Mr. Holmes (2015)

In the opening scene of director Bill Condon’s (Gods and Monsters, Dreamgirls) latest film, an aged Sherlock Holmes, played by Ian McKellan, determinedly wobbles from the Sussex train station to his country cottage. One of his first tasks on his return home is to check on the apiary he keeps on the picturesque property; the other the prickly ash plant he’s just brought back from Japan. It’s 1947 and the famous private detective, 93, has been retired for 30 years. His biggest case now involves discovering what’s killing his beloved bees. Read the full review here.