After a few stressful days I decided to treat myself to The Amazing Spider-Man because I find Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone adorable and I really enjoyed it. Granted, I have no attachment to or even much memory of the Sam Raimi trilogy and I won't argue with you if you call this one a cash-grab. But even though this film wasn't necessary, Andrew ( Read more... )

Last night I saw The Departed, a US remake of the Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs.

I really loved Infernal Affairs when I saw it a couple of months ago and have since bought the sequel and loved that too, so it was with some trepidation that I went to see The Departed.

The Departed sticks fairly close to the story line of Infernal Affairs, ( Read more... )