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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows – Review
Madam Simza to Sherlock Holmes: “What do you see?” Holmes: “Everything, that is my curse.” In Guy Ritchie's second Sherlock Holmes adventure, Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law return to their bantering, boisterous best as Holmes and Watson. In their first film together, Sherlock Holmes, they came up against the apparent dark magic...
New Sherlock 2 poster released
The master of mysteries is back. Sherlock Holmes and his trusty assistant Doctor Watson, take on a new batch of baddies, but not without a good action scene. How about an exploding train? A brand new poster has been released for the upcoming murder-mystery sequel, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, where we can see a steam train go up...
Anything But Silent: Hugo review
To translate children's literature to film in a way that moves both young and old is no mean feat. Here, a cast of cinema legends, up-and-comers and a certain Martin Scorsese make it look easy. The name of the director will probably stop you in your tracks. "Scorsese? What, the Goodfellas guy?" No one would expect him to turn his hand to...
The BFI Screenwriters’ Lecture Series: John Logan
This last Tuesday, leading screenwriter, John Logan, spoke at the BFI as part of their Screenwriters' lecture series. TFR went along to see what he had to say about working with some of the biggest names in Hollywood. John Logan has worked on the scripts for an extremely diverse range of films - from historical epics, like Gladiator,...
Final preparations for the Venice Film Festival
Excitement is rising in the lead-up to the opening of the world's oldest film festival. The Venice Film Festival will be awash with stars, the opening night including George Clooney and his co-stars of The Ides of March, Ryan Gosling and Philip Seymour Hoffman. And this is just the start, with a total of 22 films entered into the...
Bryan Cranston to star in Argo AND The Gangster Squad?
Bryan Cranston may star in Ben Affleck's political film, Argo, AND upcoming crime thriller, The Gangster Squad. Bryan Cranston might be best known for his portrayal of the dad in the Fox comedy, Malcolm in the Middle, and his role in Breaking Bad, for which he has won three consecutive Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama...
First look: Robert Pattinson in Cosmopolis
Blimey R-Patz scrubs up well doesn't he? Just days after we heard he's started work on his latest film, Cosmopolis, the first image has been released. The image shows the Twilight star with co-star Sarah Gadon in what appears to be the back of a taxi. Pattinson is looking extremely dapper in a suit, with his unruly mane slicked back for a...
The TFR Cannes ’11 Round-Up
Every year, a bunch of film legends, press, and those about to become legends head to France for one of the events of the film-industry year. Cannes 2011 is news-crazy, so here are our highlights. We couldn't talk about the events of this year's Cannes without mentioning Lars von Trier's shocking remark. I've heard a lot of crazy stuff come out...
Cannes 2011 – Awards round up
And so Cannes is over for another year. There's been the usual fashion highs and lows, a fabulous red carpet appearance from Brangelina, oh and also some very exciting looking films to look forward to. But who took away the prizes? The coveted Palme D'Or went to Terence Mallick's The Tree of Life, starring Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain and...
Jude Law & Aaron Johnson for Anna Karenina?
We already know Keira Knightley will star in the latest adaptation of Anna Karenina, but there's talk of Jude Law and Aaron Johnson also joining the cast. The film, which will be directed by the king of period films, Joe Wright, will be an adaptation of the famous Tolstoy epic. It has been adapted for the big screen by Tom...
Robert Pattinson has replaced Colin Farrell in Cosmopolis
It has been revealed that Robert Pattinson has replaced Colin Farrell in David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis. Back in May last year it was announced that Colin Farrell would star alongside La Vie en Rose actress, Marion Cotillard, as well as Cinderella Man's Paul Giamatti in the upcoming film from Canadian director, David...
Stephen Fry to star in Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes 2
Stephen Fry has stated that he will be joining Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law in the second Sherlock Holmes film, to be directed by Guy Ritchie. Fry made the announcement on Radio 5 Live over the weekend, saying that he will take on the part of Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock's older brother. He seemed excited about taking on the role, reportedly...
Sherlock Holmes
When re-inventing a franchise there are often eyebrow-raising choices made - and the latest incarnation of Sherlock Holmes is no different. Amongst its cast and director’s back catalogues are Iron Man, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, Wedding Crashers, Alfie, Body of Lies and Hancock. And ...
