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Ritchie: 'I'm making Holmes to be popular'

9 November 2009 8:30 AM, PST | Digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Guy Ritchie has admitted that he took the Sherlock Holmes directing job in order to show that he can make accessible films. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, the British director acknowledged that Holmes will attract a bigger audience than his previous movies, which include Snatch, Revolver and RocknRolla. "I've spent too much time messing around in inaccessible, esoteric material," he remarked. "I've never had my day in popular court. Sherlock Holmes will allow me to express my accessible side." Ritchie added (more) »

- By Simon Reynolds

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New Sherlock trailer!

4 November 2009 4:42 AM, PST | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »

Finally, we have a new look at Sherlock Holmes in a new trailer from MTV. I could only watch the first one, however awesome it was, so many times before I wanted more, and I would say that this trailer is about 60% new footage we haven’t seen before, and has me just as excited as the first. At this point, after watching lackluster work like Revolver and Rocknrolla, I didn’t really think Guy Ritchie had a movie like this in him, but he’s been greatly aided by... »

- Paul Tassi

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Fantastic Fest Review: Crazy Racer

28 September 2009 5:13 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

Remember when you were drunk, Chinese and wanted to be Guy Ritchie? That's pretty much what director Ning Hao was upon starting production on Crazy Racer. And it plays more like Revolver-style than Lock, Stock-style. In fact, to make the rip-off more apparent, the title screen even rips off the Universal logo that we've all come to know and love. Of course it's unfair to claim to know what a director was going for while at the same time claiming he didn't achieve it. However, I say that specifically to mean that the film plays like a low-rent version of Guy Ritchie's films. The multiple layers are there, the strange characters are there, and the odd heist concepts are there. They're all there, but the end result is like a party where all of the guests are talking loudly but no one is having the same conversation. A couple of clumsy hitmen for hire get »

- Dr. Cole Abaius

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Guy Ritchie signs to direct 'Lobo' for Warner Bros.

3 September 2009 2:00 AM, PDT | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »

Guy Ritchie and Joel Silver... they've got a love thang goin' on. Little surprise.  When I was on-set for "Sherlock Holmes" last year, Guy seemed absolutely delighted by the process and the experience, and Susan Downey, who was there for Silver Films, seemed quite pleased with Guy in return.  Early word on "Sherlock Holmes" is strong, and I suspect the film's going to be huge this Christmas. So this puts Ritchie in the enviable position of having bounced back.  Not every filmmaker who suffers through a "Swept Away" or a "Revolver" or, god forbid, both in a row, ever gets the... »

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[DVD Review] Chaos

15 August 2009 10:00 PM, PDT | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

While the big names above the title might suggest an a high-octane cops and robbers caper with intelligent plotting and pounding action, you would do well not to be fooled. Shot on the down slope of Wesley Snipes’s career, prior to the upswing of Jason Statham’s, and well into the wilderness of Ryan Phillippe’s, this shockingly lackluster thriller from writer/director Tony Giglio (the man who brought us Soccer Dog) is plodding, predictable, and oh so very boring.

The timing of this project is likely crucial to its blundering inability to resonate on pretty much any level as an engaging thriller. Snipes was neck deep in a legal dispute with New Line (the IRS was still to come) over the debacle that was Blade: Trinity, Phillippe’s marriage to Reese Witherspoon was imploding (the couple would file for divorce a year later), and Statham, who had yet »

- Neil Pedley

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Give your view of the new Sherlock Holmes trailer

19 May 2009 11:39 AM, PDT | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

The trailer for Guy Ritchie's new Sherlock Holmes movie is now online - and here it is, in all its glory.

I'm eager to hear what Geek Files readers think so, after viewing the footage, please leave your comments at the bottom of the article.

The movie, due out on December 25 this year, stars Iron Man and Tropic Thunder actor Robert Downey Jr as the legendary fictional detective, Jude Law as his trusted colleague Watson, Rachel McAdams as Holmes' love interest Irene Adler and Mark Strong as the villain Lord Blackwood.

Strong was in Ritchie's 2005 Revolver and last year's RocknRolla. His character Blackwood is an aristocrat and industrialist who claims to possess supernatural powers and leads a cult of satanists.

The villain, based on real-life occultist Aleister Crowley, is linked to a series of murders.

Meanwhile, Professor Moriarty - Sherlock's most notorious foe - puts in a fleeting appearance. »

- David Bentley

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Anna Faris Stuns at Observe and Report Premiere

8 April 2009 5:45 AM, PDT | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »

The co-star of Seth Rogen's latest vehicle, Observe and Report, Anna Faris turned heads at last night's premiere in Los Angeles. An actress since the age of 9, Faris has appeared in more than a dozen feature films, including the four Scary Movie movies, and with two comedic performances alongside Ryan Reynolds in Waiting and Just Friends. Faris appeared in several episodes during the final season of Friends and she received wider recognition as an actress following her appearnce in Brokeback Mountain.

Written and directed by Jody Hill, Observe and Report also stars Ray Liotta (Revolver) and features an appearance by up-and-coming comedic actor Danny McBride (Eastbound and Down). While superficially similar to Kevin James' latest project, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Observe and Report has been described as a darker, more mature film, with Rogen commenting:

They're totally different movies.

Observe and Report synopsis courtesy of Warner Bros.:

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- BrentJS Sprecher

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DVD Round Up, Feb. 3, 2009: ‘Cheers,’ ‘Lucky Ones,’ ‘RocknRolla,’ ‘The Gene Generation’

3 February 2009 7:37 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – Another week, another edition of HollywoodChicago.com’s legendary Round-Up. Any TV fans out there? Lovers of sci-fi action movies? Afficionados of Rachel McAdams? If you still like Guy Ritchie, raise your hand. Now, all of you, step up to the Round-Up.

“Cheers: The Final Season,” “The Gene Generation,” “The Lucky Ones,” and “RocknRolla” were all released on January 27th, 2009.

“Cheers: The Final Season”

Photo credit: Paramount When people talk about shows going out at the top of their game, they inevitably turn to “Cheers” as a prime example of a series that knew when to turn off the lights and close the bar. Raise a glass to the final season with this amazing 28-episode set. In this season, Sam (Ted Danson) rebuilds the bar after Rebecca (Kirstie Alley) sets it on fire, Norm (George Wendt) gets audited, Cliff (John Ratzenberg) gets promoted, and Lilith leaves Frasier »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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DVD Review: Rocknrolla -- Matt thinks it's time for Guy Ritchie to show us something new

26 January 2009 | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

"RocknRolla" is an achievement in that it's not horrible like Guy Ritchie's previous two films, "Swept Away" and "Revolver". It's a failure in that it's exactly like "Snatch." and "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels" but those films were made ten years ago. Directors, or at least directors with some sort of signature style, need to evolve. By repeating their same old tricks, they make their previous successes into flukes and show us that they're not as talented as we once imagined. I won't go into the plot because it's far too convoluted and Ritchie wouldn't have it any other way (although I really hope he does for "Sherlock Holmes"). The film goes like a checklist through elements of a Ritchie film: Large cast of characters connected through tangential acquaintances? Check. British accents so thick you could drizzle them on ... »

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