Total films seen in 2008: 500 (Yes, I made it to 500, thanks to a last minute push in the last three days. Go me!)
Films seen this week: Beverly Hills Chihuahua, The Transporter 2, Career Opportunities, Personal Best, All the Marbles (aka California Dolls), The Projectionist, Hollywood Knights, Kung Fu Panda, Strictly Ballroom, Chained For Life, They Saved Hitler's Brain, My Neighbour Totoro, Saint Jack, The Prestige, My Brilliant Career, The Big Doll House, Patrick, The Last Man on Earth, Hannah Takes The Stairs

"Flee! Flee! In terror from the badness..." - The Worst Movies of 2008
Last year ( …

Films seen so far this year: 481
Films seen this week: Yes Man, The Tale of Despereaux, Twilight, Pretty Peaches, La Boheme, The Age of Stupid, Doubt, The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants 2

The Top Ten Films of 2008
And I thought compiling LAST year's Top Ten was difficult. What with one thing and another, I seem to have seen around 100 more films this year than I normally do (I aim to get to 500 by New Year's Eve), so hammering around 450 eligible films into a top ten was nigh on impossible. Still, after much wailing and gnashing of …

Films seen so far this year: 473
Films seen this fortnight: The Reader, Trade, North Face, Love and Honour, Revolutionary Road

The Twilight Phenomenon: Be afraid. Be very afraid. (But not of the vampires.)
If you've spent any time on the internet at all recently, you're probably aware of the imminent arrival of Twilight, based on the cult "vamp lit" novels by Stephenie Meyer. Essentially, the film is about a teenage girl (Kristen Stewart) who …

Films seen so far this year: 468
Films seen this fortnight: Ano Una, To Get To Heaven, First You Have To Die, Four Christmases, The Crew, The Transporter, Transporter 3, The Lost City, Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel, Bolt, The Day The Earth Stood Still, Reverb, The Express, Bigger, Stronger, Faster, Trouble the Water, Julia, …

I can’t stand people talking at the cinema. One of the last films I saw was absolutely ruined by a woman behind me who must have been auditioning to be a member of a sitcom audience – at every opportunity she would gasp and cry out, ‘Ooh!’ ‘Oh no!’ ‘Don’t go in there!’ and, my favourite, the neverending ‘Awwwww.’

How I wish that, instead of grumbling at her from a few seats away, I could have just walked out and gone to Silent Cinema at Andaz instead. Not quite what you might expect when you hear the words silent cinema, these screenings show films that you listen to through …