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Steven Moffat Talks Sherlock Series 3
Sherlock chief executive Steven Moffat was caught on the BAFTA trail last night, where he was quizzed about Sherlock Series 3… (Note that there is a longer version of the interview which also discusses the Doctor Who 50th anniversary.) We don’t yet know when Sherlock Series 3 will air, but you can be sure we’re [...]
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Anyone who’s been following Cult Britannia’s excellent re-appraisals of the James Bond movies in the run-up to Skyfall’s release may have noticed a continued criticism of one element of the recent films, one I’ve never noticed before. Regular screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade “don’t have the writing chops to deliver anything unique, original or [...]
Jon Pertwee may be best known for his portrayal of that most dashing of Time Lords, the Third Doctor, but he went on to charm another generation of children when he switched roles, and heads, to become Worzel Gummidge. For most people, the first thing that comes to mind when they think of Jon Pertwee [...]
Yes, yes; the last part was even called ‘The Quatermass Conclusion’. I know, gentle reader, you’re thinking that like Nigel Kneale, I have some difficulty letting go. But apparently it’s not just Nigel and me. I was checking ‘Quatermass’ on Wikipedia the other day (to see if I had left anything out, you understand, not [...]
In what will be the first in a semi-regular series, I’m looking back at those curious hybrid films—the occasionally unloved stepchildren of international co-production shotgun weddings. Though created and filmed in Britain, and often staffed and produced by Brits, you’ll seldom find them mentioned alongside Four Weddings and a Funeral, Remains of the Day, or [...]
Given the familiarity with which we all hold the other James Bond movies, it would be wrong to throw a review of Skyfall into our Bond at 50 series without a few hours reflection on the episode. So before publishing a full review, I thought it best to get some things out into the open. [...]
I know you’ll judge me—but it’s true. There was a Heineken ad recently, and whereas 99.98% of you might see it and think, “Oh, they just played the James Bond theme”, I thought, “Oh, they played the David Arnold arrangement of the James Bond theme from the end of Casino Royale (which played over the [...]
Benedict Cumberbatch found himself in the middle of a polarizing debate recently when it was noted that the Sherlock actor had made a complaint that being “posh” may have lead him to not not be considered for certain types of roles over the course of his career. This has been picked up and picked apart [...]
EXT. THREE LEGGED CROSS PUB GARDEN CIRCA 1980 – DAY A young boy JEFFREY (ginger, freckled) is sat on a swing. The pub table in front of him has two bottles of cokes, complete with straws and two packets of crisps. SFX: SLAM! JEFFREY suddenly turns to see the source of a loud bang from [...]
American-accented British characters have been sending shivers down right-thinking fans’ spines for decades. The disastrously infantile studio logic that ‘international (i.e. American) audiences’ will run screaming from proper pronunciation has spawned Kevin Costner’s Robin Hood, Uma Thurman’s Mrs. Emma Peel, Val Kilmer’s The Saint, Keanu Reeves’ Jonathan Harker and John Constantine—choosing between Yankee pronunciation and [...]
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