When a sequel to a hit comedy is in the works, and the two big stars walk away before cameras even start rolling, it’s never a good sign, writes our Movie Blogger Carl Jones.

Our Movie Blogger, Carl Jones, asks: ‘Are you listening, Mr Moneybags Movie Mogul?’ While cinema attendances are slumping at the nation’s multiplexes, smaller independent cinemas are faring rather better.

The first two Shrek movies ripped up the great fairytale storybooks and rewrote them in witty and deliciously irreverent style, writes our movie blogger Carl Jones.

There’s an unwritten rule in the world of film reviewing . . . the more reticent a distributor is to give a media preview, the worse the movie probably is, writes our Movie Blogger Carl Jones.

Stuart Smith took offence at my blog last week about film “bluffs”, accusing me of being a cinema snob, writes our Movie Blogger Carl Jones.