Everything I saw at last weekend's Sundance London Festival had that effect on me. There wasn't a single dud amongst the five feature films and the programme of 10 shorts that I watched during the festival. Still, The Inevitable Defeat of Mister and Pete stands way out as the screening that generated the most emotion from me.

Buddha Mountain by controversial (in China) filmmaker Li Yu is one such project that gives us a rare glimpse into middle-class Chinese lives and aspirations.

While Anna Kendrick is the movie's "star", it is Australian actress Rebel Wilson who makes the film her own with a career-turning scene where she cinches the group a place in the finals - after another group forfeits their place.

Never has a film with the plot 'a man does nothing' been so very interesting.

Dust off your furs and get a round of vodka, Anna Karenina has arrived, and this is one date you won't want to stand up! I can't remember the last time I went to see a film in the cinema which lived up to the great cinematic experience every trailer promises.

With the recent release of the final film in the highly acclaimed The Dark Knight Trilogy, Christopher Nolan has once again shown the world that superhero movies do not necessarily need to be about a whole lot of special effects and they can always chose realism over fantasy if and when one has to choose one of the two.

You can scarcely look at your computer, pick up a newspaper or turn on your television these days without seeing something about Russell Brand.

Regardless of whether or not the Olympics is the place for politics, Salute is reminder to us all to stand in solidarity with those who face struggles in equality. It reminds us that humanity means another persons' struggle is ours too and sometimes sacrifices must be made to help.

Spider-Man's costume is indisputably the greatest superhero costume of all time. Steve Ditko's design is flawless in every aspect. This one dispenses with the best thing about Ditko's costume design - the curved webbing. The curved webbing, in this new incarnation... is straight! He looks like he's wearing a trellis!

After months of intense speculation and exceedingly high expectations, fuelled in no small measure by a very sophisticated viral campaign on the internet, veteran film director Ridley Scott's epic sci-fi movie Prometheus finally arrived in the theatres.

This June sees the return of the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) to Scotland's capital city. 121 new features will be shown across several venues including the charming Cameo, the beguiling Filmhouse and the expansive Cineworld.

The Hunger is upon us! You can't go anywhere these days without hearing talk of The Hunger Games premiere, and all the raving about how amazing the books and movie are. Only a few valiant souls still resist the madness, but us who've already caved know that it's only a matter of time. Right?

There are a lot of films labelled "the best worst movie ever made" - for example, Killer Bitch. It has taken me some time to catch up with The Room,...

When I discuss Tom Cruise films with certain people they immediately announce a disliking for the man and thereby declare no interest in seeing his fi...

I finally got round to watching the last installment of Harry Potter at the weekend; a beautiful mix of new age CGI wizardry and the kind of dark fant...

What do you think of when you hear the word bathroom? Peace and quiet? Alone time? Relaxation, right? For most of us, sure.