Hannibal

Jag vet att det finns en hel del som gillar den men för mig kommer den alltid att stå sig svag jämfört med När lammen tystnar.

All that can be said of Anthony Hopkins is that he gives a showstopping turn at the centre of the picture.

Many still alive will recall when a movie like this could not be contemplated, let alone filmed and released. So great is our sophistication that we giggle when earlier generations would have retched.

...a slicker, slimmed-down thriller which relies almost entirely on Hopkins - and ol' Tony bleeds his role for all it's worth...

Hopkins' Hannibal is as witty and urbane as ever...