Marketed by production-company Walden Media as a reduced-scale Chronicles of Narnia, Bridge to Terabithia, based on the novels by Katherine Paterson, is certainly smaller, but the ambition is far more adult. Alienated farm-boy Jess (sensitively played by Josh Hutcherson) is an artist at heart but is bullied at school and under-appreciated by his large family, as his parents struggle to pay the bills. When the expressive and free-spirited Lesley (AnnaSophia Robb) enters his life, the two become friends and create their own fantasy world, dubbed Terabithia.

Almost universally ignored on ití¢â‚¬â„¢s released, Robert Towneí¢â‚¬â„¢s fine looking adaptation of John Fanteí¢â‚¬â„¢s groundbreaking book, Ask the Dust, is definitely worth a look if not a wholly satisfying experience. Colin Farrell stars as Arturo Bandini, a struggling writer who has moved to Los Angeles to write the great American novel. Craving the experiences with women he needs for his writing, Bandini stumbles into a local cafíƒ © to spend his last pennies. There he meets the fiery, Camilla (Salma Hayek) with whom he immediately strikes up an explosive relationship. Soon their untameable romance takes them on a wild journey through Los Angeles, love and literature.

Everything below is from capitalmag's Rewind Issue. Read above for the Anomalies Issue.

This issue's Short Film is Ptikobj, an animated short that brings you on a dream-like ride through a wacky, pink world.

í‚  í‚   For aspiring filmmakers, one of the hardest things can be getting a pitch heard by the industry folks necessary to bring the idea from concept to the big screen. Pamela Schott was one such filmmaker. Having worked as a screenwriter for about 9 years without success, Schottí‚   moved to LA and gradually began toí‚   get some of her material optioned. But frustrated with her slow progress, Schott realized that there may be a way to get her ideas across in a more exciting, visual way, setting her apart from countless competitors. She began to cut short í¢â‚¬Å“visual pitchesí¢â‚¬  of her work so producers and industry experts could get a sense of not only the story, but also her visual style.

Directed by Ray Lawrence

Starring Gabriel Byrne and Laura Linney

Family drama comes under the spotlight in this Australian offering from Ray Lawrence, director of the internationally-acclaimed Lantana. In a return to similar thematic territory, Lawrence explores a tense family dynamic, in a story adapted from the Raymond Carver short story So Much Water So Close To Home. Stewart (Byrne) and Claire (Linney) are a New South Wales couple with a troubled past, whose lives are further complicated when Stuart and his buddies discover the body of a murdered Aboriginal girl, while fishing in a remote valley. Their decision to leave the body, and even postpone reporting the discovery to the authorities, exposes simmering social tensions within their isolated town of Jindabyne.

Danny Boyleí¢â‚¬â„¢s Sunshine is a much-needed shot in the arm for original science-fiction. With the last decade dominated by underwhelming Star Wars prequels, ití¢â‚¬â„¢s easy to forget how science-fiction has, in the past, debated big ideas and influenced how we see ourselves in the universe. Sunshine focuses upon a manned mission to reignite our dying Sun with a nuclear payload the size of Manhattan. The film builds upon its cinematic influences (2001: A Space Odyssey, Alien and the original Solaris), by blending cutting-edge effects with a screenplay inspired by real science. Boyle and screenwriter Alex Garland take the day-to-day practicalities of long-haul space travel, and put them front and centre, presenting a bid for inclusion in the annals of í¢â‚¬Å“seriousí¢â‚¬  sci-fi. The result fuses stunning visuals with multi-stranded tales of obsession, as the characters respond to the power of the star they must reignite.

Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez are promising to resurrect the long dead tradition of trash cinema for the mainstream with their upcoming, double-bill opus, Grindhouse. Celebrating the filth infested, gore soaked, grub drenched pictures of the 70í¢â‚¬â„¢s and 80í¢â‚¬â„¢s, Grindhouse promises to take us back to the not-so PC days, where in cinematic terms, anything went. If you happened to find yourself in Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London on Saturday May 5^th, then you will have already been transported back to the era of Grindhouse. Nightmare USA promised ten hours of Grindhouse Movie Mayhem and it certainly delivered. Held by Stephen Thrower and his Fab press cohorts and serving as a launch for Throwerí¢â‚¬â„¢s new book, also titled Nightmare USA, the festival showcased five features all which will not be turning up at your local video store anytime soon. Proceedings kicked off with the films Doní¢â‚¬â„¢t Go in the House (1979), Pigs (1972) and Bloody Brothers (2003).

Watch the trailer for Doní¢â‚¬â„¢t Go in the House:

Everything below is from the Seek issue. The film section of Seek issue features work from Andrew Skeates, Jo Hughes and Samayi Campbell.

HotDocs rolled into Toronto last month just in time for the weather to be far too nice to want to spend any time in a darkened room, but this didní¢â‚¬â„¢t stop line-ups springing up across town over the weekend.