December

December's only just begun, but we've still mananged to fit plenty in.

Sadly, we discovered that Paul Greengrass won't be doing Bourne 4, it'll be a while until we see Kill Bill 3 , and it'll be ages until we're done with the Twilight franchise. Boos all round.

Still, it's not all doom and gloom. Hurt Locker's awesome Jeremy Renner looks set to be playing Hawkeye in Thor and The Avengers and two directors we like have left two remakes we didn't like.

After waiting for most of our adult lives to see it, we loved Where The Wild Things Are so much we gave it five stars.

While we were in a giving mood, we warned you away from 20 movie gifts you definitely shouldn't get for Christmas and 20 sequels you probably shouldn't bother seeing.

We were a bit more postive about Twitter, naming the best movie stars who use it. But we also picked the worst, because we're grumpy types.

We placed Jessica Biel and John Malkovich under the microscope and examined their evolutions.

Finally, we looked back at the first half of the year, linking to all the best movie stories and features we've published in 2009. Imagine what that would look like!

That's it for now. But December isn't over yet, so keep checking totalfilm.com for more awesome list features, weird labours of love and amazing movie scoops.

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