Dr. George Miller won an Oscar for Best Animated Film for the original HAPPY FEET and as the film went on to become a worldwide phenomenon it was somewhat inevitable that a sequel would emerge. So the tap dancers in their natural tuxedos are back, as are so many of the voice talent.

I have to say over the many years of interviewing actors, one of the most consistently entertaining and hysterically funny is Robin Williams. I do not remember an interview with him that has not left me crying with laughter. Watch the comedian describe the return of the 'Latin Lover' Ramon, and how the addition of a new animal, a Puffin, brought a little sexual confusion to the proceedings.

Then listen to George Miller relate how the themes of the sequel have changed with the world around them, and his inability to explain his remarkable career from MD to MAD MAX and Animated Gold.

If you're after a little more challenging cinema over the Christmas period then boy, do we have a double feature for you!

At this year's Cannes Film Festival, headlines were grabbed for all the wrong reasons but two renowned directors have produced two incredibly ambitious and artistic films.

Danish director Lars Von Trier goes first with MELANCHOLIA, a "beautiful film about the end of the world", and one of the director's most exquisite films, not a word usually associated with the notorious misanthrope and misogynist.
Listen to co-star Kirsten Dunst describe how she reconciled the emotional meltdown her character faces with the apocalyptic meltdown of the world she inhabits.

Then, in a film no less ambitious and controversial, THE SKIN I LIVE IN, Antonio Banderas reunites for the first time in 20 years with director Pedro Almodovar in a completely new genre for them both: a psychological thriller!
Watch Banderas describe his character, a plastic surgeon, as Frankenstein or worse, 'an ego-trip psychopath monster'! Now if that doesn't make you curious...