English Movie Review Holmes & Watson - Cast & Crew

Etan Cohen is a popular and acclaimed Israeli-American film director and screenwriter. He was born on 14 March 1974 in Sharon, Massachusetts. He graduated from Maimonides School and then Harvard College. He has written scripts for many famously acclaimed Hollywood movies. Debuting as a scriptwriter with 'Beavis and Butthead' he has written for many other famous projects like ‘Mike Judge-directed’ projects like 'King of the Hill' from 2001 to 2005. He also wrote for the feature film 'Idiocracy' in 2006. In the late 90s, he started working on 'Recess' an animated series created by Paul Germain and Joe Ansolabehere. His long career has expanded over twenty-eight years.

John William Ferrell was born on July 16th 1967.  He first rose in popularity as an official cast member on Saturday Night Live.  Ferrell was born in Irvine, California to a teacher and a musician. Ferrell has a younger brother named Patrick.  In 1975, Ferrell’s parents filed for divorce to which Will made the best of it.  Will’s father did not have a steady income and was hardly home and this motivated Ferrell not to get a job in show business but rather a stable day job.  Will Ferrell was a kicker for his high school’s football team and he was also on the soccer team as well as a captain for the basketball team.  In his senior year, he and his friend would perform skits over the school’s intercom system.  Will Ferrell graduated from USC with a degree in Sports Information in 1990.  After failing at his first few jobs he pursued comedy and joined an improve group called The Groundlings.  His time with the Groundlings got him noticed by Saturday Night Live.  Ferrell left Saturday Night Live after a successful 7 year span.  He is one of the most famous former cast members.  He was known mainly for his impersonations including, Saddam Hussein, Al Gore and George W. Bush.  Ferrell has hosted the show twice since his leave.  During his time on Saturday Night Live he also starred in many films including Zoolander, Austin Powers and A Night At the Roxbury.  This would catapult him into the limelight.  He would go on to star in huge hits such as Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Anchorman and Anchorman 2.  In 2010 he was the executive producer of the film The Other Guys.  The film was a big success.  Ferrell has also completed quite a bit of voice acting such as Megamind as well as The Man in The Yellow Hat in Curious George.  In 2000, Ferrell married Swedish actress Viveca Paulin.  They have three sons and currently live in Orange County, California.  Will Ferrell is a huge fan of USC football as well as the professional soccer team Chelsea.

Adam McKay is an American actor, producer, writer, director and a comedian. McKay is known for his direction of movies such as Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, Step Brothers, The Other Guys and The Big Short among many others. McKay is also credited as the head writer to three seasons of the NBC-produced, Saturday Night Live. McKay co-writes most of his films content along with Will Ferrell and often casts him in his movies. The Emmy-winning website “Funny or Die Presents” is produced by Ferrell and McKay through their joint production house, “Gary Sanchez Productions”. Though McKay was born in Colorado, he grew up in Pennsylvania, where he pursued his education at the Great Valley High School. Later on, McKay attended the Pennsylvania State University but cut short his college days by dropping out to follow his passion which laid elsewhere. The Upright Citizens Brigade improvisational comedy club saw McKay as one of its founding members.

John Christopher Reilly is a man of multiple talents. Brian De Lama became his godfather in his journey of being an actor. Apart from acting, he is also well versed in singing and writing. He is adaptable to different genres of cinema and thus comedy also comes naturally to him. The wedding bells rang for him in 1992 when he married Alison Dickey, who is a film producer. They together have two sons. Brian De Palma launched Reilly with the movie, Causalities of War where he played the character of PFC Herbert Hatcher. Initially, the length of his role was not much, but Brian De Palma expanded it after noticing his performance. He then worked in Boogie Nights where he performed the role of a pornographic film star.

“He who must not be named!” as often uttered in Harry Potter Series. He received multiple nominations in BAFTA, Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in his movie “The Schindler’s List” as a Nazi SS war criminal. He’s one of the most compelling actors and one of the very best accomplished talents.

Born on 11th June, 1959, James Hugh Calum Laurie is officially known as Hugh Laurie. This talented individual is a complete package of an Actor, writer, director, musician, singer and an author. He first gained recognition through Fry and Laurie double act, which included his comrade Stephen Fry. He is best known for his title role of Mr. Gregory House in the television sitcom House, for which he received two Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Guild Awards and nomination for six Emmy Awards. In 2011, He was listed amongst the Guinness Record Holder for the world’s most watched man on television and the highest paid actor in television drama earning £250,000 ($409,000) for each episode of House.

 Hugh has one brother and two sisters. He always had restrained relationship with his mom. She died out of Motor Neurone Disease when Laurie was 30. His mom always considered him to be the hindrance in her life. While his father, William George Ranald Mundell Laurie was a Gold medallist in coxless pairs in 1948 London games. 

He took his piano lessons at the age of six. During the House, many classic instruments including Gibson Flying V and Les Pauls Guitar. He is a non-believer of god and says that "I don't believe in God, but I have this idea that if there were a God, or destiny of some kind looking down on us, that if he saw you taking anything for granted he'd take it away". Laurie was brought up in Oxford and did his schooling from Dragon School and was known to be a horrible student in his age. He was a smoker in his youth and always cheated his school tests. 

He is a passionate biker, owning two motorbikes. Laurie mentions the major reason for his educating at Selwyn College at Cambridge University, is the tradition that is initiated by his father. He attained a degree in Archaeology and anthropology. “The Gun Seller”, an elaborate thriller volume was his first in the field of writing. He married Jo Green, who was also a Theatre Administrator. They are presently living in Belsize Park with his children, Charlie and Rebecca.