Given we are in an age where traditional media, entertainment and communications are all being bulldozed by a digital, non-location specific cloud approach, standing there with arms crossed refusing to let this international celebration of film spread its glory globally, looking much like an incorrigibly stubborn little Oscars statue, is surely quite backwards.

Whether you're Katniss Everdeen's biggest fan, or just waiting for the whole franchise to fade away, you can't help but be amused when Jennifer Lawrence opens her mouth. If it comes to a choice between watching Angelina Jolie's latest piece of self-important tripe, or watching Jennifer Lawrence talk about her cat for five minutes, I'd go for J-Law every time.

Grab your umbrella and wellies - there's rain forecast at the Royal Albert Hall. The romantic Hollywood of a bygone age is coming to London as the ...

Hollywood legend Richard Burton has been given a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame, almost three decades after his death. The Welsh actor's posthu...

MacFarlane will never be everyone's cup of tea, but the show's organisers would have known this.

So it's Oscar time again. I used to love the Oscars. I used to look forward to seeing the stars' red carpet appearances, examining the details of the...

Few modern filmmakers have managed to successfully yoke the disciplines of scriptwriting and directing in quite the same way as Paul Andrew Williams.

In 2003, during the run-up to the war in Iraq, I was living in Hollywood, where at the time I was working as Ben Affleck's stand-in on the movie Surviving Christmas.

Hyde Park on Hudson must be considered a disappointment. Apart from having our fill of films about King George VI (this is the third in two years) this is a particular stuffy, confused and in parts rather dull installment.

It's entirely possible that Hitchcock was a horrible man, guilty of despicable crimes, but we have no real evidence one way or the other.

His legacy does not need bolstering by the slick Hollywood conveyor belt, for it resides in the hands and pockets of a generation.

As a devoted fan of the stage show since January 1988 when I first experienced it at The Palace Theatre in London, I have to confess: I was extremely...

I like Jodie Foster. She comes across as a focused, successful, beautiful and loving woman, who just happens to be gay, and maybe by concentrating on her family and career, rather than her identifying herself publicly as a lesbian for the last twenty years, that's exactly what people should accept her for.

Beasts Of the Southern Wild proved the surprise package of Thursday afternoon’s Oscar nomination ceremony, receiving a nod for Best Picture, while h...

For over half a century the American movie industry has been reluctant to fund the quintessentially red white and blue road trip with conventional wisdom claiming the project was unfilmable.

Character actor Charles Durning has died aged 89 of natural causes, his agent said. The Oscar nominated actor played roles in The Sting and Tootsie...

It would seem that Bollywood is fast catching up in giving a new generation of women a chance to wear the pants - on the sets of a film at-least.

For someone who prefers to avoid the West End's theatrical offerings, I was left grinning from ear to ear after this show, and although I hate to admit it, I also had a slight feeling of joy in my heart.

'Strictly Come Dancing' went to Hollywood this week, with the stars dancing to theme tunes from some of tinsel town’s most famous flicks. It was ...