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Sherlock Holmes , the latest incarnation of Arthur Conan Doyle's analytical, cocaine-loving sleuth, opens Christmas Day, starring Robert Downey Jr.

"Sherlock Holmes," the latest incarnation of Arthur Conan Doyle's analytical, coke-loving sleuth, opens Christmas Day, starring Robert Downey Jr.

Some video releases seem perfectly timed. Take the Sherlock Holmes double features "The House of Fear"/"The Pearl of Death" and "The Spider Woman"/"The Voice of Terror," for example.

Editor's note: Ben Ford is on vacation this week. His Reel World column will return Dec.

The Sherlock Holmes character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has delighted readers and movie viewers for decades.

Dressed in black from head to toe, wearing a mask and cape, this rooftop-hopping hero only comes out at night to avenge the oppressed.

From left: Jonathan Croy, Ryan Winkles, and Josh Aaron McCabe star in "The Hound of the Baskervilles.'' Sir Arthur Conan Doyle books and Basil Rathbone DVDs are not usually hot commodities in the Berkshires, even as summer wanes.

Bork, Lisa FOR BETTER, FOR MURDER July 15, 2009 - Three years ago, she gave up on her marriage to sheriff's deputy Ray Parker because she couldn't risk passing on her mother's bipolar genes to the child he desperately wanted.

Last week the trailer for Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes hit theater screens and the internet.