Argo - film review

Carl Jones reviews Argo and says that Ben Affleck is back on form with this tension-building thriller.

Horror fans in movie marathon at The Public

Rachael McDougall, Bethan Jones, Chris Bastin and Rose Keenan as a scarecrow

Horror movie fans got into the Halloween spirit at a 12-hour non-stop marathon of films to chill the blood.

Film review - Skyfall

As the 23rd James Bond film hits our screens today, our film critic Carl Jones meets the current stars, recaps the old ones and gives his five-star verdict on Skyfall.

Film review: Skyfall

Ah, Mr Bond, we’ve been expecting you. . . for quite a long time, if truth be told. It’s been well over a decade since the world was treated to a truly sumptuous adventure in the very best, vintage 007 traditions.

Inspector Drake 2: The Seagull - Film review

Our man Carl Jones gives his verdict on David Tristram’s new Inspector Drake film.

Young star Ben gets ready for film premiere of Nativity 2

A child acting star who has top billing in a major new film is looking forward to the movie’s big premiere.

Adele sings the theme to the new James Bond film Skyfall

The new James Bond theme is released today.

Birmingham premiere for new Disney film Frankenweenie

Frankenweenie is the first animated film that Tim Burton has directed for Disney

Birmingham is to screen the European Premiere of Frankenweenie Disney’s latest 3D animation film by acclaimed director Tim Burton.

Killing Them Softly - film review

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Brad Pitt has been on a rich vein of form of late. Oscar nominated for his role as the non-conforming baseball coach in Moneyball, he hits the bullseye again in this edge-of-the-seat thriller. .

Hope Springs proves great for older film-goers

The King’s Speech did British cinema a great favour, proving to multiplexes they don't have to target every new release at gimmick-loving 18 to 24-year-olds, writes the Star's film critic Carl Jones.

The Sweeney

'You gotta act like a criminal to catch one,' growls Flying Squad hard man DI Jack Regan (Ray Winstone) as he apprehends a gang of armed robbers with old-fashioned brutality in Nick Love's revamp of the classic 1970s TV series starring John Thaw and Dennis Waterman.

ParaNorman 3D

You wait decades for an intelligent, visual stunning and hilarious stop-motion 3D animation about a little boy battling the undead and, lo and behold, two come along at the same time.

Hope Springs

Cinema audiences are ageing and film companies are gradually acknowledging that they can no longer rely on 18- to 24-year-olds to guarantee healthy box office returns.

Premium Rush

Action films frequently trade plot and plausibility for gravity-defying thrills and pyrotechnics.

American Pie Reunion serves up another cold slice

Jim Levenstein (Jason Biggs) and his wife Michelle (Alyson Hannigan) head back to East Great Falls to attend their 13-year high school reunion in the company of Oz (Chris Klein), who is now a minor television star, house husband Kevin (Thomas Ian Nicholas) and eternal wanderer Finch (Eddie Kaye Thomas), writes The Star's film critic Carl Jones.

Judge Dredd’s dredded script delivers bloody dose of deja vu

If you were thrilled by Gareth Evans’s bone-crunching action romp The Raid back in May, then Pete Travis’s ultra-violent reboot of the 2000AD comic Judge Dredd may well induce uneasy feelings of deja vu, writes The Star's film critic Carl Jones.

Director gets it Wright for Keira Knightley in Anna Karenina

Laurel works best with Hardy, fish belongs with chips, and director Joe Wright, it seems, is the dream sidekick for Keira Knightley, writes The Star's film critic Carl Jones.

Dredd 3D

If you thrilled to Gareth Evans's bone-crunching action romp The Raid then Pete Travis's ultraviolent reboot of the 2000AD comic Judge Dredd will induce uneasy feelings of deja vu.

Lawless

Based on a true story, Lawless knocks back a drink with three brothers in early 1930s Virginia, who became kings of their close-knit community by running moonshine across the state line.