Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

they pulled holmes forward in time into wwii and the result just doesn't really feel like a holmes story. part of it is the costume changes, but mostly it is just that instead of holmes in a battle of wits with moriarty, he is just solving a rather weak mystery with the nazis as the enemy. it is essentially a war effort propaganda piece, which is fine, but that is kinda all there is here. the ending in a bombed out church reminded me of mrs. miniver, a film with essentially the same purpose, but which executes masterfully while this just kind of lurches along. this is the first time that my... read more