Robert Downey Jr.
Robert John Downey Jr. is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning American actor and sometimes, musician. His breakout role was a movie called Less Than Zero, where he played a high-society yuppie burnout – the movie was a... [more]
Robert John Downey Jr. is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning American actor and sometimes, musician. His breakout role was a movie called Less Than Zero, where he played a high-society yuppie burnout – the movie was a self-fulfilling prophecy. Or so it seemed for a while. He eventually cleaned up and starred on the television series Ally McBeal as well as in a number of supporting and lead film roles, including the blockbuster smash, Iron Man.
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With Robert Downey Jr.’s SHERLOCK HOLMES burning up the holiday box office, it was inevitable the home video market would take advantage of the renewed interest in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic character by re-releasing the great detective’s early screen exploits.
Perhaps most notably, MPI Home Video has reissued eight of the 14 Basil Rathbone films [...]
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There are many things Robert Downey Jr. can be: the love interest of a neurotic lawyer, a cocky superhero, and even an American playing an Australian playing an African-American. And with his latest role as England’s greatest detective Sherlock Holmes, he convinces us that he can play British, too. He’s a chameleon, that RDJ!
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Sherlock Holmes - Movie Review. Great - 4 out of 5 beams. Brilliant
star Robert Downey Jr. turns the mythical detective into an action hero
of the first order in Guy Ritchie’s rousing movie. Well done...
From nationalledger.com
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- Another Sherlock Holmes movie review : In Entertainment (blogsearch.google.com)
Sherlock Holmes Directed by Guy Ritchie. Written by Michael Robert Johnson, Anthony Peckham and Simon Kinberg, based on characters by Arthur Conan Doyle. With Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Kelly Reilly, and Eddie Marsan. (PG-13) Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes ...
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From valleyadvocate.com
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Times LIVESherlock Holmes, an Amorphous Sleuth for Any EraNew York TimesMore derring-do than deduction: Robert Downey Jr. as the latest incarnation of the detective in “Sherlock Holmes.” By CHARLES McGRATH Arthur Conan Doyle ...Robert, Jude talk about Sherlock HolmesTimes of IndiaROBERT DOWNEY, JR. – CHANNELING AN ENGLISH SUPER-SLEUTHHollywood Outbreak (blog)CinemaDope: The DeerstalkerValley AdvocateHuffington Post (blog) -Philly2Philly.com...
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From news.google.com
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Robert Downey Jr. has suggested that Sherlock Holmes might be a "very butch homosexual" and that he and his trusty sidekick might be "closer than just out solving crimes." I'm certainly no Holmesian scholar, but it seems to me that anytime a male protagonist has a male sidekick and they live together while bantering like an old married couple ... well, it's about as shocking as finding out that Bert and Ernie are more than just fishing buddies...
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From change.org
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When the first trailer for the newest addition to the “Sherlock Holmes” franchise hit the Internet last spring, most audiences received it with curious anticipation and general enthusiasm. The sight of a chiseled, shirtless Robert Downey, Jr. using honed martial arts skills to beat up a heavyset opponent , however, came as a frustrating shock to many Holmes purists who still equate the legendary supersleuth with South African-born actor Basil...
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News - Director Guy Ritchie's plans to make a Sherlock Holmes sequel may be in jeopardy after actor Robert Downey Jr., who plays the detective, made a joke during an interview with David Letterman saying that his character was 'a very butch ... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
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From queersighted.com
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But I doubt the estate of Arthur Conan Doyle would be threatening to pull the plug on a sequel if Robert Downey Jr. had suggested that Sherlock Holmes was a Martian.
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From slog.thestranger.com
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Andrea Plunket, who holds the U.S. copyright to Sherlock Holmes is not happy that Robert Downey Jr. has been joking that the subtext of Holmes and Watson in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes is gay. Said Plunket: “I hope this is...
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