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MR. HOLMES Blu-ray Review

Put on the kettle and make yourself a cuppa tea. The story of the world’s greatest detective, MR. HOLMES, has arrived on Blu-ray, DVD, and On Demand.

Sir Ian McKellen joins Laura Linney in the mysterious and intriguing film from Lionsgate Home Entertainment and Miramax.

Based on Mitch Cullin’s novel “A Slight Trick of the Mind,” written for the screen by Jeffrey Hatcher (The Duchess), and directed by Academy Award winner Bill Condon (Best Adapted Screenplay, Gods and Monsters, 1998), MR. HOLMES finds a retired Sherlock returning to close the book on the one mystery he could never solve.

Winner of the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2015 Sydney Film Festival and released theatrically in July by Miramax and Roadside Attractions, the film is Rotten Tomatoes Certified Fresh.

See the world’s most famous detective as you’ve never seen him before, portrayed by acting legend Ian McKellen, in this ingeniously plotted suspense-thriller. The movie is one of the best of 2015.

For thirty years, Sherlock Holmes has been haunted by his final case, one that remains unsolved. Now, spurred by a mysterious trip to Japan, Holmes quietly slips out of retirement to confront the ghosts of his past – and a spellbinding mystery that will take all of his deductive powers to solve.

Read Jim Batts review here.

The character of Sherlock Holmes has never been more popular. The stories have been rebooted recently both on film and on television with versions that have delved deeper into the emotional complexity of the character, and thanks to their success, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson have arguably never been more popular around the world.

Fans of the movie will appreciate the two behind-the-scenes featurettes on the Blu-ray and DVD.

The “Icon” featurette includes discussions with director Bill Condon, producer Anne Carey, screenwriter Jeffrey Hatcher, author Mitch Cullin and cast members Ian McKellen and Laura Linney. In it, they talk about an Icon (McKellen) playing an Icon (Holmes).

The “Story” featurette explains why one of the key elements that made MR. HOLMES such a pleasure for Bill Condon was the opportunity of reuniting with Ian McKellen after the success of GODS AND MONSTERS.

The film also features one of the best scores of 2015 by composer Carter Burwell.

MR. HOLMES is available on Blu-ray and DVD for the suggested retail price of $24.99 and $19.98, respectively.

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Join MR. HOLMES Ian McKellen For A Reddit AMA

Join Miramax Films and Roadside Attractions for a Reddit AMA with Ian McKellen on behalf of MR. HOLMES.

Where: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/

When: Wednesday, July 15^th at 4:30-6:00pm PT/1:30-3pm ET

MR. HOLMES is a new twist on the world’s most famous detective. 1947, an aging Sherlock Holmes returns from a journey to Japan, where, in search of a rare plant with powerful restorative qualities, he has witnessed the devastation of nuclear warfare. Now, in his remote seaside farmhouse, Holmes faces the end of his days tending to his bees, with only the company of his housekeeper and her young son, Roger.

Grappling with the diminishing powers of his mind, Holmes comes to rely upon the boy as he revisits the circumstances of the unsolved case that forced him into retirement, and searches for answers to the mysteries of life and love – before it’s too late.

Directed by Bill Condon and also starring Laura Linney and Milo Parker, MR. HOLMES will open in theaters July 17, 2015.

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This Week’s WAMG Podcast – Comic-Con, MINIONS, GALLOWS and More!

This week’s episode of our podcast WE ARE MOVIE GEEKS The Show is up! Hear WAMG’s Jim Batts, Michelle McCue and Tom Stockman discuss the weekend box office, and next weekend’s releases. We’ll review MINIONS, THE GALLOWS, TESTAMENT OF YOUTH, CARTEL LAND, MR. HOLMES, and ALOFT. We’ll also analyze at length much of the exciting movie news coming out of Comic Con in San Diego over the weekend. WE ARE MOVIE GEEKS The Show is a weekly podcast and we will soon be streaming at ONStl.com Online Radio.

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Ian McKellen’s MR. HOLMES Investigates His Final Case In New Trailer

Opening in US theatres on July 17, here’s a look at the new trailer for MR. HOLMES.

In his Berlinale 2015 review, Alex Billington (First Showing.net) writes Ian McKellen, “is absolutely magnificent in this film, taking on the role with complete authority and differentiating himself (from anything he has done before) with minor quirks and physical mannerisms. He does give us a Sherlock Holmes that we have never seen before, both likable and unlikable, but still traditional and nevertheless wise. Through his charm, and the impressively conceived narrative built around emotion, this film left a strong impression on me that will likely last for a long time.”

McKellen leads a stellar cast including Laura Linney, Hiroyuki Sanada, Hattie Morahan, Patrick Kennedy, Roger Allam, Frances de la Tour, Phil Davis and newcomer Milo Parker in Bill Condon’s MR HOLMES. The film reunites McKellen with director Bill Condon after their collaboration on the Academy Award-winning GODS AND MONSTERS.

Now, in his remote seaside farmhouse, Holmes faces the end of his days tending to his bees, with only the company of his housekeeper and her young son, Roger. Grappling with the diminishing powers of his mind, Holmes comes to rely upon the boy as he revisits the circumstances of the unsolved case that forced him into retirement, and searches for answers to the mysteries of life and love – before it’s too late.

For Condon, the different creative elements of the film – from the acting to the design, from the locations to the music – successfully combine and merge to bring life to the story’s complex narrative themes. “MR HOLMES is such an intriguing premise,” he says.

“Who is Sherlock Holmes if he no longer has that amazing mental acuity? And who are any of us without the qualities that define us as we enter the last stage of life? It’s a complicated and delicate movie and with Ian McKellen as the centre, it’s a study of the last stage of life – how even despite diminishing powers of the mind, important things come into focus and, if a person is given a way to overcome limitations, they can do something new with their lives.”

MR. HOLMES will open in theaters July 17, 2015.

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Ian McKellen’s MR HOLMES To Open Friday July 17 in Select US Theaters

Roadside Attractions and Miramax announced on Wednesday that director Bill Condon’s MR HOLMES will be released Friday, July 17 in select US theaters.

MR HOLMES is a new twist on the world’s most famous detective. 1947, an aging Sherlock Holmes returns from a journey to Japan, where, in search of a rare plant with powerful restorative qualities, he has witnessed the devastation of nuclear warfare. Now, in his remote seaside farmhouse, Holmes faces the end of his days tending to his bees, with only the company of his housekeeper and her young son, Roger. Grappling with the diminishing powers of his mind, Holmes comes to rely upon the boy as he revisits the circumstances of the unsolved case that forced him into retirement, and searches for answers to the mysteries of life and love – before it’s too late.

Laura Linney, Hiroyuki Sanada, Hattie Morahan, Patrick Kennedy, Roger Allam, Frances de la Tour, Phil Davis and newcomer Milo Parker also star. The film reunites McKellen with director Bill Condon after their collaboration on the Academy Award-winning GODS AND MONSTERS.

The compelling screenplay by Jeffrey Hatcher wasn’t the only draw for McKellen. His experience making GODS AND MONSTERS with Bill Condon was so enjoyable that he jumped at the chance of reteaming with the director on this new project. “As soon as Bill mentioned he had a script I said when do we start,” laughs the actor. “Gods and Monsters was one of the great joys of my life and this had a whiff of the memories of making that film – it was a short filming period as an independent film on a striking subject so it was irresistible before I’d even opened the script. And that it was being shot in England was very appealing to me as I’d been away for such a long time.”

MR HOLMES below the line team includes editor and long time collaborator Virginia Katz (GOD AND MONSTERS, KINSEY, DREAMGIRLS), Tobias Schliessler – director of photography (DREAMGIRLS, LONE SURVIVOR), Martin Childs – production designer (SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL, currently designing THE CROWN, directed by Stephen Daldry and Philip Martin), Keith Madden – costume designer (THE WOMAN IN BLACK), with a score by Carter Burwell (GODS AND MONSTERS).

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Credit: Agatha A. Nitecka, Courtesy of Miramax and Roadside Attractions

Ian McKellen is Sherlock Holmes In New Trailer For Bill Condon’s MR HOLMES

Ian McKellen leads a stellar cast including Laura Linney, Hiroyuki Sanada, Hattie Morahan, Patrick Kennedy, Roger Allam, Frances de la Tour, Phil Davis and newcomer Milo Parker in Bill Condon’s MR HOLMES. The film reunites McKellen with director Bill Condon after their collaboration on the Academy Award-winning GODS AND MONSTERS.

Based on the novel A Slight Trick of the Mind by Mitch Cullin, the intriguing premise for MR HOLMES reimagines Sherlock Holmes as a real person whose adventures have been turned into best-selling novels by his friend and partner Dr John Watson. Now old and in failing health, the famously rational detective is forced to engage for the first time with his emotions as his mental powers dwindle.

One of the key elements that made MR HOLMES such a pleasure for Bill Condon was the opportunity of reuniting with Ian McKellen after the success of Gods and Monsters. In both films, the focus is an elderly man – hugely famous in this film, of cult notoriety in the earlier film – forced to face up to his disintegrating mind and impending mortality, and how he finds solace in the burgeoning friendship with a younger person in the prime of their physical and mental health.

“Having made Gods and Monsters 17 years ago, Ian and I had always wanted to work together again and I had never found anything I ever thought worthy of sending to him. When I read this script, I thought this would be great for him and was so thrilled when I got the call back that he said it was a part and a half and he jumped right in as he did on Gods and Monsters. We were joking that when we did Gods and Monsters he was in his mid-late 50s playing James Whale towards the end of his life and now here in his 70s he’s playing Holmes at 93. I do have this knack for making him older than he is so we were saying all that is left is Methuselah which we can do when Ian is 90.”

McKellen was intrigued by the slow burn of the story. “It’s a mystery, a thriller,” explains the actor. “We find Holmes aged 93 living in retirement in the south of England where he keeps bees and is looked after by his housekeeper who has a son. That’s the beginning of it. The story creeps up on you and gets more complicated as it unfolds.”

The film’s score is by Carter Burwell (GODS AND MONSTERS). Watch a clip from the movie HERE.

MR. HOLMES will open in theaters this Summer.

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Ian McKellen Stars As Sherlock Holmes In New Clip For MR. HOLMES

Check out this clip for MR. HOLMES, starring Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, and Milo Parker.

Directed by Bill Condon, the film will open in theaters in 2015.

MR. HOLMES is a new twist on the world’s most famous detective.

1947, an aging Sherlock Holmes returns from a journey to Japan, where, in search of a rare plant with powerful restorative qualities, he has witnessed the devastation of nuclear warfare. Now, in his remote seaside farmhouse, Holmes faces the end of his days tending to his bees, with only the company of his housekeeper and her young son, Roger.

For more on the film, visit:
http://facebook.com/mrholmesfilm
http://twitter.com/mrholmesfilm (@mrholmesfilm)
http://instagram.com/mrholmesfilm (@mrholmesfilm)

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