Am I the only person baffled by the predomenance of films that are poorly received by critics, staying on at suburban cinemas at the expense of more acclaimed ones?

From now on, if I want (for example) some traditional light relief in the form of 'critically' well received 'Morning Glory', which was only featured on BBC2's Review Show last Friday, I will have to get my skates on and see it in the measly 2 week window it is disributed outside Central London.

What's going on? A film starring the likes of Harrison Ford and Diane Keaton and, I believe, from the screen writer of The Devil Wears Prada isn't good enough to be on at the odd cinema here and there for a third week? Prints too expensive for the distributor while they're publicising all the Oscar contender?

This has been happening more and more in the last year or two. Why can't distributors and exhibitors get together and ensure that we all don't keep ending up having to 'wait for the DVD' and therefore become more and more disenchanted with the experience of finding, booking and seeing films at the cinema.

This really is turning into an activity for the young and I hope the young start turning to something else and give cinemas a wake-up call!