Nominated for four primetime Emmys, Sherlock is back with Benedict Cumberbatch as Holmes and Martin Freeman as Watson in three new stories. With beguiling performances, witty scripts and some of the most intriguing characters ever created, it’s no wonder that Sherlock has proven to be a worldwide success.
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All Things Considered: Glenn Close Finds Chemisty in Role of Albert Nobbs
Five-time Academy Award nominee Glenn Close stars in this emotional and thought-provoking tale of a woman forced to live as a man in 19th century Ireland. After thirty years of keeping up the charade, a new love threatens to destroy everything she’s worked so hard to build.
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Being John Malkovich (Criterion Collection)
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All Things Considered Home Video Picks: ‘Being John Malkovich’
May 15, 2012
Bob Mondello recommends the Criterion Collection’s Blu-ray release of Being John Malkovich, directed by Spike Jonze and starring Malkovich, John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, and Catherine Keener.
Fresh Air:Traveling to the Corners of Our “Frozen Planet”
From the Emmy-winning team behind Planet Earth and The Blue Planet comes Frozen Planet, the epic tale of two disappearing wildernesses, the Arctic and Antarctic. Using the latest camera technology, Frozen Planet captures unimaginable imagery above and below the ice, and follows the extraordinary fluctuations that accompany the changes of seasons in this most extreme of environments. With the aid of crystal-clear high-definition cinematography, Frozen Planet will open your eyes to the remarkable colors and variety of life in this frigid environment.
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Fresh Air:Making The Muppets Movie Was ‘Dream Come True’
NPR Review:The Muppets: Felt Favorites, Still Merrily Pretending
On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world’s biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary (Jason Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) from Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to raze the Muppet Theater and drill for the oil recently discovered beneath the Muppets’ former stomping grounds. To stage The Greatest Muppet Telethon Ever and raise the $10 million needed to save the theater, Walter, Mary and Gary help Kermit reunite the Muppets, who have all gone their separate ways.
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