Topic: Sherlock, The Abominable Bride

[Ken]

Sherlock, The Abominable Bride, watched it last night... liked it. 





... The Telegraph did a really nice review.

Sleuths, drugs and rock’n’roll. Sherlock combined period drama, feminism and a fiendish whodunit into a feature-length comeback that got 2016 off to a flying start – often quite literally, as our hero soared in aeroplanes and plummeted down waterfalls. If there’s a superior 90 minutes of television this year, then we’re in for a treat.

Starting the year with Conan Doyle’s consulting detective has become quite the tradition. This slaveringly awaited return was the third time a fresh episode has aired on New Year’s Day. Expected to draw blockbuster ratings of 13 million, making it the most-watched programme of the festive period, this was genuine “event TV” — getting a simultaneous release in cinemas and the United States. (... also on PBS here in T-Ville.)

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I also liked this page:
Sherlock: the 20 greatest Sherlock Holmes
My #2 is Basil Rathbone, my #3 is Robert Downey Jr and my #1? Benedict Cumberbatch of course.