Sherlock Holmes

This movie reinvents the chilly, brainiac sleuth as a tortured genius and occasional backroom brawler, and Robert Downey Jr. almost makes the character work.

"...the creation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "consulting detective" Sherlock Holmes some 46 years later. The fictional Holmes first..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Robert Downey Jr. inhabits the role of Sherlock Holmes to a near-molecular level in this rushing whoosh of a follow-up to 2009's blockbuster.

"...diet of caffeine, nicotine, and coca leaves, much like Holmes (Downey Jr.). He's as jittery and manic as James..."

Dec. 16, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Review: Archive Theater's A Sherlock Holmes Christmas

Should you welcome this Holmes for the holidays with seasonal cheer?

"...Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle, one of 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey Lily

Austin Playhouse's Sherlockian pastry may be light, but Jason Newman's Great Detective is seriously good

"...Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Jersey LilyAustin Playhouse..."

Dec. 5, 2014 Arts Review by Wayne Alan Brenner

Young Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes is the original Spy Kid in this Chris Columbus-penned story about the master sleuth in a youth. The more one knows about Holmes lore, the more the film's foreshadowings of future cases will be evident.

"...Sophie Ward, Alan Cox, Nicholas Rowe and Freddie Jones. Sherlock Holmes is the original Spy Kid in this Chris..."

Jan. 16, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sherlock Gnomes

Gnomeo and Juliet sequel heads to London. For reasons.

"...we’re still doing Borat mankini jokes?” Well, welcome to Sherlock Gnomes, a sequel seven years past its sell-by date,..."

March 30, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Mr. Holmes

Ian McKellen plays Sherlock Holmes at 93, as his memory begins to fail

"...McKellen, for another film in a similar vein. Mr. Holmes is based on Mitch Cullin’s novel A Slight Trick..."

July 17, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Romancing the Holmes

What inspired Sherry Thomas to turn Sherlock into Charlotte?

"...But taking on a cultural icon as revered as Sherlock Holmes?..."

Oct. 2, 2018 Arts Post by Rosalind Faires

Holmes for the Holidays

Spend the yuletide at 221-B Baker Street, where the library is stocked with new books about Sherlock

"...Though Arthur Conan Doyle wrote his last Sherlock Holmes story in 1927, it did nothing to stem..."

Dec. 25, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Welcome to 'Sherlock,' Where Everything's Made Up and the Deaths Don't Matter

The finale no one saw coming

"...going on in the third season finale of BBC's Sherlock, which aired last night on PBS Masterpiece Mystery. Let's..."

Feb. 3, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Holmes & Watson

The Step Brothers bros get literary

"...Both of those recent incarnations of Sherlock Holmes arrived with their own unique senses of humor..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Austin Playhouse's Holmes and Watson

The joy in this staging of Jeffrey Hatcher's play is seeing the good doctor deduce which of three Sherlocks is the real deal

"...There's no killing Sherlock Holmes...."

Sept. 13, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

'Sherlock' Season 3: The Game Is Back On!

But can you still keep up with all the players?

"...This piece goes out to all the Sherlock fans Stateside who resisted the urge to sneak a..."

Jan. 19, 2014 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Sherry Thomas Is Our Lady of Crime Solving

The game's afoot in a very different way in the Lady Sherlock series by Austinite Sherry Thomas

"...Enter the Lady Sherlock series, brainchild of Austin author Sherry Thomas. The books..."

July 13, 2018 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Baskerville at Austin Playhouse

Austin Playhouse's staging of the Sherlock Holmes farce generates enough laughter to fill an empty mall

"...This staging of Ken Ludwig’s farcical take on Sherlock Holmes generates enough laughter to fill an empty mall..."

Dec. 16, 2016 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

Pika pika pika? Pika pika pika pika pika pika pika.

"...one-off video game starring the titular Detective Pikachu. A Sherlock Holmes deerstalker perches on the character’s head throughout the..."

May 10, 2019 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Zero Effect

"...is precious, Zero Effect is a postmodern riff on Sherlock Holmes, with Stiller playing a put-upon Watson to Pullman's..."

Feb. 13, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Sherlock takes a comic turn in Penfold Theatre's three-actor spin on the Holmes mystery

"...are just so many directions you can take the Sherlock Holmes stories. Many of the latest dramatizations have been..."

June 26, 2015 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Not Just the Goofy Guy

The Actor Behind the Antics of Michael Stuart

"...evil Professor Robert Moriarty has infiltrated the rooms of Sherlock Holmes, and Holmes has confronted him. The two move..."

Aug. 2, 1996 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sherlock Holmes

John Carroll imbues the great detective with a gravitas true to Conan Doyle's creation

"...Sherlock Holmes..."

Feb. 27, 2009 Arts Review by Avimaan Syam

Sherlock Holmes

As London's preternatural sleuth, John Barrymore broods through the producers' emphasis on his matinee-idol "Great Profile" even as his alcoholism continued tightening his sharp features

"...Sherlock HolmesKino, $24.95..."

June 26, 2009 Screens Review by Raoul Hernandez

"We'll Always Have 807 Congress"

The Raging of the Elements, or Indoor Theatre in Austin -- Al Fresco

"...clip-clopping of horses' hooves, an asset during productions of Sherlock Holmes and Dracula, in which foggy London town emerged..."

June 25, 1999 Arts Feature by Robi Polgar

The Long, Hot Summer

Books to Spend Your Summer With

"...(Forge, $23.95 hard) is a new addition to the Sherlock Holmes canon. To avoid the wrath of Sir Author..."

June 5, 1998 Books Feature

Exhibitionism

"...-- Cari Marshall SHERLOCK HOLMES: A HOOT... NO, REALLY The Public Domain, through..."

March 7, 1997 Arts Review

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

A commando unit takes on the Nazis in this hyperviolent Guy Ritchie action-comedy

"...and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch), brawling Victorian mystery (Sherlock Holmes), and Disney live-action adaptation (Aladdin) all on one..."

April 19, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre

Statham and Ritchie reunite for an oddly monotonous spy flick

"...visual flair that Ritchie pulled off so admirably in Sherlock Holmes and has seemingly been trying to recapture (with..."

March 3, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes

For the serious Sherlockian, there is Leslie S. Klinger's Sherlock Holmes Reference Library, an exhaustive nine-volume survey of scholarship from Gasogene Press. For the rest of us – serious Sherlockians in the making – there is this mammoth two-volume set.

"...The New Annotated Sherlock Holmesby Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, edited by Leslie S...."

Jan. 21, 2005 Books Review by Marrit Ingman

Holiday Eventsoff the Beaten Path

Suggestions for those who have done every merry thing

"...make an appearance for some dog-centric photo opportunities. A Sherlock Holmes Christmas Through Dec. 18: Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 5pm..."

Nov. 29, 2022 Arts Post by Ali Juell

The Raven

John Cusack plays Edgar Allan Poe in this historically imaginative but dull and off-putting detective story set in old Baltimore.

"...imaginative makeover in this frankly dull and frequently off-putting Sherlock Holmes-ian take on the final days of Edgar Allan..."

May 4, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Passion Project

Fantastic Fest and its home base the Alamo Drafthouse have only gotten bigger, but its heart – pure and pulpy – stays the same

"...did not fully realize that there wouldn't be a Sherlock Holmes if it weren't for Poe. I was unaware..."

Sept. 24, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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