Arthur Conan Doyle's 'His Last Bow' is the fourth collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, featuring eight gripping cases including a dramatic World War I espionage tale that shows an older Holmes emerging from retirement to serve his country.
Arthur Conan Doyle's 'The Valley of Fear' has Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigating a coded message and a brutal murder at an English manor, uncovering a dark secret from America's violent coal mines and a ruthless secret society.
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), directed by Richard Donner, sends Riggs and Murtaugh against South African diplomats who use their immunity to run a drug operation in Los Angeles. Mel Gibson plays Riggs, now steadier but still willing to cross any line.
Buffalo Bill turns the Daltons into the loveable stars of his Wild West show, and the real Daltons break out to claim the fame for themselves.
Monthly update 179 • March 2005 • 2005-03-01 - 2005-03-31
Arthur Conan Doyle's 'The Return of Sherlock Holmes' brings the great detective back from the dead after Reichenbach Falls, delivering thirteen brilliant cases full of deduction, danger, and the unbreakable bond with Dr. Watson.
By now Easter means more than it did before. The death and resurrection of Jesus form the heart of Christian belief.
By now Good Friday means more than it did before. The death of Jesus on the cross forms the heart of Christian belief.
Arthur Conan Doyle's 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' sends Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to the foggy moors of Devon to solve the mystery of a legendary spectral hound that has terrorised the Baskerville family for centuries.
The Incredibles (2004), directed by Brad Bird, shows a family of superheroes forced to hide. Craig T. Nelson voices Bob Parr, Mr Incredible, a strong dad who misses action. Holly Hunter acts as Helen, Elastigirl, who bends to keep kin safe.
Lucky Luke is sent to protect the painter Frederic Remington, who dreams of painting a great Native American chief and must enter tribal land to do it.
Monthly update 178 • February 2005 • 2005-02-01 - 2005-02-28
Lethal Weapon (1987), directed by Richard Donner, pairs two Los Angeles police detectives who could not be more different. Mel Gibson plays Martin Riggs, a suicidal narcotics officer with nothing left to lose. Danny Glover plays Roger Murtaugh, a family man counting the days to retirement.
Arthur Conan Doyle's 'The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes' is the second collection of eleven short stories featuring the world's greatest detective and Dr. Watson, including the dramatic Reichenbach Falls confrontation and the famous Silver Blaze mystery.
Arthur Conan Doyle's 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' is the first collection of twelve short stories featuring the world's greatest detective and Dr. Watson solving baffling crimes with sharp observation and deduction in Victorian London.
Schindler's List (1993), directed by Steven Spielberg, tells the true story of Oskar Schindler. He saves Jews from death camps in World War II. Liam Neeson plays Schindler with charm that turns to steel.
The Daltons break out alongside a wild-eyed prophet and set up in a strange town with no sheriff, no saloon, no bank and no money to steal.
Monthly update 177 • January 2005 • 2005-01-01 - 2005-01-31
Arthur Conan Doyle's 'The Sign of Four' sends Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson after the Agra treasure when mysterious pearls arrive for Mary Morstan, leading to murder, a one-legged convict, and a thrilling Thames boat chase.
Arthur Conan Doyle's 'A Study in Scarlet' introduces Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as they solve a baffling murder in Victorian London using revolutionary methods of observation and deduction, launching the world's most famous detective.
The Matrix (1999), directed by the Wachowskis, follows Thomas Anderson, a hacker called Neo. Keanu Reeves plays Neo with calm doubt that turns to power.
Monthly update 176 • December 2004 • 2004-12-01 - 2004-12-31
Marcel Dalton, the honest Swiss banker uncle of the Dalton brothers, buys a bank in the West and hires his outlaw nephews as guards, hoping to make honest men of them.