Do you remember the ending of The Italian Job (1969)? Executing a daring plan to steal gold bars from a security truck in the middle of...

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is currently on general release, an adaptation of the bestselling novel set in post war...

There was a time when television was cinema’s poor cousin. An actor began their career in some sitcom or drama, hoping to draw the...

I’ve been watching BBC4’s latest crime drama, Below The Surface, and it’s very good. There was a familiar looking actor in it, one I’d...

Once every four months, members of the Oswestry Film Society can be found in the bar of the Wynnstay Hotel, wrestling with the great...

There are some actors who seem to play the same role in every film. Tom Hanks – decent everyman. Maggie Smith – haughty matriarch. Zooey...

Writer/director Joe Cornish has good reason to feel a little smug. To begin with his debut feature Attack the Block (2011) - a knockabout...

The spotlight of the world recently shone on South Korea for the 2018 Winter Olympics, but film fans have been looking over there for a...

Film is a magic trick; twenty four frames per second are projected to create the illusion of movement. In the days before digital...

As Valentine’s Day approaches, there’s never really any hesitation in my mind as to my ‘go to’ romantic film – it has to be 1995’s Before...

What do Colin Firth’s voice, Bruce Willis’ hairline (Allegedly), most of Oliver Reed and all of Kevin Spacey have in common? They’ve all...

Oswestry is a town shaped by agriculture, stand at the top of the hillfort and it seems farmland surrounds you in every direction. It’s a...

Its awards season again – the Golden Globes, the Screen Actors Guild Awards, the Baftas, the Oscars – the list goes on and on. But how...

In 2016 foreign films (World cinema) accounted for 45% of all releases in the UK, but only took 2.4% of the box office, so why don’t more...

Romantic comedies can be the perfect antidote to the stresses and strains of real life; so little wonder Hollywood churns them out like...

Ever heard of a book called Wiseguys by Nicholas Pileggi? How about Barry Hines’ A Kestrel for a Knave? Roderick Thorp’s Nothing Lasts...

One might think that George Clooney arrived on the scene a ready-made star. But Clooney’s Hollywood fame wasn’t an overnight success - he...

It’s likely that over Christmas you will have seen at least a snippet of a Harry Potter film, they are to this generation’s Christmas TV...

So how was it for you? As we near the end of 2017 I find it irresistible to look back and think about my cinematic highlights! The...

We’re probably all familiar with the film certificates, U, PG, 12A, 12, 15 and 18, but have you heard of the F-rating? It was founded in...