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Clint Eastwood is excellent as the veteran secret service agent Frank Horrigan, doing everything he can to try to prevent a second presidential assassination on his watch. John Malcovich makes for a memorably creepy villain and his goading calls to Horrigan throughout the film are well done. It's a little long but keeps the tension throughout and there's good support too from Renee Russo and Dylan McDermott as Horrigan's secret service colleagues.

This is one of the best things on British tv as English cricketing hero Andrew (Freddie) Flintoff takes on the challenge of introducing young people in deprived areas to the game of cricket, transforming lives in the process. It helps of course that there is a sporting superstar and the BBC behind this project but it truly shames uk governments of the past of all colours by showing what can be achieved if only proper attention and funding is directed towards good youth projects as opposed to the cancer of austerity. This isn't really about cricket, that's just a vehicle to improve the youngsters lives. Through three seasons so far Freddie meets some fabulous kids and he and the team help them to achieve their potential and to develop as young people. Season one starts in Freddie's home town of Preston, season two takes in a tour of India and season three, the best so far, takes us to Bootle, Blackpool and Manchester. We meet some wonderful young people along the way many of whom get their first real chance in life. It's moving and inspiring tv. Perhaps a useless uk politician could watch this and become less useless in the process and fund these kind of projects across the country? Now that would be inspiring.

Having just watched this film at the cinema for the second time, the first occasion being 50 years ago, I have to say that it has stood up pretty well to the passage of time. Spielberg has stated that "it's about the shark" in response to many other reviews and it does still work as a monster movie thriller with some fabulous tension filmed scenes enhanced by the magnificent John Williams score. For me personally though the interaction of the three leads is a major part of the movie's greatness. Roy Scheider is perfect as the concerned police chief Brody with Richard Dreyfuss convincing as geeky shark expert Hooper. From the first moment of his entrance in the movie however Robert Shaw steels the show with a towering performance as Quint the professional shark hunter and his early conflict with Hooper and their evolving relationship is superbly delivered. Spielberg's direction is flawless and builds huge tension from the simplest of shots such as two yellow barrels travelling towards the Orcha, or a zoomed close up of Brody's face. There's a now iconic shot too of the Orcha sailing out on its mission framed by the jaws of a shark. This may be a film made 50 years ago with a rubber shark but it still delivers real thrills and plenty of entertainment along the way.