★★★★★ OUT NOW CINEMAS
Presented as a reimagining of the stage show, but really in thrall to the 1961 film, Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story ’21 has some spectacular dance numbers and, of course, the benefit of those incredible songs. But as an update it remains peculiarly old-fashioned, and the tweaks that have been made are hit (more authentic casting) and miss (themes underlined to the point of hand-holding). As such, Spielberg’s version shuffles an equal number of steps forwards and backwards.