How right wing are the politics of The Dark Knight Rises?

Everything is political. J.R.R. Tolkien famously said that the Lord of the Rings books were a linguistic exercise, and that any attempt to view them as a political one was doomed to fail. These are stories where power is a … Read More

How to avoid Breaking Bad spoilers (by using our spoiler button)

As Breaking Bad enters its final stretch, fans are clamouring to find out what happens to Walter White, Jesse, Skyler and Hank. Except for one specific group of fans: the ones who aren’t up to date yet.

Halfway through Season … Read More

Why Netflix UK is better than Netflix US

Every time we talk to people about video on-demand, we always get told the same thing: “Netflix in the UK? It’s not the same asin the US…”

That’s true. In fact, it’s better. At least, it is when it comes … Read More

Breaking Bad: The 12 Step Programme

As the final eight episodes of Breaking Bad Season Five arrive on Netflix UK – just 24 hours after their US broadcast – we chart Walter White’s journey from chemistry teacher to drug kingpin Heisenberg in 12 simple steps. (Warning: … Read More

The Nic Cage Hair Salon

As Cage Week draws to a close, we give you the chance to play with the most unpredictable thing about this most unpredictable of actors: his hair. Give Nicolas Cage a hair transplant with our Nic Cage hair salon.
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Up all night to get Chucky – a live tweet VOD marathon

Have you ever seen a Chucky film? Chris Blohm hasn’t. So, with only a couple of weeks to go until Curse of Chucky premieres at this year’s FrightFest – tickets are still available here – the daft punk has taken … Read More

(Almost) every Nic Cage film on VOD ranked in order of least rubbishness

Everyone knows that there are Nicolas Cage films… and there are Nicolas Cage Films. But how do you know which is which? And how you can see them? We present a list of (almost) every Nicolas Cage film ranked in … Read More

Top 11 Nic Cage moments

It’s impossible to have a week dedicated to Nicolas Cage without remembering some of his finest moments of Nic Cage-ness.

From his obsession with filing to his table-flipping skills, here are the best Nic Cage moments from the big screen:

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Pitch Perfect: 3 plot ideas for Face/Off sequels

It remains one of life’s great tragedies that there has never been a sequel to Face/Off.

Rivalled only by The Vampire’s Kiss for sheer bonkers Cageness, John Woo’s action film raised all kinds of questions about science, national security and … Read More

Who is Peter Capaldi? 10 things you can watch online to get to know the new Doctor

Photo: RANKIN (BBC Pictures)

“Come the fuck in or fuck the off.”

Those are the words everyone wants Peter Capaldi’s new Doctor to say as he welcomes his new companion into the TARDIS. Everyone, that is, who has seen The … Read More