1. New DVD: Fred Claus (PG)

With the festive season nearly upon us the shops are getting full of seasonal cheer.

2. New DVD: Extras (15)

You have to hand it to Ricky Gervais. He might have seemingly turned his back on Reading, but he isn’t half funny.

3. A Complete History Of My Sexual Failures (18)

Any film with a title such as A Complete History Of My Sexual Failures is going to generate publicity – one thinks this was probably the aim of this.

4. New DVD: The Edge of love

In Atonement Keira Knightley proved she was more than a pouting sylph with good hair and a pretty face.

5. New DVD: Priceless (aka: Hors De Prix)

Priceless stars Audrey Tautou, Marie-Christine Adam, Annelise Hesme

6. Sex And The City (15)

Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda – Sex and the City. Ace.

7. Des is looking forward to his date at Hexagon

8. Music and mayhem

This year’s 20th Reading Festival went with a bang – quite literally.

9. Festival boss vows to make 2009 safer

A ‘spotter’ in the crowd to notice potential surges, increasing the spill-out area of the main stage and ensuring a one-way entry/exit system for the toilets are among safety issues Reading Festival boss Melvin Benn has vowed to address.

10. Hoosiers excited to play Rivermead

Alfonso Sherland isn’t Worried About Ray – or anything else for that matter.