Denzel Washington gives one of his best performances in Flight, a film with a stunning first half that almost manages to make up for the crashing predictability and formulaic structure of its final movement.

It's also fun to see John Goodman in a role that could be fairly argued as a Walter Sobchak reprisal. Hell, let us dream.

Little more than an indulgent re-imagining of the troubled production of Hitch's most famous film, Hitchcock will entertain lovers of Psycho with almost fanboy glee, and alienate those outside this tasteful target audience. Which wouldn't be a problem if the film weren't so caught up in recreating the staging of famous sequences from Psycho, and bringing the runtime neatly up to 90 minutes with an atrocious, hamfisted subplot involving Helen Mirren and a failed screenwriter. Nevertheless, it isn't without its simple joys, and film fanatics will be happy to grant it them.

And anyway, I'm still waiting for Godard starring Vincent Cassel.