Greetings chaps and chapettes       

This is my first post here at Solace. I really wanted to make it a good one, and I thought I'd nailed it.

2 Hours ago, I was watching the final credits of Pan's Labyrinth. For those of you who might know me, this movie was one that I was anticipating with such gleefull, boyish excitement. A movie I'd convinced myself was going to topple my Top Three of the year and leave them in a state of disrepair. I can assure you that this was nothing less than the samsonite, as I'd expected. But, this first post is about something else entirely…

Its around about this time of year every year, we movie goers get a little treat. Yeh, the picture at the head of this probably gave something away. The Sundance Festival, and a fine festival it is. The lineup was announced tonight. Ooh goody!

It looks like a good one, considering there were SO many entries this year. 3,287 entries! Yowzer! So we're bound to get some distribution for some cool movies that we wouldn't have gotten without Sundance! Hip Hip! …you know the rest. (Although, the "Unnamed Dakota Fanning project" …we* don't want that so much, thanks though!)

You can check the lineup over at Variety. There's also some interesting words on this years festival from the Firector of the festival, Geoffrey Gilmore. I'm looking forward to hearing whats in store for us in the coming year from the indie flicks!

So, short and sweet, but an introduction nonetheless! …but for the Pan's Labyrinth review, it needs to not be 1:40am

Stay Hungry 

*Explanation for sarcasm RE: Dakota fanning -

Dakota is a great actress, its just I fear she'll be considered for the role of Carol Anne in the Poltergeist remake which I just couldn't abide and therefore dislike anything she does by default until I hear concrete evidence that either the movie is no longer going ahead, or at the least, she's not going to play carol anne.