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.
Skins returns this summer with three new two-part stories, focusing on Effy, Cassie and Cook. Here we take a look back at our 10 all-time favourite Skins characters.
As Superman flies back into cinemas this summer in the form of The Tudors star Henry Cavill, we take a look back at our five favourite portrayals of the Man of Steel so far.
As you probably know, we at CultBox love TV. We also love food and coming up with Top 5 lists, so we’ve combined all these things to bring you the five TV advert stars we’d most like to invite to a dinner party.
Here we take a look at some of the most memorable Cybermen appearances.
There are so many moments of glorious awesomeness in Spartacus: War of the Damned that choosing just five hardly gets close to mentioning everything of note that takes place in the season (out this week on DVD and Blu-ray).
The Victorian Era (1837 to 1901, date fans) often receives a visit from the Doctor. There is much for the Time Lord here, with his beloved author Charles Dickens at work, as well as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.