Not a classic but, as Burt Reynolds remakes go, it could be much worse we could have Vinnie in a new Smokey and the Bandit.
Reviews
Spellbound
A documentary about a spelling competition which is funny, gripping, and somehow manages to take in much broader aspects of American society and immigrant culture along the way. In a word , T-H-A-U-M-A-T-U-R-G-Y.
Antwone Fisher
Up-beat but not sickeningly so, this is a well paced and terrifically performed first stint in the directors chair for Denzel Washington.
Auto Focus
An absorbing dramatisation of the downfall of a US TV celebrity but definitely not for kiddy-winks.
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Quentin Tarantino is a genius, and this is his masterwork. Exuberant, inventive, kinetic, violent and fun, it grabs your attention right from the beginning and never lets go. Quite possibly the reason cinema was invented.
The Early Films of Peter Greenaway 1
Watching this retrospective collection is like entering the strange, cluttered mind of a bureaucratic librarian, full of eccentric catalogues and desultory associations. A labyrinth of alien intelligence – intriguing, under-stated, anal-retentive, and joyously funny.