The best-known Sherlock Holmes to many folks these days was played by Benedict Cumberbatch in the BBC series. It ran 2010-2017 and consisted of 13 episodes (including the historical special The A...
https://comicsworthreading.com/2024/03/24/sherlock-returns-to-major-us-streaming-service/
This article originally appeared in Sherlock Holmes magazine issue #13, Summer 23. The final episode of Sherlock, the third of season 4, was not received positively. (Well, final so far. Hope spr...
https://comicsworthreading.com/2023/12/07/sherlock-and-the-sea-devils/
Scooby-Doo! and Krypto, Too! has been announced as available on September 26… but there’s a catch. It’s not a bad idea to team up the Scooby-Doo gang with superheroes — I’ve enjoyed see...
https://comicsworthreading.com/2023/07/29/scooby-doo-teams-with-krypto-in-upcoming-animation/
In 2011, All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely was adapted by Dwayne McDuffie into a movie-length cartoon. I reviewed the animated All-Star Superman back then. Now, as part of the...
https://comicsworthreading.com/2023/04/22/animated-all-star-superman-returns-in-4k/
Out this week is a new DC animation collection on Blu-ray. The Adventures of Batman collects up the Batman cartoons that originally ran as part of The Batman/Superman Hour from 1968-1969. As you�...
https://comicsworthreading.com/2023/02/27/the-adventures-of-batman/
The concept behind Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse isn’t a bad one: Take two cartoon team franchises and have them meet. Bonus points for using a currently hot b...
I checked out the new Steven Moffat TV series Inside Man (streaming on Netflix in the US) because of the cast and the idea of a “death row detective”, although I’ve been very iffy on his sk...
I’d about given up on the original DC animated movies. They’re either stories I already read as comics — and I didn’t feel a need to see the characters move, with added mature content —...
https://comicsworthreading.com/2022/11/27/batman-and-superman-battle-of-the-super-sons/
As the holiday season approaches, it’s good to know about a movie that a bunch of family members can enjoy. Based on how much we, a couple of adults, liked this movie, I nominate Minions: The R...
https://comicsworthreading.com/2022/11/02/minions-the-rise-of-gru/
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has released a deluxe edition of Batman: The Long Halloween. In addition to combining the previous two separate releases into one movie, this version is now availa...
https://comicsworthreading.com/2022/09/21/batman-the-long-halloween-deluxe-edition/
I adored the Heartstopper graphic novel when I read it two years ago. So I was thrilled to discover that the Netflix TV show version is one of the best comic adaptations I’ve ever seen. Heartst...
https://comicsworthreading.com/2022/09/10/heartstopper-the-netflix-show/
Sylvester Stallone stars in a new take on the superhero idea in Samaritan, available via Prime Video. In this film, Thirteen-year-old Sam Cleary (Javon “Wanna” Walton) suspects that his myste...
https://comicsworthreading.com/2022/09/05/rocky-becomes-a-superhero/
It’s a shame that we’re finally seeing many more diverse takes on the superhero genre now that it’s been so overworked. The exhaustion of fans and creators with this genre means no one’s ...
https://comicsworthreading.com/2022/09/05/naomi-the-complete-series/
I’ve delayed talking about Green Lantern: Beware My Power because I didn’t really want to watch it. I’m not the audience for these cartoon movies, as they seem to prioritize fights, violenc...
https://comicsworthreading.com/2022/08/14/green-lantern-beware-my-power/
Out now on Blu-ray is The Lost City, an adventure comedy starring Sandra Bullock as a successful romance novel author trying to stay relevant in a TikTok world. She’s also an academic, and Abig...
I am a huge fan of both Sherlock Holmes and the BBC Sherlock TV series. (Those two things don’t always go together.) As a fan of the latter, I have, of course, wondered if the show was really d...
https://comicsworthreading.com/2022/03/13/bbc-sherlock-gets-new-licensed-product/