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Toby Kebbell & Brian Cox To Star In ‘The Veteran’

June 24, 2010 5:27 pm

Toby Kebbell has joined Brian Cox, Ashley Thomas, Adi Bielski and Tom Brooke in "The Veteran," a British indie film scheduled to shoot later this month.Directed by Matthew Hope (the British indie, "The Vanguard...

Guy Ritchie Confirms Russell Crowe Was On Board To Play Watson With New Feast Of ‘Sherlock Holmes’ Images

Rodrigo Perez

May 6, 2009 7:00 pm

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USA Today has let loose nine new images (one is old) of Guy Ritchie's upcoming "Sherlock Holmes," a would-be summer-looking blockbuster now set to come out during Christmas (the 25th to be exact).There's lots o...

Robert Downey Jr.’s ‘Sherlock Holmes’ Will Be Like “James Bond in 1891” And Fun For “Families”

Rodrigo Perez

January 26, 2009 3:05 pm

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The New York Times of all people have checked in on Robert Downey Jr./ Guy Ritchie's "Sherlock Holmes," and provided new quotes, insight and photos* on the project (*new to us anyhow).We said, based on the scri...

The Most Disappointing & Most Overhyped Films Of 2008

Rodrigo Perez

December 8, 2008 6:57 pm

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We're obviously planning a Best of 2008 list and even a Worst of 2008 list, but it never really occurred to us to do the more nuanced, Most Disappointing of 2008 list until we saw Spoutblog's list (they crazy a...

Weekend Box Office Options for October 31st: ‘Zach and Miri,’ ‘Changeling,’ ‘RockNRolla,’ More

Seth Valentine

October 31, 2008 3:15 pm

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Well, another week behind us and another weekend of film-going ahead. Though it seems unlikely that "High School Musical 3" will abdicate its top spot at the box for any of this week's challengers, there's a f...

Weekend Box-Office: ‘Happy Go-Lucky’, ‘Rock N’Rolla’, Other Stuff…

Rodrigo Perez

October 11, 2008 4:08 am

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The weekend, weekend, weekend. We won't be seeing jack probably cause we're still trying to keep up with the last bits of the very-excellent New York Film Festival (NY'ers should note the last screening of "The...

Guy Ritchie & Robert Downey Jr. Hope To Turn ‘Sherlock Holmes’ Into A McFranchise

Rodrigo Perez

October 1, 2008 6:50 pm

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We've never really sold on the more-actiony, adventurey "Sherlock Holmes," idea that Guy Ritchie is peddling with Robert Downey Jr. It seems kind of cheese and reeks of 'Indiana Jones' like silly-ness (new Ind...

Crime Pays? Guy Ritchie’s ‘RockNRolla’ Getting Solid Reviews Despite Its Lock And Stock Cliches

Rodrigo Perez

September 5, 2008 4:10 pm

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We really thought Guy Ritchie's "Rock N Rolla," was going to bomb. Our man on the scene Mr. Snruff disliked it and we felt much the same. It was a total, predictable rehash of everything you've seen Ritchie do ...

Guy Ritchie Talking ‘Rock N Rolla’ Sequel Again, But Can It Perform Well Enough To Qualify For One?

Spencer Martin

August 20, 2008 5:51 am

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According to the U.K. publication, The Sun, Guy Ritchie's latest crime caper, "RocknRolla" is Ritchie's "most polished to date." We have our doubts, as his last film, "Revolver" was a convoluted mess of Freudi...

Is Guy Ritchie’s ‘Rock N Rolla’ Looking For A New Home? Danny Boyle’s New Film Also Effected By WB Overstock

Rodrigo Perez

August 13, 2008 1:10 pm

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Is Guy Ritchie's "RockNRolla" looking for a new buyer? Ritchie's fifth film is due in October via Warner Bros, but a report from Patrick Goldstein's L.A. Times blog suggests that producer Joel Silver is shoppin...

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