Having followed with interest at your ‘looking back at the year’ columns with everything relevant to the area, I then turned to your cinema page to read about movies from the year.

It started well, with a rundown of the biggest moneymakers and then I got to the reviewer’s top ten.

I then became confused as, apart from the four blockbusters listed, the other titles, I’m quite sure, were never released in this area. I would like to know in which cinema the critic saw these films, not that I’m saying they are not good. My point, therefore, is that the top ten should be compiled from films which have been actually shown in your readership area and from which other local moviegoers can relate to as having possibly seen for themselves.

I seem to recall that your previous year’s top ten was the same with mostly titles not on general realease.

Michael Lee, Address supplied

• Editor’s note: Although the top ten films were selected on a national basis, most are available on DVD should anyone unable to view them at the cinema wish to see them now.