Run Fatboy Run posterThe Fest­iv­al of the Arts has been soak­ing up almost every spare minute of my work­ing day so this is going to be a bare bones update.My high­light: Simon “Shaun of the Dead” Pegg back on screen in Run Fat­boy Run about a mar­riage-shy waster who tries to win the love of his life (Than­die New­ton) back by run­ning the Lon­don Mara­thon. Read­ings, Empire, Regent-on-Man­ners, Light­house Petone, Pent­house.

For the kids who like those dance-as-a-sub­sti­tute-for-gang-war­fare movies we have Step Up 2 The Streets, sequel to the massive 2006 hit that launched Chan­ning Tatum on an unsus­pect­ing world. He returns for the sequel. Read­ings only.

[The rest of this week’s new releases after the jump]

Vant­age Point is a Rashomon-like thrill­er with a good cast includ­ing Sigour­ney Weaver, Forest Whi­taker, Den­nis Quaid and, em, Bruce McGill. Read­ings, Empire, Regent-on-Man­ners and the neutered Embassy.

Finally, the Para­mount’s Steve Bus­cemi sea­son con­tin­ues with Inter­view. This time Bus­cemi is also the dir­ect­or and if you’ve ever seen his film Trees Lounge you will be encour­aged to give this one a go. Para­mount exclus­ive.

All these films will be reviewed at Funer­als & Snakes on Wed­nes­day (and in the Cap­it­al Times on the same day). Tick­ets for the World Cinema Show­case are on sale. Check out the pro­gramme before it opens next Thursday.