The new Barbie movie is a smart and satirical live-action reboot scripted by the best writing team in Hollywood. From the surreal Barbie...

The Witches misses a few spells, but Anne Hathaway's game performance might be enough to bewitch fans of this Roald Dahl tale.

Muppets Most Wantedpacks in enough clever gags, catchy songs, and celebrity cameos to satisfy fans of all ages.

Our Actor of the Week is Michael Gambon - aka Professor Dumbledore! - but maybe you know him as Uncle Pastuzo?

Best Actress of her generation? Very well could be! And she has the awards to prove it. It's the amazing Meryl Streep!

Worst-possible moment Many stories build up to a climax. Often, this is a moment where it looks like all is lost. Writing a...

Clever Connectives A connective is a word that links two words or phrases together. Changing the connective can change the meaning of a...

Brilliant Beginnings All good stories need an opening - something to capture the reader's attention and set the scene. The opening...

Stewart, Nina, Myles, Sophie, Isabella & Emily work through Lesson 2. Plot types There are lots of different types of story, from funny...

What if? - Lesson 1 in putting together a Marvellous Plot!

We need some actors to help with our reading of Fantastic Mr. Fox...

A look at some of the works by Roald Dahl.

Our Actor of the Week is the deadpan master Bill Murray