"Eric," a limited series premiering Thursday on Netflix, stars Benedict Cumberbatch, wearing an American accent, as Vincent Anderson, a Jim Henson-brand puppeteer, if Henson had had severe mental ...

Benedict Cumberbatch is staring down award season ... His stern expression and snarling American West accent can't hide those aristocratic cheekbones or the intelligent glimmer in his eye.

That's the challenge that The Ancient One (Tilda Swinton) apparently has for Stephen Vincent Strange (Benedict ... of an a-hole. Cumberbatch (using a deep, gravely American accent) is haggard ...