Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (review)
This is sheer manic animated anarchy, endlessly frenzied and funny; tickles and surprises both visually and intellectually…
Sherlock Holmes
question of the day: Which villains deserve stories of their own?
Pop culture is full of villains bursting with personality and charisma or merely so terrifyingly capable of evoking horror that we cannot look away from them. Yet these awesome bad guys inevitably take a backseat to the square-jawed white-bread hero. Time to rectify that.
Doctor Puppet investigates Sherlock Holmes (and other adventures in social networking)
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Sherlock Holmes meets steampunk Iron Man (and other adventures in social networking)
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a brief history of 221B Baker Street (and other adventures in social networking)
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meet the Men of Scarves: the Doctor, Harry Potter, Sherlock Holmes (and other adventures in social networking)
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Doctor Who thing of the day: how to have a Gallifreyan wedding
At her recent wedding, ElsaWolf carried a bouquet created from a River Song sonic screwdriver and pages from Sherlock Holmes stories, and she wore a TARDIS-and-Rassilon garter…
question of the day: Are classic pulp novels too dated to make faithful transfers to the big screen?
John Carter doesn’t work, but with some updating and shifts in emphasis, the Victorian Sherlock Holmes and War of the Worlds have made recent — and very successful — transfers to the big screen. Has entertainment moved on too much for popcorn crowds to care about classic pulp presented classically?
question of the day: What is the modern appeal of Sherlock Holmes?
Does his emotional coldness and daunting intellect have something to say to us that strikes a particular chord right now? Or is Holmes a perennial favorite that storytellers will be returning to and updating far into the future?
how Biff from Back to the Future deals with fans (and other adventures in social networking)
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