IT’S HERE IT’S HERE IT’S HERE! The trailer for Mr Holmes has just been released, and everyone is excited (few more so than myself). Based on Mitch Cullin’s novel A Slight Trick of the Mind and directed by Bill Condon, the film follows a 93-year-old Sherlock Holmes as he embarks on his last … [Read more...]
Cool prints to geek up your home
If you're on the look-out for a reasonably cheap and suitably geeky way to decorate your house, then these prints (found on Firebox and Etsy) are most definitely for you. There's something for every taste and every fandom, and they will make your house look exquisitely geek chic. Punk Super Mario … [Read more...]
Sherlock Vs Murdoch – the metaphorical battle for our souls. S3E3 – Dork Review
After two weeks of fairly low-crime character-focused lightheartedness, here we are at the Sherlock series finale. They basically cliffhangered the first episode out to set up this week’s big villain, Charles Augustus Magnussen (Lars Mikkelsen), and now here’s his big moment to shine. Got to get … [Read more...]
Can anyone survive Sherlock’s record-length best man speech? S3E2 – Dork Review
It’s the first regular Sherlock episode after we got that pesky cliffhanger out of the way, and I know I was expecting some crimesolving business-as-usual. Instead, we had the wedding of John Watson, framed by flashbacks of varying importance as a murder slowly unfolds. But how does it relate to … [Read more...]
Can Sherlock solve the mystery of his own death before the fans do? S3E1 – Dork Review
Two years ago, Sherlock Holmes swan-dived off the edge of a hospital and was found on the pavement below with a head wound. Oh, and dead. Ever since then, the internet has been overflowing with theories about how exactly he might have survived. Basically, the above paragraph describes the events … [Read more...]
Sherlock Minisode – Many Happy Returns – Dork Review
As a sort of "Merry Christmas"/"Sorry we've kept you on tenterhooks for two years" gesture, His Holiness Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss have released a mini-prequel to the new series of Sherlock. It's called Many Happy Returns... and you can take that message as you please. … [Read more...]
Your Guide to the Holiday Television Schedule
Christmas is almost here, and with it, the usual festive helping of Christmas TV specials and holiday classics. It's always a lot - the Christmas schedules are more packed than ever, with seasonal editions of... well, just about every show you can think of. But never fear. As always, Dork Adore … [Read more...]
Sherlock Lives! – A Look at the Series 3 Launch Trailer
At last! Exactly two years after The Woman, The Hound and that fall, Sherlock is bounding back onto our screens on New Year's Day. And today, as an early Christmas present from His Holiness The Moffat, we've been finally granted a full trailer of the upcoming series. That sound you hear? Is Tumblr … [Read more...]
Sherlock Series 3 : A Little Glimpse
On Friday, BBC One concluded their repeats of the brilliant series two of Sherlock with the by now notorious The Reichenbach Fall (a 90-minute masterclass in how to make a fandom explode). If you were lucky enough to catch the repeat all the way through to the end, then you were in for a treat. … [Read more...]
Panning for Internet Gold: The ‘Go home, you are drunk’ edition
Look at this thing. It's an Echidna. Nobody would know what an Echidna was without the internet and this adorable pudding would be tossed over a cliff at birth, like so many Spartan babies lacking the mandatory six-pack. So let's take a coffee-break or two to frolic in all the bountiful goodness of … [Read more...]
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