Amazingness Benedict Cumberbatch dances I have so many questions. The first one is why was Benedict Cumberbatch hosting the Laureus World Sports Awards in Monte-Carlo yesterday? Apparently, this is his third year in a row. OK. Why though? My second and most important question is WHO decided it was a good idea to do By Kathleen • Feb 28, 2018 10:11 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Benedict Cumberbatch: Ac-TOR Benedict Cumberbatch is doing an Omaze campaign for the Avengers: Infinity War premiere. If you’re not familiar with Omaze, it’s a charity platform that partners with celebrities—maybe other people, too? I only see it with celebrities, though—for fan experiences driven by giving campaigns. You donate a By Sarah • Feb 21, 2018 09:44 am
Movie Reviews and Previews The Batch is back Since The Current War was vamoosed from award season because of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, it’s been a relatively quiet time for Benedict Cumberbatch. He had that cameo in Thor: Ragnarok, but even with the (allegedly) final episodes of Sherlock airing in early 2017, it felt like a light By Sarah • Jan 09, 2018 09:56 am
Movie Reviews and Previews TIFF Review: The Current War The Current War is about Thomas Edison (Benedict Cumberbatch) and George Westinghouse (Michael Shannon) scrambling to build the electrical grid that will power a nation. When the movie begins, Edison is already a famous “inventor”, known most recently for the invention of the lightbulb, and Westinghouse has made an enormous By Sarah • Sep 15, 2017 08:16 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Japan Thor An international trailer for Thor: Ragnarok was released yesterday. We already knew that Taika Waititi’s Thor will be great. But the Japanese voiceover makes it even better. I don’t understand what’s being said, but I love how it sounds. Like bubble pop comic book goofy. The way By Lainey • Aug 17, 2017 03:41 pm
Robert Downey-Jr Marvel’s camp reunion Also at Disney’s D23 over the weekend was a sizeable chunk of the cast of Avengers: Infinity War, including Tom Holland, Benedict Cumberbatch, Sebastian Stan (those three, by the way, got the biggest ovations from the crowd), Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Don Cheadle, Chadwick Boseman, By Sarah • Jul 17, 2017 10:30 am
BFFs Tony, Bruce…and Stephen? I may have mentioned before how many times I’ve seen the first Avengers movie – a LOT. Three or four times in the theatre, at least 10 times on planes, maybe more. And many, many more times on television. At least 15 times on television. Every time it’s on By Lainey • Jun 27, 2017 12:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Science Bros and Strange Fellows Filming for Avengers: Infinity War—and whatever the hell they decide to call Avengers 4—continues in Atlanta. Yesterday, RDJ posted a photo on Twitter that gives us our first look at Benedict Cumberbatch and Benedict Wong, as Doctor Strange and Wong, respectively, revamped for the Avengers. And human fluffy By Sarah • Jun 22, 2017 11:27 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Benedict Cumberbatch’s brown sweater Before we talk about Benedict Cumberbatch, I need to tell you what just happened to me. I was craving chocolate and the craving was too strong to shut down. It was because somehow, through Easter, I managed to not eat a single chocolate egg. It’s like my body was By Lainey • Apr 18, 2017 03:47 pm
Baby and Bump Obsession Benedict Cumberbatch’s Swaggy Second Son Looking back on my post about Benedict Cumberbatch’s first son, maybe the passage of time has mellowed me or maybe tastes have changed, but while Christopher Carlton Cumberbatch may be a little vanilla, it’s nothing to laugh at, it’s a fine name. Similarly, I didn’t understand By Duana • Mar 27, 2017 03:32 pm
Boy Sh-t Boy Sh*t: Sherlock Edition Sherlock series four ended over the weekend, and maybe the whole show ended, too, as there is no guarantee of a return any time soon. Sherlock has always been a series of long hiatuses, but as its stars, Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, have gotten more and more famous, it By Sarah • Jan 17, 2017 01:00 pm
TV Updates Sherlock: In the end, none of it matters Sherlock Season 4, Episode 3 recap SPOILERS After a middle episode that introduced a completely unjustified third Holmes sibling, Sherlock series four concludes with whack-a-mole plot and a wholly unnecessary retconning of the entire Moriarty arc of the first two—and still best—seasons. “The Final Problem” is also hopefully By Sarah • Jan 16, 2017 08:43 am
TV Updates Sherlock: no longer a “game” but a soap opera SPOILERS Sherlock series four picks up where the Victorian special left off, with Sherlock hauled back to England after being banished for about four minutes because of Moriarty’s seeming return from the grave. The game, as Sherlock is so fond of saying, is on, as he must discover who By Sarah • Jan 03, 2017 09:05 am
Benedict Cumberbatch The Batch in blue Here is Benedict Cumberbatch and his increasingly tragic hairline at a screening of the Sherlock Christmas special, which already aired earlier this year but is getting trotted out as a holiday warm-up to season four. He was joined by Martin Freeman, whose stylist apparently got a different memo than everyone By Sarah • Dec 20, 2016 09:33 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Benedict Cumberbatch IS Doctor Strange Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Stephen Strange, an arrogant neurosurgeon who is great at his job but terrible at everything else. He’s arrogant, rude, belittling, and selfish, and he’s mean to Rachel McAdams which is a shorthanded way of making a character instantly unlikeable. There’s a strong similarity By Sarah • Nov 03, 2016 02:26 pm
BFFs Iron Man & Doctor Strange Hollywood premiere of Doctor Strange last night. The movie opens in the UK October 25 and in North America November 4 and some project that it could bring in as much as $75 million its first weekend. Full reviews are embargoed until Sunday but early reactions were mostly positive with By Lainey • Oct 21, 2016 12:24 pm
