Wrapping up the Berlinale this year, and with just a week to go until the Academy Awards, we thought we’d bring you a slice of Christian Bale.
 
His latest performance as Dick Cheney in Vice has been recognised all over the award season, including the Oscars. So, we asked him five questions before the big day next Sunday…

​By Adam Ray Palmer
 
Following on from my review of Jennifer Reeder’s Knives and Skin from earlier this week, I got a chance to sit down with the writer and director herself to talk all things film.
 
We talk the Berlinale, her inspirations, her next projects and what are Jennifer’s favourite three films…

In our opinion, here are the eight best films to be released worldwide this month for you to binge on…
 
First up we have Sorry to Bother you, then we have The Old Man & the Gun, Aquaman and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Following these we have Mary Poppins Returns, Holmes & Watson and Bumblebee.
 
Rounding out the month will be the long-awaited Tulip Fever…

We are back for another week with ten minutes of the best five trailers from the past seven days.
 
First up we have The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, then we have Fighting With My Family, followed by Serenity and then fourthly; Stan & Ollie.
 
Rounding out the week will be The Lion King…

Let’s have a look at the best five DVDs, or downloads, released this week.
 
First up we have Hotel Artemis, then we have The Secret of Marrowbone, followed by Columbus and then fourthly; Leave No Trace.
 
Our DVD of the week is the family-fun sequel, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again…

We are back for another week with ten minutes of the best five trailers from the past seven days.
 
First up we have Pokémon Detective Pikachu, then we have The Beach Bums, followed by Dumbo and then fourthly; Toy Story 4.
 
Rounding out the week will be On the Basis of Sex…

Let’s have a look at the best five DVDs, or downloads, released this week.
 
First up we have Skyscraper, then we have The Star, followed by Arrival (4K) and then fourthly; Sherlock Gnomes.
 
Our DVD of the week is the documentary, Elvis Presley: The Searcher…

We are back for another week with ten minutes of the best five trailers from the past seven days.
 
First up we have The Secret Life of Pets 2, then we have Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, followed by Five Feet Apart and then fourthly; Captive State.
 
Rounding out the week will be Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle…

Let’s have a look at the best five DVDs, or downloads, released this week.
 
First up we have Swimming with Men, then we have The Man Who Invented Christmas, followed by Reprisal and then fourthly; Dublin Oldschool.
 
Our DVD of the week is the family-fun sequel, Incredibles 2…

Taken from the Syston Town News monthly column – by Adam Ray Palmer
 
Jeez, we’re into single digit weeks until Christmas now – where has 2018 gone? We’ve had many-a-top films this annum, but now we are in the ‘luxury end’ of the year as I like to call it. This is when all the Oscar-baiting movies drop, and the chat shows are crammed full of film talent campaigning for those golden statuettes.

​This month though, I don’t have too many hotly-tipped Academy Award potentials so… erm… what an awkward segue… we’ll wait until next month I guess!