If you live in London and you like your repertory cinema, then you'll be well aware that the Scala Forever film season (details here) is currently spanning 26 cinemas/pubs/clubs across the capital in celebration of the classic programming of 80s film hotspot, The Scala Cinema.

To help you get into the retro spirit, we're giving away a pair of tickets to one of the Scala Forever events. And given that yesterday saw our Saghetti Western Orchestra review, it seems only natural to give away two tickets to the Scala's double-bill of Western goodness. Taking place on Sunday 28th August, the double-bill puts The Great Silence back-to-back with Once Upon a Time in the West at 7pm at the Roxy Bar and Screen (don't worry, it's a Bank Holiday the next day).

If you'd like to win, simply come up with a name for the Man with the No Name. Tweet your suggestions to @iFlicks (#manwithnonamecomp) or email scalacomp@i-flicks.net. Entries will be judged next Wednesday at 10pm. Whoever suggests the best name wins the tickets.

What is the Man with No Name's real name?

Steve? Brian? Tits McGee?

Stuff you should know

- Tickets are unreserved, so turn up early to nab a good seat

- You must be 18 years old or over

- You must have a name/email address/phone number to hand

- You must be free on Sunday 28th August (well, duh)

- Here's the official Scala Forever site 

Director: Gore Verbinski
Cast: Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin
Certificate: PG

From the director of Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (hurrah!) and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (erm, perhaps not), Rango is an animated oddity. The trailers were cryptic to say the least - hello, clockwork fish - but Gore Verbinski's latest effort is an excellent existential Western. Sadly, there aren't more wind-up fish.

Clint Eastwood has rubbished the recent rumours that Joaquin Phoenix was lined up for a part in his upcoming biopic of J Edgar Hoover.

Hoover, the founder of the FBI, has been the subject of Clint's attention for a while now, with Leonardo DiCaprio attached to the lead role. Phoenix was thought to play Hoover's reputed lover Clyde Tolson, also involved in the FBI's early days.

But Eastwood has confirmed this isn't the case. Indicating that DiCaprio was still in talks with the studio to star, he commented:

"He was a very complex person. The homosexual aspect is just one of many. I would say that’s the least of his problems. But he was also very clever, whether rightfully or wrongfully, he was very clever about keeping himself in a certain position in life, so it is an interesting study… He is a fascinating character, and I think I am the right person to do it , not because I knew him or anything, but I did grow up with him…He was an iconic figure."

Scripted by Milk's Dustin Lance Black, the angle of the story is still unsure - but presumably Hoover's sexuality will form a central part of this tale, which seems to be drifting towards his perspective on events. Regarding Joaquin Phoenix, Eastwood added:

"No. I don’t know where that came from…didn’t he become a rapper?"

As public booking opens this week, the London Film Festival gears up for its biggest seller: the Surprise Film. Last year, the surprise was a fat man with a beard. Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story was actually a decent documentary, but it was hardly the Wild Thing the room wanted or expected. As seasoned LFF-ers groaned at the "surprise", Cilla Black was in the back with Sandra Hebron laughing her ginger arse off.

So how do you go about following that? Hunt through the UK release schedule and pick out all the big festival-friendly films that haven't made the LFF's line-up. But there are some you can discount straight away. Tron Legacy? No way. Narnia's Voyage of the Dawn Treader? Not before the Queen - that's this year's Royal Premiere in November. And Meet the Parents: Little Fockers? Well, there are better reasons for me to shoot myself, so fate won't let that one happen.

Then there are other candidates, like Monsters, but after its high profile slot at Film4 FrightFest, it won't grace the capital again before its delayed December release. Deathly Hallows wouldn't want to dent its box office impact. The Tourist has a high profile December release for its stars to focus on. Burke and Hare is too close to release. And as for the long-awaited Paul? That would be just a little too out of the blue.

So what stands a good chance of surprising everyone this year? Well, there's talk of December's Love and Other Drugs (a viagra rom-com from Edward Zwick) and even Paul Haggis' The Next Three Days (out next year - already press screened), but here are some of the films I think are more likely to be on Sandra's shortlist.

Following the revelations about I'm Still Here, Joaquin Phoenix went back on the Late Show with David Letterman this week.

Apologising to Letterman for his appearance in-character on the show during the filming of Casey Affleck's mockumentary, Joaquin attempted to clear the air:

"You’ve interviewed many, many people and I assumed that you would know the difference between a character and a real person, so… but I apologize… I hope I didn’t offend you in any way."

Explaining that Letterman was not in on the film's hoax, Joaquin Phoenix answered the host's questions about how they both came across after that interview - particularly what Phoenix and Affleck are planning to do about the 5 minutes of CBS content that appears in the film. Although his jokey demands for a payday are most likely just that.

You do wonder if the other people duped on screen will feel the same way. Then again, Joaquin has already been in talks to appear in Clint Eastwood's Hoover, so folks down in Hollywood can't be that bitter about it.

The fascinating I'm Still Here is still out in UK cinemas. Check out our review here, or read on for the second on-air encounter between Phoenix and Letterman. 

As the world recovers from hearing I'm Still Here was a piece of performance art (what others would call a hoax), Joaquin Phoenix's acting career looks set to be back on track: he's Clint Eastwood's man of choice to play Clyde Tolson in his J Edgar Hoover biopic.

Tolson, regarded as Hoover's protege, had a very intimate relationship with Hoover. Officially described as fraternal, their connection was very close. As in, Luke Skywalker and Obi Wan close, if you catch the drift. The two men ate together, travelled together, hit the town together - at Hoover's funeral, the US flag was even presented to Tolson, who was also the one to receive J Edgar's estate after his death.

Milk's Dustin Lance Black is scribbling the screenplay, focussing on the bond between the men (as opposed to, say, an action film about the founding of the FBI). Joaquin Phoenix is expected to get the nod to play J Edgar's "alter ego" as soon as Leonardo DiCaprio signs on as Hoover.

It's a great role for Phoenix to pick up, and he and DiCaprio would make a cute couple. So cute that the Oscars would definitely be showing an interest. Which is why there are rumours that Casey Affleck's I'm Still Here announcement (which arguably came very early on and spoiled the film a tad) was timed specifically for him to land the part.

Westerns, period dramas, cop thrillers, sporting biopics - Clint Eastwood has covered pretty much every topic you can think of in his work so far. Except for perhaps the afterlife. Which is handy, because that's exactly what Hereafter is about. And it's got itself a trailer to prove it.

Building from 2004's Thailand Tsunami, things scale down to follow three different characters: George (Matt Damon), an American who used to be a psychic medium, Marie (Cecile De France), a French reporter who survived the tidal wave, and Marcus (Frankie McLaren), a schoolboy who has recently lost his brother.

Meditating on life and death, Peter Morgan's screenplay should keep this from going too AWOL into saccharine Lovely Bones territory. Eastwood, meanwhile, is changing up his game once again, no doubt looking to coax another strong performance out of Matt Damon.

Hereafter screened at the Toronto International Film Festival over the weekend, with some negative opinions breaking through the embargo that's currently in place. We'll have to wait until Friday 28th January to find out what Eastwood's afterlife is all about, but as he put it when talking to Toronto press: "I've talked to people who claim to have had near-death experiences and they paint a similar picture, but I don't know. I mean I just haven't been there. And I don't intend to go there before my time."

The trailer is online over at Apple. Read on for the full video. 

Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon, Adjoa Andoh
Certificate: 12A
Trailer

He's played God, the US President, and a countless number of doctors and detectives. It was only a matter of time before Morgan Freeman, a man of immense gravitas and presence, took on the role he was born to play: Nelson Mandela. Effortlessly adopting his mannerisms, physical poise and slow, studied speech, Morgan makes for a sound statesman. It's just his statesman doesn't sound like Nelson Mandela. So every time you look at Mandela, you think one thing: Morgan Freeman.

Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman
Certificate: TBC
Release Date: Friday 5th February

Award winning Director Clint Eastwood and Warner Bros. Pictures brings us Invictus which hits UK cinemas nationwide from 5th February 2010. Having already been nominated for an array of Screen Actors Guild and Golden Globe Awards as well as being hotly tipped for Oscar® success, Invictus tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) joined forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team, Francois Pienaar (Matt Damon), to help unite their country.

Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa’s underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match. 

Morgan Freeman. Nelson Mandela. Clint Eastwood. The signs were all there long ago that Invictus would be a phenomenal piece of film-making. Now, you can witness for yourself the trailer, which sees Mandela's post-Robben Island push to unite South Africa behind the 1995 Rugby World Cup final.

With the blacks cheering for England, the whites for their own country, he fights with Springboks captain Francious Pienaar (Matt Damon) to win both the tournament and the people. Based on John Carlin's book, Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandel and the Game that Made a Nation, Invictus means "unconquered", and comes from William Ernest Henley's poem. Eastwood's underdog drama is made of win. It hits our shores in February, but you can see the trailer over at Apple, or read on for the full video and poster.