Is 1979’s ‘Murder by Decree’ the Best Sherlock Holmes Movie?
Bob Clark’s Murder by Decree depicted a passionate and very human Holmes, rather than the usual desiccated figure. After learning of mass murderer…
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Dictator Hagiographies: Air-Brushed Totalitarianism On-Screen
Armando Iannucci’s comedy Death of Stalin (2017) depicted a farcical version of the final days of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili…
Richard Lester’s Musketeers Films: Never Bettered, Never Likely to Be
The Three Musketeers (1844) by French author Alexandre Dumas is one of the most filmed novels of all time. We’ve had kids animations (Dogtanian,…
Netherlands Detective Series ‘Van der Valk’ Reboot Headed to U.S.
As the U.K. leaves the E.U. (which believe is an act of immense self-harm), ITV (PBS in the U.S.) is lining up…