Shaun the Sheep started his animated life in Wallace and Gromit’s A Close Shave, only to then find super stardom in his own right, with spin-off TV series accurately titled Shaun the Sheep, which became a multi-award winning global TV sensation. In 170 countries worldwide, Shaun the Sheep has become the most popular Aardman character internationally, out stripping his popular predecessors, Wallace and Gromit.

Tim Burton might have missed the mark with Big Eyes It’s the 1960s and no one wants to buy ‘lady art’, not least from a withering divorcee and single mother, or so starts Tim Burton’s latest offering, Big Eyes. Based on a true story, the film centres around artist Margaret Keane (Amy Adams) and her new realtor husband Walter Keane (Christoph Waltz) who, with his knack for selling and compulsion for artistic fame, ends up taking credit for her paintings and successfully making them into a comme

It’s been a great year for films all round, from original yet nostalgic blockbusters to widely appealing independent movies. Here are my top ten releases of 2014:

Well, who isn’t excited about a big blockbuster Biblical epic to hit our cinemas right splat-bang around Christmas time. We were so excited about Exodus: Gods and Kings, that we just couldn’t wait until Boxing Day, so sent the lovely Aleyha Ahmed to give you her first thoughts on the film. What’s it about: Set in Ancient Egypt, at a time when Pharoahs wield godlike power and the Hebrews are brutalised slaves of the empire, Exodus: Gods and Kings tells the Biblical story of Moses (Christian Bale

There’s something about Lily (Agyness Deyn). Right from our first moments with her in Electricity; she is a modern day Alice and we eagerly follow her on the precarious journey into Wonderland. A vivacious young woman who works as a cashier at a games arcade in a north-eastern coastal town, it is only when Lily fails to make a date that we join the dots and realise that her life is riddled with clues to a debilitating epilepsy.

Well its the 1st December, which means our cinema screens will officially be kicking off the festive season with some family fun movies for you all to enjoy! This Friday sees the release of Get Santa, so we sent Aleyha Ahmed to give us her thoughts. Happy Movie Monday y’all! What’s it about: We think we know how this one goes; Santa is in a quandary and unless the kids get the grown ups to believe in him again, Christmas is going to be cancelled. But in Get Santa the problem interrupting Christ

A muttering, foetal Katniss Everdeen confronts us from within the dark underbelly of District 13 in the opening shots of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I catapulting us into an unequivocal new era for The Hunger Games saga. From these first scenes, the tone is set for a grittier exploration into the dirty tactics of war and the casualties suffered by those unwillingly swept up in its path.

Nightcrawler follows one man’s quest to claw his way up the career ladder, from a life of petty crime to the world of ‘nightcrawling’, a blood sport where stringers capture footage of graphic crime scenes, their motto – “if it bleeds, it leads” – to sell on to news channels. It is in this insalubrious world, bolstered by the media’s thirst for ratings, Louis Bloom (Jake Gyllenhaal) excels, scheming his way to success.

Set in the near-future where an agricultural crisis has brought the world to its knees, Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) is a widower who lives on a farm with his two kids, daughter Murph (Mackenzie Foy) and son Tom (Timothée Chalamet), and his father-in-law, Donald (John Lithgow). Though a farmer by default due to a “blight” that has affected the food supply on Earth, Cooper was once a pilot, an engineer and an explorer – a past life he often dreams about.

Contro­versia­l Irania­n filmma­ker talks about his latest film The Presid­ent and why he doesn’t live in Iran anymor­e LONDON: Growing up in Iran, Mohsen Makhmalbaf was not allowed to go to the cinema because his grandmother believed that those who did would end up in hell. Over 20 films and 120 international awards later, he has become the leading voice of didactic cinema in Iran.

“An action movie with a guy who can’t move”? Sounds curious. But 127 Hours is far more than this humble description by its Academy Award winning director, Danny Boyle. James Franco (Milk, 2008) stars in this true story about American mountain climber Aron Ralston and the 127 hours he endured trapped under a boulder, in a ravine in Blue John Canyon, Utah.