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MissCagey (2652 KP) rated Patrick Melrose in TV
Jul 25, 2018
An adaptation of the novels of Edward St Aubyn. Patrick Melrose comes from a rich family but after suffering abuse from his father he is reliant on drugs and alcohol which effects his relationships with others. Benedict Cumberbatch acts his socks off and is brilliant, the support actors are brilliant too. There is a bit of toing and froing between past and present so you do need to concentrate!
River Song (8 KP) rated Sherlock in TV
Feb 22, 2022
Benedict Cumberbatch hes awesome as sherlock amazing actor (3 more)
The Stories
Episodes being hour long more to enjoy
Charectors sherlock is awesome and him and watson are brilliant pairing.
Mrs hudson is funny acts bit like mum to the two of them which is sweet but shes also funny and bossy love her
Not enough seasons 4 seasons wasnt enough need more (1 more)
Sherlocks drug problem pretty much saying thats why he has mind palace and why hes so intelligent etc that ruins amazment of him just a tad
Contains spoilers, click to show
Love it! Awesome show the charectors stories are amazing , the actors chosen for the parts were definitely the right choices Cumberbatch is awesome as sherlock hes amazing actor .
Dean (6921 KP) rated Doctor Strange (2016) in Movies
Jun 10, 2017
Benedict Cumberbatch (1 more)
Amazing range of Sfx
A mindbending strange film
Another super hero Marvel film that will dazzle your eyes, if not your mind. All the magic, space, time and other dimensions makes it feel less connected to the rest of the Marvel universe. It's totally over the top, but the range of Sfx shots it leads to are amazing. A bit like inception on steroids. Interesting visually but the story will probably wash over you.
Sarah (7798 KP) rated Doctor Strange (2016) in Movies
Aug 20, 2017
A good origin story
This is another Marvel comic origin story, so yes it's fairly predictable. However for me it's one of the better Marvel films I've seen in recent years. Due to its mind and universe bending nature, it has a completely different feel to the other super hero films. Benedict Cumberbatch is a great addition to the Marvel line-up, however his accent does get pretty dodgy at times. It's intriguing, funny and the special effects are fantastic.
David McK (3162 KP) rated Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) in Movies
Aug 6, 2023
Second entry (of, currently, three) in the so-called Star Trek Kelvin timeline, with the crew (including Zachary Quinto's Spock and Chris Pine's Kirk) on a mission to capture a renegade Star Fleet officer (played by a pre MCU Benedict Cumberbatch) who - despite all the pre-release denials - everybody *knew* would have links to the past of the original cast.
Especially with the poster.
Worth a watch - all the Kelvin timeline movies are - but, IMO, not as good as Star Trek.
Especially with the poster.
Worth a watch - all the Kelvin timeline movies are - but, IMO, not as good as Star Trek.
Fantastically clever
This is a very clever and very well written series. It has a fantastic cast, it's made Benedict Cumberbatch the star he is today and the supprting cast are great too. Mark Gatiss is fab as Mycroft, I just wish he was in it more. Same with Moriarty.
The episodes and plots themselves are well thought out and intriguing, and very difficult to work out the endings in advance. My only criticism would be that the last season 4 wasnt as strong as the earlier 3 - it was almost a little too bonkers.
The episodes and plots themselves are well thought out and intriguing, and very difficult to work out the endings in advance. My only criticism would be that the last season 4 wasnt as strong as the earlier 3 - it was almost a little too bonkers.
Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated Sherlock - Season 1 in TV
Aug 9, 2017
First series is the best series by far
Without a doubt, Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman transformed the face of Sherlock, completely updating it for modern viewing. Sherlock is played to be on some kind of spectrum, which allows him to work out calculations at lightning speed. He's arrogant but hilarious and Watson is an absolute spellbinder of a sidekick. The bromance is beautiful. But the first series by far is the most coherent without going into odd tangents and storylines. Really worth the watch.
Erika (17788 KP) rated Crimson Peak (2015) in Movies
Jun 14, 2018
I feel kind of bad for Crimson Peak, for one, it was marketed completely wrong. Universal marketed it as though it was a horror movie, when it couldn't really be farther from it. The inspiration for it was Rebecca and the Mysteries of Udolpho, it was a gothic romance. I liked Tom Hiddleston and Mia Wasikowska in it, but Jessica Chastain... I have nothing nice to say about her performance.
The twist was.... creepy. I can't help but wonder what the film would have been like if Benedict Cumberbatch hadn't dropped out.
The twist was.... creepy. I can't help but wonder what the film would have been like if Benedict Cumberbatch hadn't dropped out.
Erika (17788 KP) rated The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) in Movies
Apr 7, 2018
I honestly don't know whether or not I actually liked this movie. The score was god awful, and the 'tension' music came at weird, non-tense times. The sex was plum bizarre and the characters did a whole lot of nothing. The beginning sequence when it's around 2 minutes of a beating heart creeped me out, and made me feel slightly ill to my stomach. Barry Keoghan (AKA the guy from 71 and Dunkirk) did well, though his American accent sounded like a mix between Ryan Gosling and Benedict Cumberbatch doing American accents. Though, as whack as it was, it kind of fit with the awkwardness of the character.
David McK (3162 KP) rated The Hound of the Baskervilles in Books
Jun 16, 2019
Perhaps the most famous of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes mysteries, in which the super-sleuth investigates the supposed Baskerville family curse of the hell-hound on the moors.
What else can I say? Originally serialised by Arthur Conan Doyle, there's been many attempts to adopt this for TV, film or stage over the years, right through from the classic Basil Rathbone 1939 classic (and which many - myself included - still envisage Holmes as) to the more modern BBC Benedict Cumberbatch TV series, one of which has an episode largely based on this story.
Mysterious deaths, ghostly hell-hounds, escaped convicts and the marshy moors all play a part in this ...
What else can I say? Originally serialised by Arthur Conan Doyle, there's been many attempts to adopt this for TV, film or stage over the years, right through from the classic Basil Rathbone 1939 classic (and which many - myself included - still envisage Holmes as) to the more modern BBC Benedict Cumberbatch TV series, one of which has an episode largely based on this story.
Mysterious deaths, ghostly hell-hounds, escaped convicts and the marshy moors all play a part in this ...