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Groundhog Day, yes: an existential conundrum with added snowballs, "Nice horror film"? You had me at "nice" - examples, please?

A man's gotta shuffle, he's goin' to shuffle... (and why not?) Shuffle on , my friend.

That song could destroy anyone without the backing of a deeply moving film clip to back it up! You're just in touch with your inner cowboy, man. Yours, Inner Cowgirl (oh god - don't google that... I think it makes sense the way I meant it)

No worries - like, don't like - what sort of comedy does cheer you up then?

Is it just me? The original black and white version was terrifying - as befits anything featuring Vincent Price. OK Jeff Goldblum's version had zappier sci-fi effects but, given both versions exist, who really needs a third? I don't need Matrix # 4 and I'm very doubtful about a new Blade...

In case this does turn out to be necessary, sometimes a result can be had from surprisingly direct sources - apologies if I've overlooked anything you've already tried: Michael Caine's agent? Anthony Shaffer's estate/ agent NFI - which must be gratifyingly replete with experts in everything...

Right up to the lions feeling a bit peckish? Have to admit I barely got beyond the opening scene of the cartoon before being too seriously annoyed by a (?) parrot- I had too clear an instant memory of Terry Pratchett's woodland-creatures-gathering-together in Wyrd Sisters "Some of you buggers...

Sympathy - but I started a thread on Wallace and Gromit - a bit more upbeat for you?

Wonderful film. Cried buckets first time round and would again if I saw it this evening- loved it - I understand children were allegedly traumatised when it was on TV recently: had their parents forgotten what was in it? Wouldn't it make an excellent double bill with Fantastic Mr Fox, to ensure...

Now you have to watch Bambi for Godzilla sightings, to be on the safe side. Good luck!

My mum couldn't stand cartoons ("they're not real") so almost always delegated half term Disney duty to my dad - who managed to sleep (and snore loudly) through both Jungle Book and Aristocats, despite pounding music. This was the exception, as she had loved it the first time round and wanted me...

@Janine The Barefoot, as promised, love from Carol - (logging off now for an early night, talk again soon, I hope)

Janine, I respect a good swear like that I really do, and believe me I would send you warm and fluffy cyber socks for your bare feet in ny colour you like, if you would do 2 things for me: (1) believe that I have all 5 BBC DVDs on my bookshelf about 2 feet from where I am sitting now - I have...

Hi Sleepyjack, thanks for the list and some fair warnings - some top-ranking US series there - some I've made a start on (first series of The Wire and mad Men and two of Breaking Bad so far)... the rest I'm yet to sample. Haven't even heard of Rectified - perhaps it hasn't reached the UK yet...

Thanks for your post, Janine, but I have really good news for you! You might find BBC series 5 more to your taste (the final, British series you don't seem to know about): featuring amongst other delights the Barry Grand Hotel, Lady Mary, the Devil Incontinent and Putting on the Ritz... Plus...

Flashforward: I didn't hang around long enough to find out if anyone was good in it - they were sold out by the writers as far as I could see - they couldn't tell the difference between "suspenseful" and "confused waffling"

Funniest thing I've read all day! And although I'm not saying they are bad films, just both painfully slower than I'd hoped, both Chaplin's Modern Times and 2001: a Space Oddesey might benefit from your suggestion.

Still, I got further with Lost than Heroes - and almost nowhere at all with Flashforward - but I gather that last one fizzled out quite soon anyway. There seemed to be a wave of shows trying to run forever on the wholesale principle of bulk casting, quick turnover and it just didn't work for me...

Sympathy with your dedication to Lost - I got out of series 1 the week after there was a POLAR BEAR on a desert island, and a week later, no-one had anything to say about it. Grrr! (that's me not the bear). Only David Lynch gets away with stuff like that, because he's David Lynch, dammit! I...

Fantastic! Seriously you should start your own thread with this: What (trashy) film would actually be better speeded up? I'll bite - I avoided the Les Miserables film because I so passionately hate the stage show and then I heard they'd added an extra song to it into the bargain. I would be...