Films seen so far this year: 330
Films seen this week: Hamlet 2, 88 Minutes, Scar 3D, Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, The Romance of Astrea and Celadon, The Women, Partition, Lemon Tree, What Just Happened?

The London Line-up: London Film Festival 2008
This week I attended the press launch of the London Film Festival 2008, or, to give it its full title, The Times BFI 52nd London Film Festival. This involves listening to a speech thanking a long list of often wildly incongruous …

Films seen so far this year: 321
Films seen this week: El Cantante, Disaster Movie, Never Apologise, The Werewolf of London (1935), Bangkok Dangerous, Sweet Land, Outlanders, Gomorrah

RIP Gravelly-Voiced Trailer Guy, Don LaFontaine
If you've ever deepened your voice and started a sentence with the words “IN A WORLD...”, then, like me, you'll be saddened to know that gravelly-voiced voiceover guy Don LaFontaine passed away this …

Films seen so far this year: 313
Films seen this week: King of the Hill, Trailer Park of Terror, Mum and Dad, Freakdog, Bad Biology, Dance of the Dead, Manhunt, The Broken, Autopsy, Martyrs, The Disappeared, Mirrors, Death Race, Babylon A.D., Daylight Robbery, Live!, Sakuran, The Warlords

FrightFest 2008: A Post-Mortem
Normally at this time of year I'm at the Edinburgh Film Festival, but its movement to June has had at least one unexpected side-benefit, namely that it meant I could attend my first ever FrightFest. …

Films seen so far this year: 295
Films seen this week: Tyson, Pineapple Express, Anvil: The Story of Anvil, Face Addict, RocknRolla, Fear(s) of the Dark, Flawless

Watchmen: Fox vs Warners
If, like me, you're counting the days till Watchmen opens (okay, I don't know how many days it is, but it opens March 6th), you may have been horrified to read that an ongoing lawsuit between Warner Brothers and 20th Century Fox has put the film's release in jeopardy. Basically, Fox are suing Warner Brothers …

Films seen so far this year: 288
Films seen this week: Chocolate, Jimmy Carter Man From Plains, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, You Don't Mess With The Zohan, The Duchess, The Banishment, The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas, Hunger, High Plains Drifter

RIP: Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes
Last week saw one of those weird coincidences where two Hollywood stars die within a day of each other. It's slightly weirder this time round because …