We get our magnifying glasses out to decipher the first teaser trailer for James Bond's return. More »Skyfall teaser trailer breakdown

Cinema not only draws on fiction, but on true stories and historic events which are reputed entertaining enough to become part of the multi-billion industry. Here are a few personal favourites that are blockbusters in my eyes when it comes to adapting true stories for the big screen. More »When true events compete with fiction on film

Sports, and people's passion for them, have been the subject of film makers since the silent era. However, depicting sport on screen has never been easy, and there are a dozen misses for every one hit. So, to celebrate the films which hit the back of the net rather than the back of the throat, here is a list of ten sporting must-sees: More »Olympic standard sports movies

The undisputed king of the ostentatious movie cameo was, of course, Alfred Hitchcock. The master of suspense's appearances in his own films became such a familiar trope that he was compelled to introduce it as early as possible in order that waiting for the director to appear wouldn't distract from the plot. Since that time, the cameo has become a well-established cinematic convention. Here we celebrate five of the most notable and incongruous on-screen appearances: More »Best movie cameos: Is that who I think it is?

The combination between films and television is one that causes me, as a huge fan of both worlds, a mixture of exhilaration and anxiousness at the same time. When it comes to the adaptation of vintage television shows to the big screen the it is even harder. Vintage television, on the one hand has strong history and background and the enthusiastic fans to go with them. However, as an old television show it has a risk of looking archaic, old fashioned and not relevant to a new generation of film goers. More »Vintage TV remakes: The best and the worst

Tim Burton and Johnny Depp's 'Dark Shadows' fails to entertain while Mel Gibson's 'How I Spent My Summer Vacation' sees the troubled star return to form More »All this week's cinema releases reviewed

We relive some truly embarrassing moments when stars have endured humiliating disasters on the red carpet More »Red carpet disasters

Entering into what is now called "fanboy" territory can be a fraught business for writers and directors. Nowhere is this better illustrated than in the world of comic book adaptations, where the "authenticity" of the much loved - often obsessed over - story lines and characters are subjected to rigorous scrutiny on message boards and social networks. But just as there can be great rewards - financially and critically - for getting superhero adaptations absolutely right, so there can be huge massive derision when things go wrong. More »When superheroes movies go bad

We all like to watch movies with subtitles just so one can appear a little smarter. However, deep down inside we all prefer it when foreign movies are dubbed. Of course this technique is primarily used to assist audiences but sometimes poor choices are made and terrible accidents are produced because of this. More »Movies with horrific dubbing errors

We always remember the movies with the dramatic plot twist which floors us and leaves us gasping for breath in shocked disbelief. And we also remember the lamely predictable movies that try too hard to be clever and leave us snarling sarcastically into our popcorn, "Well I didn't see that coming!" More »Movie twist or miss? We saw that coming!

Titular wordplay is usually a sure-fire sign a film will be terrible... but there are exceptions More »Are movies with pun titles always awful?

'American Pie' splashes back onto the big screen with yet another hilarious gross-out comedy, Zac Efron gives girls opportunity to swoon and Jason Statham kicks some butt More »We review all this week's releases

The lost, the weird and the extremely rare flicks that have proven impossible to track down More »The films you will never get to see