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David Lewis

The Dark Knight rises… in ‘South Park’

Anyone who thought Batman was really the billionaire playboy philanthropist Bruce Wayne has been deluding themselves for too long. As this trailer for the forthcoming movie shows, the Dark Knight’s secret identity is actually Eric Cartman, while the big baddie who blitzes Gotham is more of a Butters than a Bane…

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James Bond rewatch: ‘Live and Let Die’

001. The story Armed with a novelty watch, some flyaway flares and a volatile eyebrow, Roger Moore finds himself in a 1973 blaxploitation pastiche, trying to stop a corrupt Caribbean dictator called Dr Kananga and a Harlem gangster named Mr Big flooding the USA with cheap heroin. After sneakily seducing soothsayer Solitaire via some sleight-of-hand … >

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‘A whole video devoted to the rainbow sponge’

Public Access Television in America basically means that anybody can make their own show about anything. There’s no limit, no exceptions and – of course – no quality control. So, if some enthusiastically demented lady in an outsized Federation uniform from Star Trek: The Motion Picture wants to make ‘a whole video devoted to the … >

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Patrick Troughton on the New Jersey Network

Whilst trying to ignore the directions from off-camera and the stilted embarrassment of trying to fill a few minutes before an episode of Doctor Who on the New Jersey Network in 1986, ex-Time Lord Patrick Troughton slags off Colin Baker – ‘He’s a bit overweight … he’s going on the non-fat milk’ – and explains … >

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‘Straight Up’: Just say no

Drugs and alcohol are bad for you, kids. Under ordinary circumstances, CultBox would wholeheartedly recommend – in the words of Ronald Reagan and the cast of Grange Hill in the 1980s – that you Just Say No. However, after viewing this clip, it’s highly likely that some form of recreational stimulant will be required. When … >

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