Arts & Entertainment
‘Sherlock Holmes’ Packs a Punch
But his beautiful mind is lost in the shadows amid the bombs and banter.
Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, or Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, face a new supervillain set on destroying the world in Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows.
Holmes and Watson square off against Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris), who has cooked up a scheme to pit various European nations against one another in the hope of profiting from the demand for weapons.
A Gypsy fortuneteller, played by Noomi Rapace, tags along. Rachel McAdams, Holmes' love interest in the first film, makes a brief appearance. Guy Ritchie once again directs, turning Arthur Conan Doyle's classic literary character into just another Hollywood action hero.
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This is Sherlock Holmes 2.0—more of the same explosions and Holmes-Watson banter as the first film, just bigger and louder.
Holmes is supposed to be really distinguishing him from every other crime fighter; now, thanks to Hollywood, his brain is secondary. So the flick-o-meter gives Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows three out of five.
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In true Sherlock-style, head to for a glass of wine then head to for a pinch of tobacco.
In Canton, the movie runs at theat 1, 1:30, 4, 4:30, 7, 7:30, 9:50, and 10:15 p.m.
In Woodstock, the movie runs at the 1:45, 2:30, 4:30, 5:15, 7:15, 8, and 10 p.m.