Last night I watched David Letterman interview Jude Law about his role as Dr. John Watson in the new Sherlock Holmes move set for Christmas release in the United States. (Did I mention that I have tickets for the first showing Christmas Day morning? I am so very excited about the release of the new [...]

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I’ve just finished watching a video of the Sherlock Holmes World Premiere Red Carpet Arrivals at the Empire Theatre in London. Hundreds of fans braved the cold to stand behind barricades as the main players in the production of the film arrived. On hand were Robert Downey Jr. who plays Sherlock Holmes accompanied by his [...]

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Londoners have a particularly huge adoration of Sherlock Holmes as they claim him as one of their own, and the city is buzzing with excitement over the Boxing Day release of the new Sherlock Holmes movie. Madame Tussauds London is joining in celebrating the new Sherlock Holmes movie with the unveiling of an exhibit featuring [...]

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Image by ALA staff via Flickr This original press release for the Sherlock Holmes movies was issued October 1, 2008. At that time, they were targeting a movie release date of October 2009. That date was subsequently changed to November 2009 and as everyone knows is now slated for December 25, 2009. The press release [...]

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Reprinted with permission from Rachel Abramowitz of the LA Times Forget the deerstalker hat, the twee houndstooth Inverness overcoat and the oversized spyglass. Sherlock Holmes in the 2009 big-budget rendition of Arthur Conan Doyle’s famed detective is most certainly no sexless, stuffy, Edwardian gentleman. This Sherlock Holmes — as played by the turbo-speed Robert Downey [...]

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