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Covering both current releases and the all-time best movies, James Cameron-Wilson discusses the former with Simon Rose in a weekly update and, selecting the top ten movies by genre, he discusses these with Vicky Sayers. You really need this kind of insight when provided with the huge range of streaming choices! If you're planning to commit a couple of hours to watching a movie, spend a few minutes here to choose what's best to watch. Hrkn to www.shareradio.co.uk for more ..
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Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Wildwood, Klara and the Sun & Love of Your Life
James Cameron-Wilson was staggered by the imagery of #4 Wildwood, the longest stop-motion animated feature ever. Set in Portland and surrounding forests, it's…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Whalefall, Tenzing & Animals
James Cameron-Wilson was kept on the edge of his seat by the survival film #7 Whalefall. The tale of a scuba diver swallowed by a whale is skilfully realised…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: The Social Reckoning, The Uprising & Unabomber
James Cameron-Wilson missed #1 Other Mommy with Jessica Chastain. But he was smitten with #5 The Social Reckoning, written and directed by The West Wing's…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Verity, Digger & Her Private Hell
James Cameron-Wilson found #1 Verity ridiculously enjoyable but for all the wrong reasons. Yet another Colleen Hoover adaptation, staring Anne Hathaway and…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Heart of the Beast, Sense and Sensibility, The Misanthrope & The Runner
James Cameron-Wilson is amazed by the buoyancy of the box office, boosted by a mildly-revised Avengers: Endgame at #1 which cinemagoers may be mistaken in…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Shaun the Sheep - The Beast of Mossy Bottom, Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger, Sexy Beast & The Whisper Man
With box office buoyant, James Cameron-Wilson is delighted by #3 Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom, perhaps the funniest of Aardman's animated Shaun…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Practical Magic 2, Pressure, Obsession & Mayday
James Cameron-Wilson thought the belated #1 Practical Magic 2 with Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock akin to a mediocre syrupy episode of the old TV show…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: The Death of Robin Hood, Coyote vs. Acme & I Want Your Sex
National Cinema Weekend reduced UK box office take, says James Cameron-Wilson. With Spider-Man and Odyssey still at the top, The Death of Robin Hood limped in…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: The Dog Stars, One Night Only & The Peter Sellers Centenary Collection
While Spider-Man and The Odyssey battle it out for top spot, James Cameron-Wilson reviews #5 The Dog Stars. Made with Ridley Scott's usual visual aplomb, this…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Mutiny, Tony & Mother Mary
Spider-man and The Odyssey are still leading the box office, says James Cameron-Wilson. At #8 is Jason Statham's latest thriller, Mutiny. He plays a bodyguard…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: The End of Oak Street, Sunny Dancer & Big Chicken - A Fast Food Conspiracy
James Cameron-Wilson thought #3 The End of Oak Street, in which a suburban family find themselves battling dinosaurs, daft as a brush. Despite unconvincing…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: The Last House, Lesvia & Copenhagen
Spider-Man and The Odyssey continue to dominate the box office, says James Cameron-Wilson. On only in Picturehouse cinemas is the French/Luxembourgish film…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Spiderman - Brand New Day, Couture & Laurel and Hardy silents
James Cameron-Wilson is delighted by a 155% surge in UK box office with #1 Spiderman: Brand New Day scooping up £36.4m in its opening weekend. With giddying…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Animal Farm, The Dink & Elize–Shadow of a Woman
James Cameron-Wilson is impressed that the Odyssey is so popular that it took almost the same in its second weekend as its first. He was initially infuriated…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: The Odyssey, Heartstopper Forever & Enola Holmes 3
James Cameron-Wilson says that #1 The Odyssey helped box office soar 86% despite hot weather and The World Cup. However, opinions are divided. Those who have…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Moana, Rosebush Pruning & Oh! What a Lovely War
James Cameron-Wilson says that cinemas are suffering from the heat, Wimbledon and the World Cup with box office down 31%. He wasn't keen on #1, the live action…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Minions & Monsters, The Invite, StudioCanal's 40th Anniversary Release of Highlander
James Cameron-Wilson reluctantly returns for more of those yellow mischief-makers in #2's 'Minions & Monsters', which provides kids with a quick snapshot of…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Supergirl, Blue Heron, Voicemails for Isabelle & In the Hand of Dante
James Cameron-Wilson thought he was in for a treat with #2 Supergirl, starring Milly Alcock. But it is disappointingly tedious, with lots of fighting and…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Toy Story 5, Virginia Woolf's Night & Day, Office Romance
James Cameron-Wilson says that, despite the heatwave, box office was up 72%, thanks to #1 Toy Story 5. Maintaining the franchise's fantastic quality, it is…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Disclosure Day, Tuner & Over Your Dead Body
James Cameron-Wilson was intrigued but not overly excited by #1 Disclosure Day, Steven Spielberg's first sci-fi film since Ready Player One. Emily Blunt plays…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Scary Movie, Savage House & Remarkably Bright Creatures
James Cameron-Wilson found #1, the horror spoof Scary Movie shouty and exhausting, emerging despairing for humanity. The brief trailer, however, is quite…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Backrooms, Power Ballad & Ladies First
James Cameron-Wilson is rather mystified by the success of #1 Backrooms, with Chewitel Ejiofor. A horror film based on a web series, it baffled James, unaware…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Star Wars – The Mandalorian and Grogu, Finding Emily, Hen & The Wizard of the Kremlin
After watching #1 Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, James Cameron-Wilson says he's exhausted by all these fantasy franchises. The effects are impressive…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: The Christophers, Life Hack & Trace of Stones
James Cameron-Wilson urges us to see #7 The Christophers, Steven Soderbergh's virtual two-hander with Ian McKellan and Michaela Coel. About the children of a…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: The Sheep Detectives, Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard & Soft and Die My Love
James Cameron-Wilson finds #3 The Sheep Detectives a bit of a curate's egg. An anthropomorphic fantasy, families will take the astonishingly animated sheep to…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: The Devil Wears Prada 2, Primavera, The Plastic Detox & Greenland 2: Migration
James Cameron-Wilson says that #1 The Devil Wears Prada 2 has taken 85% of the first film's total in just 3 days. Meryl Streep, Stanley Tucci, Emily Blunt and…
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The Business of Film: Michael, Apex & Roommates
James Cameron-Wilson says that Michael's £11.5m opening was 68% of the weekend take. It's the biggest opening for a musical biopic but, under Antoine Fuqua's…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Lee Cronin's The Mummy, Kiss of Spider Woman & Thrash
Not a great week. James Cameron-Wilson found Lee Cronin’s 'The Mummy', #4, an OTT, grotesque blend of Egyptian frolics and Exorcist-like demonic possession…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: You, Me & Tuscany, California Schemin', Outcome & The President's Cake
James Cameron-Wilson found the romcom #7 You, Me & Tuscany implausible, clichéd and derivative dross. However, he adored #9 California Schemin', a true story…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: The Drama, Two Women and Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
James Cameron-Wilson says box office has jumped 113% with the release of Super Mario Galaxy Movie but he opted to go to #3 The Drama, with Robert Pattinson and…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: The Magic Faraway Tree, They Will Kill You & Man on the Run
James Cameron-Wilson found #2, the Enid Blyton fantasy The Magic Faraway Tree, to be a charmless, farcical misfire. With Claire Foy and Andrew Garfield, it is…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Project Hail Mary, Ready or Not 2 – Here I Come & Peaky Blinders – The Immortal Man
James Cameron-Wilson reports box office up 102% with #1 the Ryan Gosling sci-fi film Project Hail Mary. From the writers of The Martian, he plays a science…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Reminders of Him, How to Make a Killing & the Oscars
James Cameron-Wilson laments box office down 32%. #2 Reminders of Him, a Colleen Hoover adaptation, is complete trash and yet, predictable though it is, it has…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Hoppers, The Bride! and Mr. Nobody Against Putin
James Cameron-Wilson is delighted by #1 Hoppers from Pixar. A sci-fi film with a theme of connectivity to the natural world, it's vastly entertaining and…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Scream 7, The Testament of Ann Lee & Come See Me In The Good Light
James Cameron-Wilson is not a fan of #1 Scream 7, despite the return of Neve Campbell. He didn't care for the characters, found the film nasty and thought it…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Cold Storage; Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die; The Perfect Neighbor
James Cameron-Wilson reports that box office is down 32%, though Wuthering Heights is still #1. #6 is the unnerving but funny horror Cold Storage. Witty, in…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Wuthering Heights, Crime 101 & Jacob the Liar
James Cameron-Wilson says that #1 Wuthering Heights, written and directed by Saltburn's Emerald Fennell, is not a close adaptation of the novel and has…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Send Help, 100 Nights of Hero & Anniversary
James Cameron-Wilson says that #1 Sam Raimi's Send Help, with Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien, the tale of a work couple being stranded on a desert island…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Shelter, Is This Thing On & The Voice of Hind Rajab
James Cameron-Wilson says the bump up of Hamnet to #1 in the charts shows the important of award nominations. The latest Jason Statham thriller, Shelter, is…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Mercy, H is for Hawk & Left-Handed Girl
James Cameron-Wilson can't recall another week where the top six UK films are all holdovers, with The Housemaid returning to #1. #9 is the ironically-titled…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: 28 Years Later – The Bone Temple, Rental Family & The Rip
James Cameron-Wilson says that #1 28 Years Later – The Bone Temple deserves its 18 certificate as you will need a strong constitution. Starring Ralph Fiennes…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Hamnet, The Tank, Goodbye June, The Family Plan 2
James Cameron-Wilson is impressed that The Housemaid has risen to the top spot. #2 is the quintessentially British movie Hamnet, despite Irish leads (Paul…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: The Housemaid, Marty Supreme, Anaconda & Song Sung Blue
James Cameron-Wilson reports that 2025 was the best box office year for movies since the pandemic. With the new Avatar still #1, #2 is The Housemaid, a…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: James Cameron-Wilson on 2025's winners and his favourites
After a quick rundown of what's leading the UK box office in the run-up to Christmas, James Cameron-Wilson takes Simon Rose through the films that made the…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Ella McCay, Train Dreams and Wake Up Dead Man
James Cameron-Wilson says that box office is down 40% again, even though #1 Zootropolis 2 has become the biggest film of the year worldwide. #18 Ella McCay is…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Eternity, Apache & Jay Kelly
James Cameron-Wilson says that box office, despite a WoW drop of 17%, is still very healthy. #5 Eternity depicts an afterlife where souls must pick their…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Zootropolis 2, Christy & Swiped
For this episode, James Cameron-Wilson is joined by Chad Kennerk, our occasional American correspondent, to discuss the news that Netflix has made an agreement…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Wicked – For Good, Nuremberg & Legend
James Cameron-Wilson says #1 Wicked: For Good's £18.9m take has boosted box office 123% but at the expense of all other movies. However, James enjoyed it much…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Now You See Me: Now You Don't, The Running Man & Alpha
James Cameron-Wilson likes #1 Now You See Me: Now You Don't as much as the first in the trilogy. Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson are joined by younger…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Predator – Badlands, The Choral & Anemone
James Cameron-Wilson's dislike of the Predator franchise isn't changed by the 9th in the series #1 Predator: Badlands which, with no human characters, bored…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Bugonia, Shelby Oaks & A House of Dynamite
James Cameron-Wilson laments that no film grossed more than £1m last weekend. He found #1 Bugonia, directed by The Favourite's Yorgos Lanthimos with Emma Stone…
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The Business of Film: Springsteen - Deliver Me From Nowhere, Regretting You, All of You & S1mOne
James Cameron-Wilson says that October could be the worst for cinema since the late 1990s, despite the high quality of many films. Docudrama #1…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Roofman, After The Hunt & The Woman In Cabin 10
James Cameron-Wilson says he can't remember when there were so many good movies in the chart. At #6 is Channing Tatum in Roofman, a true tale of a polite crook…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Tron - Ares, I Swear, The Smashing Machine, Diva & Steve
James Cameron-Wilson loved #1 Tron: Ares, the 3rd in the series. It has amazing graphics, a great score and is often very funny. He was impressed with #3 I…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: One Battle After Another, The Strangers Chapter 2 & Brides
James Cameron-Wilson raves about #1, Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn. At times baffling, it's bravura…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: A Big, Bold, Beautiful Journey, DEFA box set & The Lost Bus
James Cameron-Wilson wished he liked #6, the fantasy A Big, Bold, Beautiful Journey with Colin Farrell & Margot Robbie. It looks good but there's no chemistry…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: Downton Abbey – The Grand Finale, The Long Walk & Spinal Tap II
With box office takings on the rise, James Cameron-Wilson celebrates the arrival of Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, an exquisitely packaged producdtion with…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: The Conjuring – Last Rites, Honey Don't! & Highest 2 Lowest
James Cameron-Wilson is mystified by the success of #1 The Conjuring: Last Rites, the 9th in the series. It's the biggest horror opening ever but it is dumb…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: The Roses, Caught Stealing, Little Trouble Girls & The Thursday Murder Club
James Cameron-Wilson loved the start of beautifully-written black comedy The Roses (another remake) at #1. But he liked the characters played by Olivia Colman…
Hrkn to .. Share Radio's Film ReviewThe Business of Film: The Life of Chuck, Eddington. Night Always Comes
James Cameron-Wilson says that the top five UK films have the lowest take since 2022. #6 The Life of Chuck with Chewitel Ejiofor and Tom Hiddleston is a…