Does the future of gaming lie in micro-transactions?

Ryan Lambie

Does the future of videogames lie in selling in-game items? Some industry analysts seem to think so. We take a look at a growing trend...

Movies 15.12.2010

Why do we feel guilty about ‘guilty pleasures’?

Simon Brew

Fun is an overlooked commodity in cinema right now, particularly in the blockbuster arena, where the ground laid by the likes of The Dark Knight seems insistent on putting everyone in a bad mood

Burlesque, according to early word, is a ‘guilty pleasure’. As is Flash Gordon. As is Rocky IV. As is, it seems, most of Simon’s DVD collection. So why should he feel ‘guilty’ about it, exactly?

Hot Tub Time Machine 06.05.2010

Top 10 80s films not made in the 80s

Mark Oakley

They might not have been made in the 1980s, but here are ten movies that feel like they should have been...

Misc 11.08.2008

Stiffer than usual: Stallone in the excellent Demolition Man (1991)

Top 10 Sci-Fi Prisons

Martin Anderson

It's lights out early and mind the soap even for the old lags and lifers of the future, as we examine incredible incarcerations yet to come...

Movies 11.04.2008

The Iron Giant: a classic that needs more love

33 Movies That Deserved More Than They Got

Simon Brew

Whether they got unfair critical derision, or simply failed to find the audience they deserved, the following films are sat in a video rental store somewhere, waiting for your love...

Movies 03.05.2007