The new Sherlock Holmes movie is, of course, a must see for Holmes buffs, and beyond that ... for regular movie goers ... it is still recommended. The movie is a high-test, quirky, action packed, funny cliff hanger. Having said that, Holmes aficionados will probably get more out of this movie…
In case you want to know more about my nephew, LeRoy Bell, who is a contestant in the Top Ten on the XFactor USA show, and who will be performing TONIGHT (and you can VOTE!!!), check out this really nice write up on The Root: 'X Factor' Crooner Is 'Livin' It Up' - LeRoy Bell, 60, who once hit it…
My friend Iain Davidson tagged me with the facebook novel meme. Here are the rules: Oh, hell, never mind the rules. I wanted to provide links to the books so I decided to do this as a blog post which I'll paste on my facebook page (and of course tag some unlucky facebook friend).
Here it is. I…
As you know, my nephew, LeRoy Bell, was a contestant on the XFactor singing contest. You may also know that he was voted off the show last week. I'm not going to say much about that other than to note that LeRoy was NOT the 8th or 9th best singer in the group. He was clearly in the top three, and…
Have you seen the BBC series Sherlock? Set in modern day London, Dr. Watson is freshly returned from one of the middle east wars, Holmes is brilliantly played by Benedict Cumberbatch (a right proper British name--he played Joseph Hooker in Creation).
The first series is good (2.5 hours or thereabouts) with humour, wit, as it lays out Holmes style and his interaction with Dr. Watson and people in general--Holmes seems to be a cross between Dexter and Professor Snape, at times Cumberbatch's accent and delivery is near identical to Rickman's/Snape(very very entertaining).
Second one I didn't find as clever. We'll watch the third one tonight.
Anyway, BBC does have some excellent series in addition to their documentaries and they would also make good holiday gifts.
btw, Winged Migration a good gift for any bird lover who doesn't already have it.
I love the new BBC series. And I want personal copies of it. Note: Watson actually returns home from war in roughly the same place as the original Watson!
heh. I hadn't realized that.
We discussed seeing the new Sherlock Hollywood movie (Downey, Law) tonight, but BBC won out over Hollywood this time--something about Cumberbatch's accent that has my wife swooning ever so slightly. Must start cultivating an accent....
@Daniel
It's hard not to like the new Sherlock, but the 2nd episode did its best by being about as racist as it's possible to be (barring having a bunch of dudes in black-face chase around a white woman, as in Florence & the Machine's new video. Which is a shame, because I like their music).
I get the impression that the British have a hard time seeing Orientalim as racist.