Happy new year . . . if you’re into werewolves, wizards, and the world’s most famous detective, 2009 is going to be a great year at the cinema, writes Carl Jones.If it’s originality you’re after, however, don’t hold your breath.

If Angelina Jolie doesn’t win an Oscar for her performance in new movie Changeling, I’ll go home and pickle my walnuts, writes our Movie Blogger Carl Jones.

Our movie blogger Carl Jones gives his opinion on Body Of Lies, the film from director Ridley Scott, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe.

His name’s… oh, you know the joke by now. But was Shropshire Star movie critic Carl Jones shaken or stirred by the new James Bond film Quantum of Solace? Watch his exclusive video review here.

Movie critic Carl Jones was among an elite group of journalists invited to the world premiere of the new Bond film. Here he delivers his verdict.

Last year, at approximately 3.30am one blustery February morning, I was in a cold sweat, writes our Movie Blogger Carl Jones as he remembers coming so close to his own Oscars glory.

So, Brit flick Atonement was named best picture at the British Academy Film Awards, writes Movie Blogger Carl Jones.

The Hollywood fashion stores which rely on high profile exposure from the Golden Globes and Oscars aren’t the only ones missing out this year, writes Carl Jones.  

Under normal circumstances, another overdose of sequels, prequels and remakes would draw a tired groan from jaded cinema audiences, writes movie blogger Carl Jones. But 2008 promises to be rather different.

Well, the Shropshire Star’s print and website readers have spoken, writes movie blogger Carl Jones. Atonement is officially the county’s favourite film of 2007.

Roger Hirson’s 1984 adaptation of Dickens’s ‘A Christmas Carol’, filmed in Shrewsbury, is still thought to be the definitive Christmas film. We take a nostalgic look back at the making of a classic.

With its lush countyside and historic towns, Shropshire has proved a popular setting for countless films and television series. Lara Page looks at the county’s diverse screen history.