Sentences with phrase «style gumshoe»

From Benedict Cumberbatch's «Sherlock» and Robert Downey, Jr.'s «Sherlock Holmes,» to CBS's «Elementary,» and a number of Holmes - related titles, interest in Sherlock Holmes - style gumshoe has swelled in recent years, and fans are lapping it up.

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Nevertheless Bogart exemplifies cool collected style as the self - assured gumshoe.

In adapting Thomas Pynchon's rambling, drug - fried gumshoe novel set in 1970 Los Angeles, Anderson has returned to the funkier ensemble rhythms of his breakthrough, Boogie Nights, but wrapped them in the audacious style of The Master.

Utilizing anachronistic gumshoe dialogue in the style of Dashiell Hammett, director Rian Johnson assembled a seemingly clever detective story that uses a «brick» of heroin as the MacGuffin, and a dead girl as a plot device.

The opening chapters are written in a style which is redolent of the old gumshoe detectives (Mike Hammer et al.) which adds to the humor, however that style disappears as the novel unfolds, which is a shame.

With the help of a 17 - year - old neighbor and one victim's sister (who, in proper gumshoe style, Hodges quickly beds), Hodges begins to play cat - and - mouse with the killer through a chat site called Under Debbie's Blue Umbrella.

From there, the noir stylings get a little more sci - fi: Our doomed gumshoe has been brought back to life using advanced 3D - printing technology.