Tag: Sherlock Holmes

Guy Ritchie’s Young Sherlock is Boldly Changing What This Detective Hasn’t Done Before

Prime Video’s Young Sherlock looks like a confident new take on Holmes before the legend. The trailer teases action, Moriarty, and a mysterious royal played by Zine Tseng, with Guy Ritchie aiming to win over both new viewers and old-school fans.

Young Sherlock Poster\Whether we need another youthful take on iconic heroes before their prime may well depend on how Young Sherlock is received. With fond memories of the psychedelic mystery tale Young Sherlock Holmes still vivid in my mind, Guy Ritchie faces a challenge in winning over older fans.

The official trailer from Prime Video certainly looks promising. Fiennes Tiffin comes across as more enthusiastic than stagnant in the role of Sherlock Holmes, and overall the casting and reinterpretation work. It’s arguably more engaging than the Robert Downey Jr. version, though still a fair distance from what those raised on the Basil Rathbone classics might hold as definitive.

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[Victoria, B.C.] Sherlock Holmes faces Vampires at Craigdarroch Castle!

By Ed Sum (The Vintage Tempest)

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Craigdarroch Castle
1050 Joan Crescent
Victoria, BC V8S 3L5

Ticket Reservations:
250-592-5323

Showtimes:
April 3-5 and 9-12 at 8pm.

Two of the greatest icons from the Victorian age may well get to square off in the hallways and byways of Craigdarroch Castle this Spring. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are off to solve “The Case of the Sussex Vampire” in Giggling Iguana Productions’ latest site specific offering playing April 3-12.

Okay, so there is no Dracula, but this adventure takes place, interestingly enough, in different season of the 2014 year than as a Halloween treat. “The Case of the Sussex Vampire” is adapted from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s tale of the same name by Tony Hubner and Iguana founder Ian Case. Previous works Case adapted includes E.A. Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher,” H.G. Wells‘ “The War of the Worlds,” and Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray.”

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Wind up News – Sept 5, 2013

By James Robert Shaw (The Wind up Geek)

Potter Summer Home To be Preserved

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The house and grounds which is said to have inspired beloved British author Beatrix Potter to write The Tales of Peter Rabbit have been given Grade II listed status by the British Government.

‘Lingholm’ and it’s grounds in Portinscale, Cumbria will now be preserved. The Grade II listed status means “being of special architectural or historic interest” and will be protected against “unauthorised demolition, alteration or extension.”

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