Movies and Sherlock

Christmas Day I treated myself to an actual movie in a theater! Haven't done that since the 10 year anniversary showing of The Two Towers. I saw a film called Shame. I went because it had a decent review and for the novelty of seeing an NC-17 film on the big screen. It wasn't the most uplifting film, but I think I'm glad I went. This evening I've just watched another in the selection of New Zealand films I'd been getting of late due to my increased interest in the country, this one a coming of age story, Rain. My favorite character was the young boy, Jim, an adorable fiery haired youth who looked familiar. In looking him up on Wikipedia, I now see why— he was in The World's Fastest Indian which I saw a week or so ago! Rain took a turn I didn't expect at the end, and it was an interesting film. I really am fond of the NZ accent, I must say. ;)

I've also gotten turned on to the BBC Sherlock series after snottygrrl and evannichols told me about it xmas eve. It's marvelous! The writing is superb, as is the acting. It's just so unfortunate that there are only three episodes, but I was happy to see that there will be more in January.