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The Oscars and What We Love About Films
Red Letter Days absolutely loves films and anything to do with them, and this week has been an important time of year in the film calendar. So can you guess where I was from late Sunday night? Camped out with a mountain of popcorn in front of the TV!
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8 Interesting Facts About Sherlock Holmes
We’ve been loving watching the latest amazing series of Sherlock, starring the dapper Benedict Cumberbatch and the lovable Martin Freeman. Inspired by his super-sleuthery, we’ve done a little digging to get some interesting Sherlock Holmes facts. 1. Sherlock’s famous deerstalker was not a creation of Arthur Conan Doyle, but that of the illustrator Sidney Pagat. 2. In the stories, Dr Watson’s injury was originally stated to be in his shoulder and then in a later story it was said to be in his leg. In the BBC’s Sherlock, John Watson was injured in the shoulder, but has a psychosomatic injury in his leg, causing him to limp. 3. Sherlock Holmes…
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Sound-on-Film: Four Monumental Movie Soundtracks
Since the late 1880’s around half a million films have been made, many of which have encouraged keen movie fans to flock to their local cinema in excitement and anticipation. Over the years film has spread cultural awareness, played with our imaginations, made us laugh, scared us senseless and at times, managed to completely disappoint. Although many movies have dazzled us with inventive camera work, high budget special effects or scantily clad Hollywood stars, they just wouldn’t be the same without an unmistakable musical soundtrack. Here are a few cinematic gems with great movie soundtracks that are perfect to enjoy on a rainy day… Pulp Fiction Quentin Tarantino is known for his…
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Christmas Films: Classics to Get you in the Festive Mood
Excluding the obvious, there are two essential elements to Christmas: turkey and television. Here’s a round up of some of the Christmas films guaranteed to bring you a bit of festive cheer this year (and every other for that matter…) should they appear on the box. 1. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) Much like The Sound of Music and The Wizard of Oz, this is a festive film by association. Still, Christmas isn’t Christmas until you’ve drooled over the title sequence and wondered for a minute what would happen if you found that glinting gold wrapper under the next bar of Dairy Milk you open. 2. The Nightmare…