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There is quite a lack of new period movies coming out this year, I must say. It seems it's been that way for several years now. The only ones I know of coming up soon are The Young Victoria (the few photos I've seen are very pretty costume-wise) and The Dreaded Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes Movie. Now, the minute I heard he was making a Sherlock Holmes movie, I, like most devoted Holmes fans, groaned and rolled my eyes, already imagining all the Hollywood cliches that would be pumped into such a project. Everything I've heard about this film since gives me every reason to believe everyone's worst fears are quite well founded. However, in view of this, I'm actually not as afraid of this movie as everyone else seems to be. Because, quite frankly, I've already imagined the absolute worst, and if it turns out that bad, it may prove hilariously funny, and if it isn't that bad, well, it'll have exceeded my expectations, and who knows, it may even pleasantly surprise me. And after all, Sherlock Holmes has endured for over 100 years, so I guarantee he'll survive this movie just fine no matter how bad it is. He's survived Roger Moore and Matt Frewer, for crying out loud, he'll survive anything!

The Broadway Odyssey continues with a good old classic, My Fair Lady. Julie Andrews, obviously, is so great as Eliza. I always wish she would have been in the movie. If only! And Rex Harrison is surprisingly better on the cast album than in the movie; he seemed to be having a lot more fun with it when it was new, there was more humour in his portrayal of Higgins then, as if he knew how ridiculous he was, and was gently poking fun at it, whereas in the movie he played it less for comedy, and more like he meant it. Maybe by the time the movie was made, he had actually become the old curmudgeon he was playing and sympathized with it more!