Guy Ritchie does a decent job at reinventing Sherlock Holmes as a modern action hero with the help of excellent performances from Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law.
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The Descent: Part 2
A pointless sequel with predictable shocks that doesn’t deliver anything new.
The Young Victoria
A nice period romance that somehow makes Queen Victoria sexy and doesn’t insult the audience’s intelligence.
Full Metal Jacket
Stanley Kubrick’s brilliant war film falls just short of a classic because of a lacklustre ending.
Harry Brown
What could have been a good social commentary about what’s wrong with ‘Broken Britain’, Harry Brown comes across as too shallow and Right Wing for most modern tastes. Michael Caine is the film’s saviour with a stand out performance.
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Heath Ledger’s final performance will bring this reasonable movie more attention than it probably deserves.