In defense of Sherlock Holmes...

Yes, the Robert Downey Jr./Jude Law/Guy Ritchie version of Sherolock Holmes has problems. But they're not the problems most critics are complaining about. My review is live (finally!) and I'd love to hear what you think.

Sherlock Holmes trailer...

Yeah, it's pretty Lock, Stock and 221B Baker Street... that really shouldn't come as a surprise. Turn Guy Ritchie loose on Sherlock Holmes and that's what you're going to get.

But I'm digging the fact that Jude Law is clearly playing Watson as smart, capable and willing to call Holmes on it when he's being truly impossible -- too few actors have, and that's one of the things I love about James Mason's performance in Murder by Decree.

Sherlock Holmes plus vampires is almost as felicitous a combination as Sherlock Holmes plus Jack the Ripper, and I admit it: I love Robert Downey Jr. So hey, I'm in. See the trailer here.