Welcome to the eighth edition of the Focus Podcast!

The FOCUS podcast is a monthly round up of new cinema releases in the UK, punctuated by clips and the occasional interview. Check www.focusonmovies.co.uk for further details.

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We open with the evocative sound of You've Got A Friend, the theme from Toy Story, heralding a new era in Pixar movies, with the re-release - in glorious 3D - of the first two Toy Story films, in anticipation of the third coming out next year. We also discuss Pixar's newest hit, Up, which is screening in 3D at selected sites around the country.

A new animated version of Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr Fox hits UK cinema screens in October, as does Ricky Gervais’s directorial debut The Invention of Lying. Another Reading native embarking on a big screen adventure is Peter Strickland, whose film Katalin Varga is a powerful revenge drama.

Lighter pleasures can be found in the comedy Couples Retreat, in which a group of friends experience marriage guidance in an idyllic setting, while Jennifer Aniston looks for lasting romance with Aaron Eckhart in the sweet comedy Love Happens.

There's a grisly taste of Halloween to be found in the grimly amusing Zombieland and Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant, with Korean auteur Chan-wook Park offering his own twist on the theme with Thirst.

Action fans can enjoy more bruising fight sequences in Ong: Bak The Beginning, or witness the free running talents on offer in District 13: Ultimatum, while Dead Man Running is a British thriller featuring Tamer Hassan and Danny Dyer racing to get the cash to repay a menacing gangster - played by rapper 50 Cent.

October also features the British film An Education, written by Nick Hornby and directed by Lone Scherfig, featuring a superb lead performance from Carey Mulligan. Along with the documentary film Vanishing of the Bees and the poignant performance in Michael Jackson's This Is It, it proves there is something for everyone in the cinema during the month ahead.