Movie Minesweeper - The Dance X Versus Sing It Back Edition

- Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy Man with No Name is comics courtesy of Dynamite. How apt.

- As previously discussed, Andrew Davies has adapted Fanny Hill for the BBC. It will star Samantha Bond, Hugo Speer and Alison Steadman, the greatest of which is undoubtedly Steadman. She's a genius.

- A clip from I'm Not There is knocking around the wonderful world of YouTube. I saw the link at AintItCool.

- Aaron Eckhart is no fun.

- Nayo Wallace is now one of the Speed Racer crowd, playing Minx, Racer X's girlfriend.

- The Guardian have slammed AintItCool. Personally, I think Knowles' site has a lot of really strong points - and a whole lot of great contacts. So many people submit news bits to them first, how can they help but get the Lion's share of genuine scoops? Obviously, I think I'm doing a pretty good job here at film ick - why else would I bother? I'm getting about 1 hit for every 100,000 at AintItCool however. And to be honest, I'm not sure why I'm not doing a fair bit better.

- Naomi Watts and Clive Owen are the set leads for Tom Tykwer's The International. Oh, Tom Tykwer, Tom Tykwer. Sigh. What can I say about Tom Tykwer? The nearly-Nearly Man? I'm always, always disappointed by his films.

- Baz Luhrmann has answered public questions about Australia (the film, not the country).

- Ray Wise, Bru Muller and Brooke Nevin (I can vouch for one of them) have joined the cast of Infestation.

- Mandy Lane has been pulled from all American release schedules just a week before the expected bow because the theatrical rights have been flogged off by Dimension to Senator. While it shifts over to a new theatrical distributor, we'll be left waiting in confusion for the new date to be set.

- Josh Flitter is Ace Ventura Jr.

- Tartan are going Blu-Ray in the UK with Black Book, Oldboy and The Seventh Seal. It's the worldwide Blu-Ray debut for each.

- My Name is Bruce has proven unfeasibly popular.

- Angelica Huston will be popping up in Choke, as Sam Rockwell's character's mum.

And now I want my dinner. Yep - I eat.

Some Of The Boys Like The Mandy Lane Poster

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Film 4 Frightfest Roster Unveiled - With Hi-Res Images

Below you'll find a whole heap of stills from the films programmed for this year's Film 4 Frightfest. The full schedule has been revealed and, as ever, it is a mixed bag. But - again, as ever - there's enough to be excited about to make it worth your while divvying up for a full weekend pass. Go on. You know I would if a) I had the money and b) I wasn't shackled to this computer four or five hours a day.

You can buy weekend passes now, single tickets from July 28th.

Thursday 23/8/08
19.00.Black Sheep (UK Premiere)
21.15. Black Water (European Premiere)

Friday 24/8/08
10.30 Hatchet – Live special event! A live audio commenttary to the whole film.
12.30 The Devil's Chair (World Premiere)
14.45 Sword Bearer (UK Premiere)
17.15 The Signal (UK Premiere)
19.45 P2 (World Premiere)
22.00 All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (London Premiere)
00.15 Shrooms (World Premiere)

Saurday 25/8/08
11.00 Cold Prey (UK Premiere)
13.00 Joshua (London Premiere)
16.00 Storm Warning (European Premiere)
18.30 Wrong Turn 2 (World Premiere)
21.15 Disturbia (London Premiere)
23.45 The Devil Dared Me To (EuropeanPremiere)

Sunday 26/8/08
11.00 Jack Ketchum's The Girl Next Door (European Premiere)
13.15 Botched (World Premiere)
15.45 Postal (European Premiere)
18.30 Seed (World Premiere)
21.00 Waz (English Premiere)
23.30 Skinwalkers (UK Premiere)

Monday 27/8/08
11.00 The Zombie Diaries (Preview)
13.15 KM 31 (UK Premiere)
15.45 Spiral (European Premiere)
18.30 Day Watch (Preview)
21.15 The Orphanage (First screening since Cannes 2007)

And now, those stills. Wibble your mouse over them for the filenames if you can't place them with any given film.

Direct Download Links For Mandy Lane Trailer

All the Boys Love Mandy Lane - in small, medium and large Quicktime. It actually looks quite promising.

This is the UK trailer that has been playing in cinemas for a few weeks but has only just made its way online.