WE are having a monumental time at the moment, the films are astounding and going down really well too.

Paddington has been a real hit and, of course, Eddie Redmayne has won his Golden Globe for Best Actor in The Theory of Everything and continues to get excellent audiences.

There are more films waiting on the sidelines to get into our schedule, but they are likely to have to wait a little longer before they make it onto our screens.

Taken 3 has “taken” some good audiences on an action trip mixed with the thriller we expect as well.

Into the Woods has similarly gone down exceptionally well.

This is shaping up to be a really good season of films.

Quality films always go down well here and we have some of those coming up with the Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (lots of British actors) and Kingsman: The Secret Service is interesting with Colin Firth and Samuel L Jackson.

For young people (young and old), Big Hero 6 is out at the end of the month, Shaun the Sheep will be along in February, Selma, about the civil rights march in America, is also out in February.

The Interview has had a lot of publicity as they have decided to release next month, but as it was released online last month we are unsure whether it will have commercial success in cinemas anymore.

Things are so good at the moment. We are looking to recruit more staff.

Films we have watched this week are Taken 3 and Into the Woods. Taken 3 is an extension to the franchise and some might say it is a little too far or just too far-fetched.

I really enjoyed it from the start, though I got the twist pretty early on and some of the stunts were worthy of an early James Bond.

The interplay of characters was good with Liam Neeson in the set-up role as Bryan Mills with Forest Whitaker’s character playing the “straight bat” detective Franck Dotzler who follows the evidence.

There are some holes in the plot and the script, but I have to say it is an enjoyable action film as long as there is suspension of disbelief.

I wondered if there is room for a slight change of direction for the characters to change where Franck Dotzler becomes the lead character or perhaps Bryan Mills and he co-operate in future – well Liam Neeson is a little more mature now.

We also watched Into the Woods with a stellar cast. The story is from the musical by Stephen Sondheim which has several of the Brothers Grimm fairytales coming together in the same story.

We have Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and Cinderella with others I can’t say I recognised. The mix was of music and spoken with absolutely excellent performances throughout.

The singing is in a very stage musical-style. Meryl Streep was excellent as you might expect, James Corden as the Baker was also the narrator and he played his part brilliantly.

Emily Blunt played his wife and we didn’t expect what happened to her, but it is a Grimm Fairy Tale so perhaps we should have.

Cinderella was played by Anna Kendrick and was super in the part. Chris Pine played Prince Charming.

It was really difficult to place Tracey Ullman who plays Jack’s grumpy mother as I knew I recognised her, but hadn’t seen her since Three of a Kind.

All in all, Into the Woods is a very enjoyable mixture of stories, songs and spectacular settings – oh and brilliant costumes.

Films continuing this week: Taken 3 (12A and number one in the top 10) continues for another week.

Paddington (PG and number five in the top 10) stays for weekends only now.

The Theory of Everything (12A and number three in the top 10) plays for another week at least. Into The Woods (PG and number two) continues for another week.

Testament of Youth (12A), which is the story of a British woman who recalls the coming of age during the First World War, joins our schedule from this coming Friday.

Live stage productions After NT Live: Treasure Island (12A) on Thursday, January 22, the ROH Live production of the Opera Andrea Chenier (12A) on Thursday, January 29, and next month we have RSC Live: Love’s Labour’s Lost (12A) set in the summer of 1914 and dedicating themselves to a life of study, the King and his friends take an oath to avoid the company of women for three years – but then the Princess of France and her ladies-in-waiting arrive. Shakespeare’s sparkling comedy mischievously suggests that the highest of all academic endeavours is the study of the opposite sex.

Only at the end of the play is the merriment curtailed as the lovers agree to spend time apart, unaware that the world around them is about to be transformed by war. We still have plenty of good seats in all parts on Wednesday, February 11.

Also next month we have ROH Live Opera: Der fliegende Hollander on February 24, at 7pm. In Der fliegende Hollander The Flying Dutchman has been cursed for eternity. Once every seven years he is allowed to come ashore to seek redemption.

This has some seats available at the front at the time of writing.