Mockney with a big ego, he seems to anger as many critics as those who embrace him.
I quite liked Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and really enjoyed Snatch. Rock N’ Rolla was a blast to watch, too. I don’t think Guy Ritchie is the saviour of the British film industry but Swept Away and Revolver aside; he has made three films that are hugely entertaining if you don’t take them too seriously.
Sherlock Holmes isn’t a complete departure for Ritchie; it’s still set in London, has its fair share of fight scenes and is laced with dark humour.
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- Alex Wagner
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Together for Xmas
21 December 2009 5:41 AM, PST
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Pop diva Madonna will reunite with ex-husband Guy Ritchie to celebrate Christmas with their kids.
It was previously reported that the Snatch director would be looking after sons Rocco and David Banda and daughters Mercy James and Lourdes over the holidays.
But now it appears a full family reunion will take place as Madonna jets into Britain with the kids so they can spend Christmas Day with Ritchie at his country estate in Wiltshire, England, reported contactmusic.com.
"Madonna is flying in for 24 hours so Guy can spend Christmas Day with the children. Things are amicable between them and
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Photos – Chuck 3.01 and 3.02
17 December 2009 5:07 PM, PST
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Chuck season 3 will be premiering with a two-hour episode on January 10th (and will move to Mondays at 8:00 p.m. beginning on January 11th). NBC has released some promo photos for the two-hour premiere, along with a press release about the new season. Looks like a lot of guest stars will be making an appearance on the show. View the photos below.
You can also view some sneak peeks and promos that we've posted.
In "Chuck," the world's nerdiest secret agent is back in the one-hour action-comedy series. Chuck Bartowski (Levi, "Less Than Perfect") continues as the Buy More electronics store computer geek, who unwittingly becomes the government's most vital secret agent. Chuck is transformed into the Intersect 2.0 after another data download into his brain. This time, he not only knows government secrets, but he is also well equipped with deadly fight skills. Chuck has the potential to become a real agent,
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U.K. Officials Place Restrictions On Ritchie's Pub
17 December 2009 2:06 PM, PST
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Guy Ritchie has been ordered to reign in rowdy patrons flocking to his famed London pub - after neighbours challenged the British filmmaker's licence at a local council meeting.
The Snatch director bought the The Punch Bowl in the city's posh Mayfair neighbourhood in early 2008 and transformed the traditional bar into a celebrity hotspot.
But not everyone likes the star-studded hang-out.
Local residents have demanded City of Westminster Council officials either revoke or change the pub's license, arguing the place attracts large crowds of noisy customers, who spill out into the street and leave behind broken glass and trash.
Council bosses have ordered Ritchie and his co-proprietors to keep patrons indoors after 8pm and to scale down their private parties.
Employees have also been told to make hourly checks outside the pub for glasses and litter.
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Third composer on board to ‘Kick Ass’
17 December 2009 1:58 PM, PST
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John Murphy has been confirmed as the new composer on board to compose original score music for Matthew Vaughn’s upcoming action comedy Kick-Ass. Murphy, whose previous credits include 28 Days Later, Sunshine and Snatch, is the third composer on the project – the two others are Ilan Eshkeri (who scored Vaughn’s previous film, Stardust) and Marius De Vries (best known for his musical direction on Moulin Rouge!), and according to
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- Mikael Carlsson
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'Sherlock Holmes' Director Guy Ritchie On Speaking To Brad Pitt: 'I'm Not Allowed To Say Anything!'
16 December 2009 11:00 AM, PST
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Several months ago, a rumor surfaced that international superstar Brad Pitt had flown to London to shoot a few scenes as the villainous Moriarty for director Guy Ritchie's "Sherlock Holmes." The rumor was squashed, only to reignite in the form of the word that Pitt had discussed playing Moriarty in a possible sequel with the film's producers. This too was put to rest but you know how hope is, always springing eternal.
So when MTV's Josh Horowitz sat down with Ritchie to talk "Holmes," the Pitt talk inevitably came up. And here's what the director had to say...
"I'm looking over there," he said, breaking into a wide grin as he glanced nervously at his publicist. Making a wagging finger motion, Ritchie laughed and exclaimed "I'm not allowed to say anything!"
Whether or not the director is looking to Pitt for a possible "Holmes" sequel, he has nothing but respect for Pitt,
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- Adam Rosenberg
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When Downey Jr was intimidated by Brad Pitt
16 December 2009 4:47 AM, PST
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Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr. has revealed he was terrified about stepping into super sleuth Sherlock Holmes' shoes for Guy Ritchie's new movie because he was convinced he could never top superstar Brad Pitt's performance in the director's 2000 film Snatch.Downey Jr. has said that he had doubts about playing Holmes in Ritchie's new adaptation because he thought he was apprehensive if he were "cool" enough to be one of the filmmaker's leading men, reports imdb.com."It's was a little bit daunting. You know the type of guys that have been in Ritchie's movies and
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When Downey Jr was intimidated by Pitt
15 December 2009 8:37 PM, PST
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London, Dec 15 (Ians) “Iron Man” star Robert Downey Jr. has revealed he was terrified about stepping into super sleuth Sherlock Holmes’ shoes for Guy Ritchie’s new movie because he was convinced he could never top superstar Brad Pitt’s performance in the director’s 2000 film “Snatch”.
Downey Jr. has said that he had doubts about playing Holmes in Ritchie’s new adaptation because he thought he was apprehensive if he were “cool” enough to be one of the filmmaker’s leading men, reports imdb.com.
“It’s was.
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Watch Guy Ritchie Direct Sherlock Holmes
15 December 2009 12:58 PM, PST
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When I think of a Guy Ritchie set, I imagine a bunch of soccer hooligans standing around shouting .fuck you. at the actors. But it seems he doesn.t actually live perpetually in the world of Snatch. Instead Ritchie wears a suit and stands behind a camera in a fairly low-key, intimate environment offering advice while his actors pull off crazy fight scenes and a variety of strange stunts.
Warners has released a ton of behind the scenes footage from the Sherlock Holmes set in which you can get a better look at just how Guy Ritchie, Robert Downey Jr., and Jude Law made Sherlock Holmes happen. Unlike the holiday season.s other big blockbuster, Avatar, they actually have real sets. Take a look in the five clips below:
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8 New Sherlock Holmes Clips
15 December 2009 7:44 AM, PST
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Christmas Day this year brings us the highly-anticipated Sherlock Holmes, Guy Ritchie’s new take on the classic detective character. We recently got a big look at the film with a huge high-res image gallery, and generally we have been getting steadily hit with trailers, posters and other images for the movie since Fall season began. As far as I’m concerned, everything’s looked great so far.
8 clips from Sherlock Holmes have been released by Warner Bros., and thanks to the guys over at Collider, we have all of them back-to-back in the one player for extra convenience. I personally don’t want to watch them all, as I don’t want to see too much in fear it may lessen the impact and enjoyment of the movie itself (which is just less than a couple of weeks away from being released).
However, if you’re keen, check out
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- Ross Miller
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Downey Jr. Intimidated By Pitt In Ritchie Role
15 December 2009 4:16 AM, PST
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Robert Downey Jr. was terrified about stepping into Sherlock Holmes' shoes for Guy Ritchie's new movie - because he was convinced he could never top Brad Pitt's performance in the director's Snatch film.
The Iron Man actor steps back into Victorian London to play the supersleuth in Ritchie's new adaptation, but he had doubts over whether he was "cool" enough to be one of the filmmaker's leading men.
He explains, "It's was a little bit daunting. You know the type of guys that have been in Ritchie's movies and you feel like they're this kind of tight-knit little band. And I remember seeing Brad Pitt in Snatch, and thinking that was so cool and it was so bad a**. And I thought, 'I'm never gonna measure up.'"
But Downey Jr. insists Ritchie didn't question his casting decision and instead focused on getting the job done.
He adds, "The truth is, Guy doesn't think that way. He kind of approaches everything like (it's important to) have a good atmosphere on set. (He says,) 'What we have is this huge iconic literary character and we're looking at storyboards for fight sequences that seem to have no end, and 75 days to do it and this is how we're going to do it.'"
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Sherlock Holmes | Film review
15 December 2009 2:19 AM, PST
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Cinematic mystery that baffles in all the wrong ways
What a mysterious puzzle Guy Ritchie's new film presents. This time last year, he looked like a man in need of a miracle. The one-time saviour of British cinema's movie, the damp gangster squib RocknRolla, took under $6m in the Us. Yet here he is, launching what looks like his very own period action superhero franchise. And he's been handed a rumoured $80m to blow on it.
But Sherlock Holmes is high-end hack work. It could have been made by anyone. There's the odd Ritchie-ism, like crunchy slo-mo in the fight scenes, but he was, presumably, brought on board for reasons not wholly to do with his cinematic style.
Good news for those Holmes purists appalled by the prospect of literature's most cerebral sleuth getting a geezer makeover, but bad news for the rest of us: Sherlock Holmes isn't even a magnificent mistake.
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- Catherine Shoard
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This decade’s film: 2000-2004
14 December 2009 8:08 AM, PST
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Pottermania, Tolkein-mania, Twilight-mania…it’s fair to say that the noughties have been a strong one for different kinds of mania. Moreover, it’s also been the time for some pretty awesome movies.
2000 marked a particularly promising start: American Beauty, the directorial debut from Sam Mendes was a unique critique on the American dream that attracted widespread acclaim, being nominated for 8 Academy Awards and winning 5; including Best Picture. His next project, Road to Perdition proved this success to be no fluke. Apparently this was a good time for new directors, as further evidenced by Sofia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides, and Spike Jonze’s Being John Malkovich.
Not that the decade was limited to low-budget concept flicks. Box office-smashing comic book adaptations became the name of the game; ranging from the great (Spider-Man, X-Men and Hellboy), to the not so much (Daredevil and Fantastic Four). It became (almost) socially acceptable
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Brad Pitt In A 'Sherlock Holmes' Sequel? Guy Ritchie, Cast Weigh In
14 December 2009 3:31 AM, PST
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'Maybe Moriarty will surface...' director Guy Ritchie teases of Pitt's potential character.
By Eric Ditzian, with reporting by Josh Horowitz
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Brad Pitt and Robert Downey Jr. going head-to-head onscreen. That's a tantalizing cinematic throwdown, which explains why even the possibility of such a face-off — in a sequel to a film that has not even opened yet — has been churning through the rumor mill. If Downey's "Sherlock Holmes" becomes a box-office hit following its Christmas Day opening, could we eventually see the actor's Holmes joined in a sequel by Brad Pitt as the wily detective's nemesis James Moriarty?
That's been the gossip for months. In August there were rumors that Pitt was on the "Holmes" set, and The Hollywood Reporter dished in September that the A-lister was in discussions to take on the role. And now we know — spoiler alert! — that Moriarty does in fact pop up in "Holmes,
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22 New “Sherlock Holmes” Photos!
12 December 2009 11:25 AM, PST
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Take a look at 22 brand new photos from the upcoming “Sherlock Holmes” which will hit theaters on December 25, 2009.
Synopsis: Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) has made his reputation finding the truth at the heart of the most complex mysteries. With the aid of Dr. John Watson (Jude Law), his trusted ally, the renowned “consulting detective” is unequaled in his pursuit of criminals of every stripe, whether relying on his singular powers of observation, his remarkable deductive skills, or the blunt force of his fists.
But now a storm is gathering over London, a threat unlike anything that Holmes has ever confronted… and just the challenge he’s looking for.
After a string of brutal, ritualistic murders, Holmes and Watson arrive just in time to save the latest victim and uncover the killer: the unrepentant Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong). As he approaches his scheduled hanging, Blackwood—who has terrorized inmates and
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Final “Sherlock Holmes” Posters
7 December 2009 6:53 AM, PST
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Here are the latest posters for Guy Ritchie’s upcoming action adventure “Sherlock Holmes.”
Sherlock Holmes Poster
The movie stars Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes, Jude Law as Dr Watson, Kelly Reilly as his love interest Mary. The bad guys are Rachel McAdams as Irene Adler and Mark Strong as Blackwood.
Ritchie is directing from the script by Michael Robert Johnson, Anthony Peckham and Simon Kinberg.
Warner Bros is already moving forward with Guy Ritchie’s adaptation of “Sherlock Holmes” sequel by hiring Kieran and Michele Mulroney (Justice League: Mortal) to write the script, with Brad Pitt in negotiations to come aboard. This will be the first time they have worked together since “Snatch.”
Sherlock Holmes Posters
More movie info, trailers, photos and posters you can find at “Sherlock Holmes” FilmoFilia Movie Page
Check out also our “Sherlock Holmes” Photo Gallery
The movie will hit theaters on December 25, 2009.
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Monthly Movie Preview – December 2009
3 December 2009 1:53 PM, PST
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This is going to be a great month. No matter whether these big and small movies fall flat on their faces or not there’s going to be plenty to choose from – especially for those who want to keep up with important films.
First up is Avatar, one of the biggest gambles of this decade. Will the same kind of crowd that saw The Dark Knight or Transformers multiple times venture to movie theatres to see a 150-minute-long 3-D film that features tall blue creatures? It’s up in the air.
Which reminds me of a few more titles that should be worth checking out, one of them being Jason Reitman’s new film with George Clooney. The drama-comedy about a man who fires people for a living has been getting great buzz from its successful festival runs, with Oscar talk flying around as smoothly as paper airplanes.
But, Up In the Air
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- Nick Allen
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Lock, Stock And Two Smoking Barrels Blu-ray Review
2 December 2009 8:01 PM, PST
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We’re ten years on in Guy Ritchie’s career, and from all evidence he’s about to turn the corner into pure commercial filmmaking. For most people there’s only one answer to what derailed him, and that is: Madonna. The pre-Madonna years featured Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, and Snatch, the Madonna years featured Swept Away and Revolver, and the post-Madonna’s are now Rocknrolla and Sherlock Holmes, which should be one of the big pictures of 2009. My review of Guy’s Ritchie’s first film after this jump.
Lock, Stock is one of the numerous 90’s crime films to come in the wake of Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. It’s a genre that burnt itself out rapidly, with only people like Bryan Singer and Christopher McQuarrie proving themselves above the fray. The majority of the genre was overheated pabulum like Things to Do
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New On DVD This Week
2 December 2009 7:00 AM, PST
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With Black Friday sales behind us but with Christmas right around the corner, there’s still time to get some great movies on DVD and Blu-ray this holiday season. To help, here’s a list of some of the new movie and TV shows coming to DVD and Blu-ray this week that we’re looking forward to seeing. Also, there’s some classic, and not-so-classic, movies hitting Blu-ray for the first time.
Of all the new releases, we’re particularly interested in the Blu-ray versions of movies and TV shows such as The Wizard of Oz, Gremlins, Snatch, Ben 10: Alien Swarm and the Blu-ray debut of McG’s Terminator: Salvation (shown above with Christian Bale and Sam Worthington).
Check them out:
A Christmas Tale (The Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray)
Ben 10 Alien Swarm ~ Ryan Kelley, Nathan Keyes, Alyssa Diaz, and Galadriel Stineman (DVD and Blu-ray)
Better Off Ted: Season One ~ Jay Harrington,
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'Terminator Salvation' Blows Up The World, Ben Stiller Spends The Night And More, In The DVD Report For Dec. 1
1 December 2009 8:00 AM, PST
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Let's get this out of the way right off to bat: I enjoyed "Terminator Salvation." I know I'm sitting in a somewhat lonely circle, but what can I say? I'm a sucker for big, loud robots, cyborgs, whatever you want to call them, and "Salvation" has some jaw-droppingly cool scenes. The film is now hitting store shelves, and leads the DVD Report for Tuesday, December 1.
The studio was taking a gamble when it greenlit a fourth film in the venerable "Terminator" franchise. After a lackluster response to 2003's "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines," many fans advocated for putting the series to bed, either to breathe or permanently. But away we went with director McG at the helm, and Christian Bale and Anton Yelchin -- two figures with legitimate geek cred -- attached to the budding sequel. The resulting story saw a band of resistance fighters battling to save humanity from the ever-evolving SkyNet.
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