Total films seen so far this year: 309
Films seen in the last week: Looper, The Sweeney, Premium Rush, Ginger and Rosa, To Rome With Love, Taken 2, Savages, Hotel Transylvania, …

Total films seen so far this year: 300
Films seen in the last week: Killing Them Softly, Ruby Sparks, On the Road

FILM OF THE WEEK: TABU

2012 London Film Festival line-up

This week I attended the press launch of the 2012 London Film Festival (cheekily nicknamed PASTRYFEST because of the vast number of pastries provided). This year the festival has a new artistic director and I was keen to see what changes Clare Stewart would make. At a cursory glance, the most welcome innovation is the introduction of several new strands – gone are the dedicated nods to French cinema and “International” and in their place we now have eight themed strands entitled Love, Debate, Dare, Laugh, Thrill, Cult, Journey and my personal …

Total films seen so far this year: 297
Films seen in the last week: Total Recall, The Myth of the American Sleepover, [REC 3]: Genesis, Keith Lemon: The Film, Eurocrime, Paura 3D, Under the Bed, Tulpa, Maniac, The Thompsons, Sleep Tight, American Mary, After, Chained, The Possession, Dredd, The Sapphires, Hysteria

FILM OF THE WEEK: BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO

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Total films seen so far this year: 279
Films seen in the last week: ParaNorman, The Three Stooges, Petit Nicolas, Anna Karenina, Now Is Good, Great Expectations, Sinister

FILM OF THE WEEK: THE IMPOSTER

R.I.P. Tony Scott

Like film fans everywhere, I was shocked and saddened by the death of director Tony Scott, who committed suicide by jumping from a bridge in L.A. earlier this week. At the time of writing, the reasons for his suicide are unclear, despite various rumours floating about, but whatever they are, it's a terrible loss.

Personally, I'd got to the point where I would look forward to the next Tony Scott movie …

Total films seen so far this year: 272
Films seen in the last week: The Wedding Video, Frankenweenie, The Bird, A Few Best Men

FILM OF THE WEEK: BRAVE

Five Unsung Sports Movies That Are Worth Checking Out

I'm very much a fair-weather sports fan (I watch Wimbledon and will catch the odd World Cup game but that's about it) but like pretty much everyone else in the country, I was completely sucked into the Olympics over the past two weeks and it got me thinking about my favourite sports movies (I may not love sports but I do love sports movies). Then I thought there'd be no point listing my favourite sports movies, because they are all the well known ones (Breaking Away, Eight Men Out, Raging Bull and so on, …