Looks like it’s typecast time again, this time turning our
spotlight on Benedict Cumberbatch. He's made a real name for himself in the
last few years playing neurotic and narcissistic geniuses both fictional (the
titular detective in Sherlock) and non-fictional (Julian Assange in The Fifth
Estate). In fact, Cumberbatch is getting so close to absolute overexposure that
he might as well be called Rule 63 Jennifer Lawrence at this rate. However,
also like Lawrence, his performances in films are pretty much guaranteed to be
good even if he isn’t always in the best films (August: Osage County, The Fifth
Estate, Star Trek: Into Darkness depending on who you ask) so I’m not in a good
enough position to complain about that. What do we get with today’s film? Time
to find out: This is The Imitation Game.