Films seen so far this year: 445
Films seen this week: The Girl in the Park, Fine, Totally Fine, Stuck, Choking Man, Milk, Flame and Citron, I.O.U.S.A., Conversations with my Gardener, Rivals

A plea for more rereleases, not more remakes
Following a massively successful run of classic double-bills (I am still kicking myself for missing Ghostbusters), London's Prince Charles Cinema recently announced a second double-bill season for next year that …

Films seen so far this year: 436
Films seen this fortnight: I Walked With A Zombie, Night of the Eagle (aka Burn, Witch! Burn!), The Believers, Scream, Blacula, Pride and Glory, Three Monkeys, Let's Talk About The Rain, OSS 177: Cairo, Nest of Spies (twice), The Midnight Meat Train, The Children

Random Film News: Casting, Spoofs and Pointless Remakes
Four pieces of film news have caught my eye this week and only one of them …

Films seen so far this year: 425
Films seen this fortnight: Telstar, Adoration, Quantum of Solace, American Teen, Free Jimmy, High School Musical 3: Senior Year, Lake Tahoe, Body of Lies, Genova, Quiet Chaos, Two Lovers, Wendy and Lucy, Che (Part 1), …

Films seen so far this year: 394
Films seen this week: Young @ Heart, The Baader-Meinhof Complex, Sugar, Electric Apricot, Who Is KK Downey?, Momma's Man, A Christmas Tale, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, Lion's Den, Frost/Nixon, The Secret Life of Bees, La Zona, Synecdoche, New York, I Know You Know, Lakeview Terrace

Random Film News: Frost/Nixon and Inglourious Basterds (not a typo)
This week I saw my first …

Films seen so far this year: 357
Films seen this week: The Fall, Cry Baby, Inkheart, Brideshead Revisited, Goodbye Solo, Eagle Eye, Ghost Town, Surveillance, Clubbed

RIP Paul Newman
Like film fans everywhere, I was saddened by the death of Paul Newman this week. At 83, he had built up a big screen career that spanned fifty years, from his breakthrough role in Somebody Up There Likes Me (a part he reputedly got because of the death of James Dean) right …