Or a director. Stanley Kubrick, a genius of our time, made movies that transcended the best of the books on which they were based. Can anyone think of an exception?

I take particular exception to his last film Eyes Wide Shut. Uttercrap© And I agree that he is a genius of our time! The whole film can be summed up by its last uttered word.

Kubrick made classic masterpieces such as Barry Lyndon (my personal favourite), Spartacus (or is that Spardecus??), The Heist, The Shining and Full Metal Jacket. "This is my weapon. This is my gun. One is for killing, the other's for fun" Great stuff.

So why does his swansong show us a pathetic, badly-acted softporn film that has none of the punchiness of his previous excellence? Hard to imagine. I blame Tom Cruise myself. He couldn't act the maggot.