Medieval England is being destroyed by bubonic plague. Sean Bean (Lord of the Rings) leads an all-star cast band of mercenaries to discover the truth behind reports that a necromancer is bringing the dead back to life. We have 3 copies of action drama Black Death on Blu-Ray to give away! Competition ends 8 November 2010.

Best For Film pitched up at the very end of this year’s London Spanish Film Festival to watch a deeply odd film about the life, love and constant petty theft of an enormous Spanish prostitute. Watch Mónica del Raval if you enjoy racist subtitles, chicken and chips and/or sweeping statements about geographically standardised penis size.

Confucius is a grand, sweeping epic about China’s most famous philosopher – played by the legendary Chow Yun Fat. If lush cinematography and breathtaking spectacle are your thing, we have 3 Confucius DVDs to give away! Competition ends 8 November 2010.

14-17 Oct. Whattaya gonna do? Hang around wishing it was Halloween already – or gather your entourage of scary film freaks and descend on a Hammer Horror film festival in Whitby, Dracula’s spiritual home? Revel in Victoriana, gloomy windswept seas, vampire masquerade balls and tea houses galore as this pretty coastal town is taken over by horror films for one pre-Halloween weekend only.

With Zack Snyder confirmed to direct Superman: Man of Steel, rumours have now started rolling in about the film’s plot details. But could it be that Snyder wasn’t chosen for his vision, but for his ability to work faster than a speeding bullet?

It was only a matter of time before Slash got involved with the movies. I just thank God it wasn’t a cameo role in Austin Powers. But this is good. He’s only gone and started up his own horror movie production company. TREAT!

Oz the Great and Powerful, the forthcoming Disney prequel to The Wizard of Oz, will be directed by Evil Dead supremo Sam Raimi.

Hyper Japan, a three day “pop culture” event made its way to The Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane last weekend. Imagine all things Japanese under a London roof; food, art, gaming, fashion and technology (I saw my first 3D telly!) and you’ve got something a bit like it. But I had no time for Japanese tomfoolery, I was there with a purpose. So I tore myself away from the manga illustrators and Japanese fashion show, slapped on my film hat and went to be wowed (and a bit weirded out) by the joy and absudity of anime.

At the invitation of the Swedenborg Society, Best For Film is publishing a special series of reviews to follow its ‘Images of the Afterlife in Cinema’ film season, which will be exploring life, death and everything in between. This week things have been getting distinctly non-triumphant for the rock gods of 1991 San Dimas – Bill S Preston Esq. and Ted ‘Theodore’ Logan.

All parents have a list of films they don’t want their children to see. Mother and Father would rather not put up with the aftermath; nightmares and potential bed-wetting. But get over it Ma and Pa, what doesn’t kill us makes us stronger. Note to Chloe Moretz’s mum, if your precious child is hard enough to play a killer vampire, a bit of horror ain’t gonna hurt. So unchain the telly, if you please.