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Since his introduction to the world in 1887 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes has been much celebrated for his cleverness. He's a cerebral detecting machine, able to slip in and out of disguises and make it all look "elementary." But have his steely abs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sherlock Holmes: Impressive Abs, Unmemorable Action | 12/25/2009 | See Source »

No and no, but director Guy Ritchie is trying hard to correct our mistake with his populist version of Sherlock Holmes, which features Robert Downey Jr.'s six-pack in a starring role and Jude Law as his partner more in bromance than crime solving. Ritchie's Holmes is smart...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sherlock Holmes: Impressive Abs, Unmemorable Action | 12/25/2009 | See Source »

It isn't surprising that Ritchie, a director who essentially keeps making the same glib, lively movie over and over again (with the exception of 2002's Swept Away, which stands alone in defiant atrocity) would turn Holmes into an action hero. Nor does it feel like a sin against...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sherlock Holmes: Impressive Abs, Unmemorable Action | 12/25/2009 | See Source »

8-1/2, besides being a wondrous entertainment, was a lightning bolt to other filmmakers. The movie told them they were interesting enough to be the subjects of their own pictures. Egotism could be the highest form of artistry. For a while, every ambitious American director wanted to do his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nine: Not a 10 and Certainly Not an 8-1/2 | 12/25/2009 | See Source »

That should have been enough—I had the interview—but Caleb had said one thing, something about the future, that I hadn't understood. I could have let it go, but it was clear just from Caleb’s attitude that he wouldn�...

Author: By Lois E. Beckett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Addendum to "Kids Who Would Be King" | 12/25/2009 | See Source »

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