Sad news for a lot of comic book fans here. On New Year’s Eve, The Disney Corporation (boo, hiss, etc.) officially took over Marvel Entertainment, the company responsible for Spider-Man, X-Men, Iron Man and a bevy of other superhero franchises.

After the surprising success of the first St. Trinian’s reboot in 2007, a sequel was always a risky proposition: will it surpass the original and cement the franchise as a bona fide modern classic or sully the occasional chuckles of the original and sink the whole thing.

The buzz around Avatar has been almost unprecedented – James Cameron’s long-awaited return to sci-fi has been panned, praised and everything in between even before it was released. Approaching Avatar with an open mind, we discovered one of the most jaw-droppingly beautiful and immersive films of recent years.

No – scratch that. One of the most jaw-droppingly beautiful and immersive films ever released.

In what may turn our to be a groundbreaking case surrounding internet movie piracy, Gilberto Sanchez (aka “SkillFulGil”, possibly the worst villainous pseudonym since Rainbow Rider) has been charged with uploading a workprint of Wolverine to Megaupload in March of this year.

Hollywood screenwriter Dan O’Bannon has died in an LA hospital following a short illness. He was 63.

After a mini-leak of footage from Iron Man 2 in a behind-the-scenes doc, Paramount (bless ’em) have decided to give us all an early Christmas present in the form of a new trailer. And we have to say, it’s looking pretty chuffin’ awesome.

You can always judge a film (well, nominally, at any rate) by the quality of its source material. Cherishing our cynicism as we do at BestForFilm, a film based on a line of chunky, over-muscled action figures doesn’t exactly have us pre-booking our tickets. As it turns out, our cynicism is – once again – justified.

While it might have made a great TV series, Carriers isn’t actually a bad film. And if that sounds like damning with faint praise, well… that’s because it is.

Speaking to Channel 4, Avatar’s resident botanist Sigourney Weaver has let slip a few possible (and, if true, pretty major) spoilers concerning the possible third instalment of the Ghostbusters franchise.

It’s enough to make anyone in Norwich weep. After what seems like an eternity and more false leads than we care to think of, the broadcasting Behemoth that is Alan Partridge may soon be making his Hush-Puppied way towards the silver screen.