Alex Westthorp, Author at Film Stories

Putting Doctor Who on the big screen: the Peter Cushing films

The story of the planned Doctor Who trilogy of movies of the 1960s - and why we ultimately only got two of them....

An approach was made to J R R Tolkien for the film rights to Lord Of The Rings, in a version to star The Beatles - here's the story, and how it...

A look back at the cinema of one of the UK's best ever comedy double acts: Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise....

A much-loved children's television favourite that's being lined up for a Netflix reboot, we look at what makes Maid Marian & Her Merry Men so...

31 Carry On movies have been made to date, with regular stories about more on the way - but there are many that never got to the screen....

Since the late 1960s, there have been many attempts to bring Doctor Who back to the big screen - and some got a little closer than others....