my week at the movies: ‘Sherlock Holmes,’ ‘Armored,’ ‘Invictus,’ ‘It’s Complicated,’ ‘The Last Station’

Who wants a sparkly vampire boyfriend? I want an ass-kicking, violin-playing, cocaine-shooting-up, arrogant, superior, crime-solving genius boyfriend, and all the better if he’s played by Robert Downey Jr., who is probably just as fucked up as Holmes himself but is walking sex nevertheless. (Jude Law’s not so bad, either.) Oh my god I feel like … more…

trailer break: ‘It’s Complicated’

Take a break from work: watch a trailer… It’s not really that complicated, actually. Nancy Meyers makes movies that look like Pottery Barn catalogues, populated by people who aren’t really people. Evidence: The Holiday, Something’s Gotta Give, and What Women Want. And this looks like more of the same. It’s Complicated opens in the U.S. … more…