Benedict Cumberbatch, John Grisham and Ursula K. Le Guin’s Fantasy Maps: What to Watch, Read and See This Week

Benedict Cumberbatch, John Grisham and Ursula K. Le Guin’s fantasy maps: what to watch, read and see this week

The more I see Benedict Cumberbatch on screen the more I marvel at his talent as an actor. Recently I have watched him in Eric on Netflix, as an unravelling Sesame Street-style puppeteer looking for his abducted son; in old re-runs of smartypants Sherlock Holmes on the BBC; and as a humiliated husband in The Roses with a truly ghastly Olivia Colman. His latest film, The Thing With Feathers, promises another affecting performance, this time as a …

'The Roses' new trailer: Benedict Cumberbatch & Olivia Colman’s marriage implodes in Disney+’s fiery reimagining

Disney+ has unveiled a new trailer for ‘The Roses,’ a darkly comedic and emotionally charged reimagining of ‘The War of the Roses,’ arriving on the streamer on December 3. Directed by Jay Roach (Bombshell, Meet the Parents), the film stars Academy Award winners Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman as a seemingly perfect couple whose marriage combusts under the weight of pride, ambition, and resentment. In ‘The Roses,’ Ivy (Colman) and Theo (Cu…