Blog: With an Oscar-winning actor playing the baddie, and an Oscar-winning director at the helm, the signs are certainly looking good for the 23rd James Bond film, which starts shooting next month, writes Carl Jones.

The eco-friendly bright sparks at the European Union have had another “lightbulb moment”, notes Carl Jones.

Movie expert Carl Jones takes a look at Captain America in this week’s edition of The Ticket.

Blog: David Cameron rated his own life just “six out of ten” when he appeared on BBC’s magazine programme The One Show last night.

Blog: Carl Jones explains why aggressive parents made him decide to stop working as a football referee with the Shropshire FA.

Blog: No sooner is the green light given to a new James Bond film, than the internet is filled with idle gossip and far-fetched, unfounded rumour, writes Carl Jones.

Shropshire Star film critic Carl Jones looks back over the best and worst of 2010′s cinema releases.

Blog: It was another snowy, sub-zero night in Shropshire, writes Carl Jones.  Here I was, armed with a kettle of boiling hot water, floundering in the dark outside my mother’s house. Yes, you guessed it – she’s got a condenser central heating boiler.

CARL JONES cruises into the Arctic Circle for 12 days of fjords, fine dining and stylish fun

Is this the dullest  World Cup so far, asks Carl Jones.

Allegations of corruption and bribery have cast a huge cloud over the showpiece of snooker, writes Carl Jones in Sheffield.

So there we have it. This year’s Oscars will pretty much be a straight shootout between blockbuster fantasy and gritty fact-based drama.