Friday’s the last day of the holiday break for students, and the Sewell Mill Library and Cultural Center (2051 Lower Roswell Road) is showing several youth-themed movies in its Sherlock Holmes Film Festival.
The event, which celebrates the 100th anniversary of the fictional detective character, is from 1:30-9 p.m., and it’s all free, in the black box theater. Here’s the schedule, with information provided by the Cobb County Public Library System:
1:30 PM – The Great Mouse Detective (1986, 80 min) – G
Basil embarks on the greatest case of his career when London’s master toymaker is kidnapped – and ends up pitting his wits against his old adversary, Professor Ratigan, who wants to become “supreme ruler of all mousedom.”
3:00 PM – Sherlock Gnomes (2018, 86 min) – PG
After a string of garden gnome disappearances in London, Gnomeo & Juliet look to legendary detective Sherlock Gnomes to solve the case of their missing friends and family.
4:30 PM – Young Sherlock Holmes (1985, 109 min) – PG-13
A teenage Sherlock Holmes meets and befriends his future sidekick, the bemused and bespectacled John Watson. During their first semester of boarding school, a series of deaths occur on campus. Intrigued by the crime, Holmes looks into it and soon comes to suspect a poisonous hallucinogen. And then, in the midst of their investigation, Holmes and Watson stumble on a bizarre cult with a penchant for human sacrifice – after which they must struggle to escape.
6:30 PM – Sherlock Holmes (2009, 128 min) – PG-13
When a string of brutal murders terrorizes London, it doesn’t take long for legendary detective Sherlock Holmes and his crime-solving partner, Dr. Watson, to find the killer, Lord Blackwood. A devotee of the dark arts, Blackwood has a bigger scheme in mind, and his execution plays right into his plans. The game is afoot when Blackwood seems to rise from the grave, plunging Holmes and Watson into the world of the occult and strange technologies.
Call 770-509-4988 for more information.
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