'Elementary, My Dear Holmes imagines Arthur Conan Doyle stepping into his own fiction, a man haunted by the clarity he created, forced to apply it to a world far messier than the one on paper.'
On Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's birth anniversary, May 22, let's journey to the places connected with the physician-author and his writings...
Avneet is Wimbledon ready... Raai Laxmi on a picnic... Neha strolls in Europe...
Mistry may work for some, but also raises the question about mental illness being treated as a means of amusement for audiences, notes Deepa Gahlot.
Soldiers, cops, detectives, K-Pop idols, here's everything you can catch on OTT this week.
It looks like Diljit is having a field day with this one, one hopes his joy rubs off on viewers as well, notes Mayur Sanap.
The silliness Detective Sherdil packs in the guise of humour not only trivialises a likeable star into a scallywag but squanders its ensemble cast into one-note distractions, notes Sukanya Verma.
'Even if I had the backing of a big corporate house, which I don't, in today's market, I wouldn't want the responsibility of making a Rs 300 crore-Rs 400 crore film.'
'There are girls out there who are gonna feel self accepting through this film because she's someone who just wants to live her own life. She's not a particularly selfish person, or reckless, but well thought.'
Suzhal: The Vortex 2 is a compelling watch with a tightly woven narrative, elevated by powerful performances, notes Divya Nair.
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Witches and westerns, goosebumps and goldfish, it's all there on OTT this week.
Pravinkoodu Shappu is a quirky whodunnit with its fair share of laughs, observes Arjun Menon.
The Mammootty-starrer is a passable procedural, let down by half-baked ideas that don't necessarily come together, observes Arjun Menon.
The latest Jungle Book film promises Sherlock fans a surprise.
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The actor is being tipped to play villain Moriarty.
Brad Pitt to join Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes.
Picking 10 excellent performances has been difficult but the attempt is to acknowledge the work of actors, who are often overlooked in favour of stars.
The NCB has so far arrested 16 people, including Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan Khan, 23, in the drug seizure case.
The contrast in the fates of Arthur Conan Doyle's and Satyajit Ray's super sleuths is a study in despair, says Sumit Bhattacharya.
Through Manorathangal, M T Vasudevan Nair makes himself available to a whole new generation of uninitiated viewers, who can familiarise themselves with his rich body of work and hope to learn a thing or two about life in all its messy grandeur and flawed imperfections, notes Arjun Menon.
Six episodes are not enough, applauds Deepa Gahlot.
Arjun Menon gives us a preview of what the Manorathangal series will offer us.
Those in the need for the real, cerebral Holmes can find him in the BBC's terrific Sherlock, featuring Benedict Cumberbatch (Season Two starts on the first day of 2012) but for a rollicking winter evening, director Guy Ritchie provides stupid but striking fireworks.
Sukanya Verma gives you some great options to choose from.
Mehmood and R D Burman shiver, wail and flail when they encounter a stuffed tiger that wags its tail, furniture that moves on its own volition and dancing skeletons and mummies. Dinesh Raheja revisits a must-watch.
'I was very wary about stepping into the limelight and the populist role like Sherlock Holmes, but the minute I saw who was involved and read the script and the quality of it I thought: I've got to do this.' Benedict Cumberbatch tells CNN International why he nearly turned down the chance to play Sherlock Homes.
>It's not easy to predict the market. But there are at least two positive factors to back the PSU banks, explains Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Disha bares her back... Raveena gets poetic... Shahid's reflections....
China's Foreign Minister Qin Gang has not been seen in public since June 25. Is he unwell, or has he been purged?
From Hrithik Roshan's mind games in Vikram Vedha to South Korea's biggest blockbuster of 2023 so far, Sukanya Verma lists everything you can watch on streaming platforms this weekend.
'I hope more shows highlight the unsung heroes of our rich history.' 'As for bringing the trophy home, a man can hope, but truly I am just excited to be there.'
'Earlier, it was four songs and four fights, and some story. That was enough.' 'Maybe we are in a box then and the audiences were not prepared for anything new.' 'Now we have got bigger scope.'
It's a fun, Fun, FUN menu on OTT this week.
By refusing to follow the pack and remain politically correct, Aamir Khan has paid a price. A fascinating excerpt from Shobhaa De's new book, Insatiable.
Guy Ritchie brings us a film that -- despite character names and even lines of dialogue contextlessly scattered throughout -- has precious little to do with the original.
In our mystery the watchdog agencies are silent, but it is the market that has barked and has not stopped barking. Till such time as it continues to do so, this headache will not go away, notes Aakar Patel.
Sukanya Verma lists her favourite female performers of 2022.
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