Johnny Depp options West Memphis Three memoir
The actor and producer is the latest to declare a creative interest in the story of three men convicted of child murders in 1994Johnny Depp looks set to become the latest high-profile film-maker to take a creative interest in the controversial case of ...
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo cancelled in India
Oscar-nominated thriller withdrawn from release in India after director David Fincher refuses to cut 'unsuitable' sex scenesOscar-nominated crime thriller The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo will not be shown in India after director David Fincher refused t...
Great American novelist
Leonard is regarded as the greatest American crime writer, surpassing even Raymond Chandler. But it is time to drop the qualification of genreThe best novelists create a world around the reader. You can feel it bubbling up in irrepressible invention. S...
The great American novelist
Leonard is regarded as the greatest American crime writer, surpassing even Raymond Chandler. But it is time to drop the qualification of genreThe best novelists create a world around the reader. You can feel it bubbling up in irrepressible invention. S...
Home-made memorial risks damage to Hadrian’s Wall
National Trust appeals for people to get in touch and discuss ideas, after DIY plaque leaves resin on the 2000-year-old stonesHelen was writing yesterday about Bolton's plans to limit or better-organise the placing of roadside tributes to accident vict...
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – review
Newcomer Rooney Mara makes a superb Lisbeth Salander in David Fincher's faithful remake of the gritty Swedish crime thrillerIn 1936 the Hollywood mogul David O Selznick bought the Swedish movie Intermezzo, signed up its star Ingrid Bergman and remade i...
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – review
David Fincher has given Stieg Larsson the Hollywood treatment, and created a sleek but chilly thrillerDavid Fincher has given The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo a very serious software and operating system upgrade. This new English-language remake, – ba...
Daniel Craig: the man with the 007 tattoo
Daniel Craig is currently between Bonds, and heading up a Stieg Larsson adaptation. But, he tells Ryan Gilbey, he's itching to get back on her majesty's secret serviceThe surprise upon meeting Daniel Craig is his gentleness. It isn't that you expect hi...
Sherlock Holmes is still a man for today
Conan Doyle's detective was born in an age of empire and intrigue, much like our own. That's why Sherlock is still relevantSherlock Holmes is back. As usual. This Christmas holiday, the engaging modern-times Sherlock returns to the BBC while a second G...
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo rethinks the Hollywood remake
David Fincher has spritzed his US version of Larsson's book with a respectful faux Swedishness. Could this be a step forward? WARNING: Plot spoilers follow"Remake" has become a dirty word in cinema. Hollywood can do what it likes to its own movies, but...
Why is there no trace of forensic action in Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes?
Conan Doyle's creation isn't just any old action hero, as portrayed in A Game of Shadows; he invented forensic scienceSherlock Holmes has made the Guinness Book of Records as the most frequently portrayed literary character in film history. More than ...
The role of respect in preventing future riots
By a nice coincidence, I left the country on holiday on the day the riots broke out, and returned two nights after they ended. I was a bit disappointed to find that Harrods was still standing. Reading your reports (Blame the police: why the rioters say...
