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David Somerset

Win Graham Norton’s new memoir!

To celebrate the release of Graham Norton’s new memoir The Life and Loves of a He-Devil on 23 October, we’ve got copies of the book to give away to three of our Twitter followers ahead of publication! For a chance to win, just follow @CultBoxTV on Twitter and tweet the following text: Follow @CultBoxTV and … >

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Top 5 team-up movies

With Stallone, Statham, Schwarzenegger and nearly every other action star of the past few decades reunited this summer in a third instalment in the Expendables franchise, we decided to take a look at some of Hollywood’s most impressive team-up casts.   The Expendables III (2014) Who’s in it? Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Terry … >

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Infographic: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Hacking

Norton have put together a new infographic explaining the history and dangers of hacking, based on Douglas Adams’ cult book series The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. The guide has been designed help users stay protected against hackers, using examples from the likes of Weird Science and WarGames! The first hack ever recorded was in … >

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Win a trip to Texas with ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’!

Get interactive at the cinema with Transformers: Age of Extinction and you could be off to Texas! To celebrate the UK release of Transformers: Age of Extinction, out now, Paramount Pictures has teamed up with Texas Tourism and Opodo to offer ODEON, Cineworld and Vue guests the trip of a life-time. If you’re heading to … >

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The best and worst US remakes of British TV shows

With Broadchurch’s American remake, Gracepoint, drawing ever closer to its US premiere, we look at some of our other TV exports. Some proved to be hits with stateside audiences, while it seems some British shows just cannot lend themselves properly to America…   The Best   The Office (2001-2003) US version: The Office – An … >

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Top 5 ‘Coronation Street’ moments

Nobody could have foreseen the huge success the TV soap opera Coronation Street would turn out to be when it first aired on Granada Television in December 1960. In November 2010 it officially became the longest-running TV soap opera in the world. The series is set in the fictional town of Weatherfield, which is based … >

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Sponsored video: 5 actors who’ve played Hercules

Kellan Lutz joined the long list of actor to play mythical Greek hero Hercules this year in epic origin story The Legend of Hercules, out now to download from iTunes and available on DVD and 3D Blu-ray from Monday 4 August. The new movie sees Hercules – a half-god, half-man blessed with extraordinary strength – … >

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5 movies Hollywood needs to make

Aren’t you tired of Hollywood constantly creating the same movies again and again? They are called formulas for a reason: once a single movie becomes a huge hit, all of the other movies fall in line. Here are five movies that Hollywood needs to make – and the reasons why they haven’t yet…   1. … >

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