Our weekly roundup of film reviews returns, courtesy of James Bryan… No box-office devouring monsters this week but some quality produce that’s worth seeking out – mainly Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead and the Romanian film, 4 months, 3 weeks & 2 days. We’ve also got Hanks and Roberts in Charlie Wilson’s War and Steve Carell in Dan in Real Life. Let’s start with Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, a small-scale movie......

Hello Jeff! Ho ho ho and a bottle of rum - it's Christmas time! Happy Saint Jesus Day, to almost all of you! And what an event it is - a time for giving, sharing, and taking; a time for thinking about the past, as well as looking forward to the future, all the while contemplating the here and now; a time of remembrance and joy, coupled with inebriation, rage, and light misogyny. And......

Great local news headline in the Hillingdon Times: 'Bollywood Reservoir Dogs' to be filmed in Harrow "Counterfeit", set in London's criminal underworld, will, according to its makers, be an Asian film to rival western crime movies such as Reservoir Dogs... Sounds cool. Who have we got to rival Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth and Steve Buscemi in the acting stakes then? It will star Stephen Rahman-Hughes. Who? the star of West End musical Bollywood Dreams......

A girl I’ve been seeing is hosting a Halloween party with her flatmates. So of course this means fancy dress, right? The problem is I think Halloween is rubbish and I hate costumes. But I don’t want to be uptight about it. What should I wear that will impress the girl (and especially all her friends, whom I will be meeting for the first time) but won’t make me feel like a complete twat?......

The Beeb are trying their best to convince us that this election is an interesting one with their blanket coverage - imaginatively titled 'Election 2005'. With stories about helicopters and Peter Snow's baffling swingometer alongside their special bus we've just got to sit up and take an interest, right? Right? Is this thing on? Thankfully, now there is a website where those who simply can't be arsed to vote can voice their opinions and......