May 16th
Spider-Man 3*
(Odeon Colchester)
Certificate 12A

Peter Parker combats the Sandman, a vengeful Harry Osborne (aka. The New Green Goblin), an alien virus, and his arch nemesis Venom.
Third in an increasingly clunky and formulaic but still entertaining Spiderman series, overloaded with villains, CGI effects, and the sort of plot coincidences that could only come out of a comic book. Some of the supporting players are underused, and even Spidey himself doesn't do much "good" in the film, which seems perenially obsessed with taking his mask off. That said, the team that have been ever-present since the first film are in reliable form, and the ending is refreshingly different.

d: Sam Raimi
s: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Thomas Haden Church, Topher Grace, Bryce Dallas Howard, Rosemary Harris, J.K. Simmons, James Cromwell, Theresa Russell, Cliff Robertson, Willem Dafoe.