10 reasons why 1982 was a great year for geek movies

1982 films
Ryan Lambie Odd List Jul 13, 2010

1982 was a vintage year for classic films of a geek persuasion and here’s our run-down of the ten very best to prove it...

8 films that have most influenced videogames

Ryan Lambie News Apr 29, 2010

Which are the movies that have most influenced the look and feel of videogames? Here are Ryan's suggestions...

Top 10 inappropriate love affairs in film and TV

Top 10 Apr 14, 2010

Matthew picks the on-screen romances he really wishes hadn't happened...

10 classic ad-lib and off-script movie moments

Top 10 Mar 3, 2010

Not every moment of movie genius is written down in the script. Take this collection of ad-libs and off-script moments, for instance...

Top 10 movie re-edits

Play it again. Matt...
Top 10 Sep 22, 2009

Here are the films that benefited from a loving second-look in the editing suite...

Eight movies that would have made great TV shows

Weekly episodes of the imagination...
Odd List Aug 11, 2009

Money talks where blockbuster movies are concerned, but the ensuing TV spin-off can barely clear its throat...

The spaceships of Syd Mead, by Syd Mead

The Sulaco, by Syd Mead (Aliens, 1986)
News Jul 15, 2009

The design genius behind Blade Runner, Tron, Aliens and many other SF classics, tells us about the movie spaceships he has worked on...

8 big 80s movies that never got sequels - but nearly did

Top Gun
Simon Brew Odd List Jun 10, 2009

Ghostbusters 3. Wall Street 2. Tr2n. Heathers 2. The 80s is proving to be a rich source for new sequels. But which films are thus far untainted?

Top 50 movie special effects shots

Odd List Dec 29, 2008

There's more to a great visual effects shot than iconic status, and here are fifty that really paid their way...

Dude Runner: the Big Lebowski meets Blade Runner

Sometimes there's a man...
Odd List Nov 30, 2008

It's Blade Runner, but not as we know it. Is Jeffrey Lebowski up to catching replicants? Or are they nihilists...?

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