LOTR star Billy Boyd is delighted to be finally shedding his innocent hobbit role to become an evil doll in the latest CHUCKY movie. The Scottish actor provides the voice-over in new horror comedy THE SEED OF CHUCKY, and his own facial characteristics will also be used for the twisted puppet, which comes to life and kills people in the film. [More]

It’s The Magic Roundabout as you’ve never seen it before. The cult kids’ TV favourite has had a major makeover for the big screen. And the result is set to leave children – and adults – spellbound when the film comes out in February Puppets from the 60s show have been discarded in favour of computer-generated 3D characters. [More]

Alison writes: I don’t know if anyone has let you know yet, but the Barbican Centre in London is holding a trilogy screening on Mon 3 Jan 2005 (to honour Tolkien’s birthday). FOTR is at 11am, TTT at 3pm and ROTK at 7.15pm. Tickets are £7.50 per film or £16.50 for all 3 films (although some people have had trouble getting the combined price). Box office phone number is 0845 120 7500 or you can book online. [More]