Director Guy Ritchie promises that his forthcoming film version of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes will be true to the spirit of the books. However, old A.C. Doyle would probably do cartwheels in his grave if he got the same sneak peek that theater owners did of the new film, which will be released at Christmas. In Ritchie's version, Holmes (played by Robert Downey Jr.) is a far cry from previous screen incarnations of the great sleuth. For one, he is a man of action and fisticuffs, very much at home in a boxing ring. He also sports a buff body with a six-pack mid section and is prone to kinky dalliances. In one scene screened in the sneak preview, Holmes finds himself handcuffed naked to a bed. (Well, that's happened a few times to all of us, hasn't it?) For more
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