I re-watched this recently and it wasn't quite as good as I thought initially. The reason was that on the first watch I was baffled at times about the plot and characters, but I enjoyed the film as it went along. I couldn't have explained it to anyone afterwards but I liked the idea that Brian De Palma had been influenced by 'Mulholland Dr.'. On this second viewing, I understood what was happening at every point and I could see…

I'm not so concerned about reboots, remakes or sequels as they don't take away from other versions, but could potentially add a new spin on a good story. So with that in mind, I watched 'The Amazing Spider-Man' and had a good time. Most of the time.

The early school scenes had a lightness of touch in the dialogue and performances that was charming, but the contrivances of the story were pretty tough to take. The Lizard and Spider-Man made…

Hmmm. This never really rose above bad sitcom level in either characterisation or humour for me. There were a few laughs along the way, but I found a lack of depth to the characters that was distracting. Also, I found the jukebox soundtrack completely arbitrary and the endless cute dog reaction shots nauseating.

At times I felt that some of the characters particularly represented a condescending middle-class view of working class people. It is as if the writers based them…