Irene Adler has been on my mind quite a bit lately.
She usually is, of course, what with being one of top favorite female characters in literary history. I fell in love with her when I first read Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “A Scandal in Bohemia” (which can be read in its entirety here) [...]
This post contains SPOILERS for the second series of Sherlock, episode three, The Reichenbach Fall.
I think it would be fair to say, some viewers had quite a lot of opinions about Series one’s mid-point, The Blind Banker, and were not particularly optimistic about its writer Steve Thompson taking on this particularly [...]
This post contains SPOILERS for the second series of Sherlock, episode two, The Hounds Of Baskerville.
Mark Gatiss takes on the writing duties for this adaptation of one of Conan-Doyle’s most well-known books, and he rolls out all the creeps and jumps one would expect from what was always, at heart, a [...]
This post contains SPOILERS for the second series of Sherlock, episode one, A Scandal In Belgravia.
Well, here we are. After a year and a half of waiting, the second series of Sherlock finally kicked off on New Year’s Day for a fresh three-part series on BBC1. Written once more by a [...]
Third Star Written by Vaughan Sivell, Directed by Hattie Dalton
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Description: James (Benedict Cumberbatch) wants to make the most of this life – what’s left of it.
He invites his three closest friends to join him on a camping trip to his favourite place in the world. The [...]
Warning: This review contains spoilers for the first three episodes of Doctor Who Series 6: The Impossible Astronaut, Day Of The Moon and The Curse Of The Black Spot. As a courtesy to others please refrain from posting spoilers for future episodes in the comments.
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Lauded by Caitlin Moran in The Times for having a voice “like a jaguar hiding in a cello,” and possessing a name he once described as sounding like a fart in a bath, British actor Benedict Cumberbatch didn’t exactly rise to fame so much as suddenly and unexpectedly hurtle to prominence in the space of [...]
There was, it must be admitted, disappointingly little of any interest that was broadcast over the recent festive season. Aside from the Doctor Who Christmas Special (which you can read all about over here,) there was not a huge amount of TV really worth taking the time to watch.
But we are now [...]
[Editor: Please join me in welcoming Lady T to the ranks of the Discriminating Fangirls! Since she's lucky enough to live in the UK, she gets to watch UK television before us Yanks get it on BBC America or PBS (or by other, dubious means).-TDF Pamela]
I’m going to make my [...]
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