Book and Movie Reports by Ed

Movie report: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) There’s a scene in this movie where Sherlock Holmes finally meets face-to-face with his archenemy, Professor Moriarty. By this point, Moriarty has already masterminded a series of bombings across Europe that have killed hundreds and pushed the continent to the brink of a world war, as well as killing the only woman Holmes has ever cared about, and threatening Holmes’s only friend. I’m thinking it’s time for Holmes to whip out his revolver and off the scum. But no. They banter threateningly back and forth, and Holmes leaves. Huh? I mean, is he Batman or something? Has he taken a vow never to kill? Or do the moviemakers just have no clue about what an audience can and can’t reasonably swallow? I’m going with the latter, because this movie just keeps throwing things at me that I don’t want. All of the fight scenes go on for far too long, for example, as do all of the chase scenes. And there’s one inexplicable scene of Stephen