The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
The Girl with a dragon tattoo is a film based on the best selling series of novels from Stieg Larsson. It is a Swedish film directed by Niels Arden Oplev. It won three Guldbagge Awards. The movie was something I somewhat enjoyed. It has all the elemental cliches of a crime thriller, but with a [...]
Read moreSleuth (1972)
Sleuth is adapted from a play of the same name. It is directed by Joseph Mankiewicz and was his final film. It was nominated for five Academy Awards. This movie was interesting because there were only two actors in the entire piece. Two very well established actors. When the Inspector shows up, you don’t know [...]
Read moreSherlock Holmes (2009)
Sherlock Holmes was directed by Madonna”s ex-husband, Guy Ritchie. Ritchie first feature film was Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, made in 1998. In 1891 London, Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey, Jr.) and Dr. John Watson (Jude Law) prevent Lord Blackwood (Mark Strong) from conducting a human sacrifice. Blackwood is arrested by Inspector Lestrade (Eddie Marsan) [...]
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