While his partner John Watson enters the new year as a sexy Morris Chestnut type doctor on CBS, this upcoming Texan-led production imagines a less glamorous journey for ol’ detective Sherlock Holmes. Taking particular dark details from Arthur Cohen Doyle’s original short fictions – re: drugs and drinking – the CJ Goodwyn-directed, -written, and -starring feature “pays homage to the gritty, human vulnerabilities often glossed over in traditional adaptations.” The locally made movie screens twice this Tuesday, once at 7 and a half-hour later, with a cast & crew meet-up as well as post-screening Q&A planned. – James Scott
