Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

A compact 67-minute flick. Mind you, it's not a great flick, but it is nice to enjoy a short feature these days when it seems like every Hollywood movie surpasses the 2-hour mark.

A fun retro thriller; not as big on mystery and deduction as some of the others, but a good solid Holmes vs. Moriarty tale, with Moriarty's method of killing Holmes at the end getting a surprisingly guttural "oh, gross!" from me for a 1943 film.

Oh look at that, Moriarty's back. A serviceable propaganda entertainment, but often preposterous (which Holmes, really, should never be regardless of time period). Is it smart that Holmes gives Moriarty the idea for his excruciating and unbelievable torture? Or ridiculously stupid? We'll never know.

Not much of a mystery but still keeps a sense of thrill. Lionel Atwill is perfectly cast but not given the proper script, coming off almost as bumbling as Watson. Basil also sports a decidedly bad haircut throughout.

Better than some Rathbone Holmes movies, yet still only tolerable. The story is alright, but I'm not sure if I'm ok with Holmes trying to thwart off Nazi plots around 50 years after the majority of the Holmes novels took place.