"THE HOUND OF BASKERVILLES" (1939) Review

The mwaka 1939 proved to be a momentous time for mashabiki of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. The mwaka marked the debut of two sinema that featured the movie introduction of Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as the famous literary detective and his friend, Dr. John Watson.

There had been awali movie, stage and radio adaptations of the Sherlock Holmes. But despite the hivi karibuni success of Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman in the roles of Holmes and Watson, Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce would become the first cinematic...

For the past 120 years au so, Sherlock Holmes has reigned as the indisputable king of fictional characters the world over. So, with the richly deserved popularity of the newest Holmes offering kwa the redoubtable BBC, it simply stands to tedious reason that American televisheni would immediately want to rush out a 'knock off'. Enter 'Elementary', who's misplaced claim to fame is having cast Watson as (egads!!) a woman. Perhaps CBS would like us to forget about their two awali unsold pilots come TV sinema which featured a couple of perfectly charming lady Watson's (Margaret Colin and Deborah...

"SHERLOCK HOLMES" (2009) Review

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

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