PLEASE HELP ME ASAP Jin is always on the lookout for targets in his neighborhood. If he notices that someone has made a large purchase recently, or if someone tends to forget to lock their doors when they leave, he lets his friends know that the house is a potential target for burglary. What role does Jin have in the crime? A. burglar B. tipster OC. fence D. arsonist

Penny Woolcock’s low-budget thriller, The Principles of Lust, is a far more audacious attempt to picklock convention. But it’s a film that loses its grip at the first corner and the director fails to regain control.

There’s an honourable, if alarming, tradition of struggling writers waiting to shoot themselves in the foot in British movies, and Paul (Alec Newman) is the blocked and charming scribe in this bracing, slightly crazed, scenario. At an art exhibition, he falls in love with a sensible single mother, Juliette (Sienna Guillory). Then, for reasons best known to himself, Newman proceeds to throw away his new-found security by hanging out with Billy (Marc Warren), a scary Marquis de Sade figure who gambles ...