With no new Paranormal Activity movie in cinemas this Halloween (don’t worry, the fifth outing of found-footage fun is due in October 2014), we decided to pick out five of our favourite paranormal movies from the past decade.
Episodes of Doctor Who that deal with a key historical figure are often some of the highlights of any given series, with The Girl in the Fireplace, The Unquiet Dead, Vincent and the Doctor and Day of the Moon typifying this point.
Following our previous Top 5 list, here we consider which other memorable historical figures remain for the show to explore…
Episodes of Doctor Who that deal with a key historical figure, when executed well, are often some of the highlights of any given series, with ‘The Girl in the Fireplace’, ‘The Unquiet Dead’, ‘Vincent and the Doctor’ and ‘Day of the Moon’ typifying this point.
To celebrate the release of From up on Poppy Hill on DVD and Blu-ray, we’ve picked out our five favourite Studio Ghibli food scenes.
It’s been 20 years since genre giant The X Files first appeared on our screens. Over the course of nine seasons and 202 episodes the show racked up an impressive number of guest appearances by established actors, as well as a very high hit rate of then-unknowns who would go on to much greater things.
This month marks 20 years since The X-Files first aired. To celebrate, we’re taking a look back at five of our favourite bad guys…
The X-Files was a pretty integral part of my school days. Watching the episode was just as important as talking about it the next day. An incredibly unique piece of television, there has really been nothing quite like it, although you can certainly see its influence in many modern cult procedural shows like Supernatural and Fringe.
When it comes to theme songs, nobody does it better than James Bond… 5. ‘A View to a Kill’ (1985) WRITTEN BY JOHN BARRY AND DURAN DURAN • PERFORMED BY DURAN DURAN The only Bond theme to top the American Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, ‘A View to a Kill’ is so ridiculously superior … >
The UK’s recent hankering for a down-to-earth but idiosyncratic television detective is rooted deeply in our love for Scandinavian mystery dramas, or ‘Nordic noir’ as it is now dubbed. Some of these sleuths have been on our tellies far longer than others but each are all quintessentially British from the tea-sipping Miss Marple to the heavily patriotic Christopher Foyle.
As StudioCanal continue their ongoing plan to release the entire Studio Ghibli catalogue in high definition on Blu-ray, we celebrate this week’s release of Kiki’s Delivery Service and Grave of the Fireflies with a look at our five favourite underrated Ghibli movies.