stebsmeister
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Utter dross. Why pretend that this is in any way inspired by Holmes when it deviates so much from the source material?
Holmes devotees will hate The Irregulars, and a young audience probably won't be able to watch due to the occasional swearing.
Years ago, the BBC showed the adventures of the Irregulars in The Baker Street Boys. And it was miles better than this.
Holmes devotees will hate The Irregulars, and a young audience probably won't be able to watch due to the occasional swearing.
Years ago, the BBC showed the adventures of the Irregulars in The Baker Street Boys. And it was miles better than this.
At five episodes, The Beast Must Die is arguably two or perhaps even three too long.
The original novel is a nice mystery with a clever plot twist at the end. This adaptation was a trudge, and by the time the conclusion arrived I barely cared.
The original novel is a nice mystery with a clever plot twist at the end. This adaptation was a trudge, and by the time the conclusion arrived I barely cared.
Derek Jacobi gleefully predicted that Stratfordians would be apoplectic over Anonymous. Instead, it met with amused indifference, and sank at the box office.
Intended to prove that the plays ascribed to William Shakespeare of Stratford-Upon-Avon were in fact written by Edward De Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, Anonymous instead shows how daft the theory is. A supposedly illiterate man successfully masquerades as a playwright for years, with virtually no-one suspecting the truth?
I've given it two rather than one stars, as, if you switch off your critical faculties and common sense, you can at least enjoy Anonymous as a conspiracy thriller. And Rhys Ifans is very good.
Intended to prove that the plays ascribed to William Shakespeare of Stratford-Upon-Avon were in fact written by Edward De Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford, Anonymous instead shows how daft the theory is. A supposedly illiterate man successfully masquerades as a playwright for years, with virtually no-one suspecting the truth?
I've given it two rather than one stars, as, if you switch off your critical faculties and common sense, you can at least enjoy Anonymous as a conspiracy thriller. And Rhys Ifans is very good.