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I'm sure you'll all have already noticed this, but every time I watch Billy Wilder's "The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes", I realize again how much "A Scandal in Belgravia" is an adaptation of this movie rather than of "A Scandal in Bohemia". So many connections there and some scenes from ASiB (like the final scene) suddenly make so much more ( Read more... )

Just saw "Angels' Share" which was a pretty good film. It started out as a social drama and then somehow managed to turn into a comedy - an interesting mix. Nice Scottish scenery, but most of all it was about Scottish whiskey - and plans to steal said whiskey... And then suddenly there was Roger Allam in the film! I'm not telling you whether he ( Read more... )

I watched "V for Vendetta" yesterday. I still liked the movie (last time I saw it several years ago), but it didn't keep up with my memories of it. What a lousily run surveillance state / dictatorship! I was only wondering why nobody took it down earlier ( Read more... )

Or well, rather random thoughts and musings than a proper review, but hey...

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