Did Daniel Craig save the James Bond franchise?

Spectre, the latest installment in the James Bond franchise, has just been released on DVD. The rumours abound that this marks Daniel Craig’s final appearance as the world’s most famous spy even though he is reportedly contracted for one more film. The rumours have some basis. Craig’s friend, and the godfather of his oldest son, … >

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What are the cast of ‘Misfits’ doing now?

Broadcast on E4 from 2009 to 2013, sci-fi comedy-drama Misfits followed a group of young offenders on community service who gained supernatural powers after being caught in an electrical storm. Misfits ran for five seasons and, like Being Human, by the end had a completely different cast to the one it had started with. > … >

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James Bond retrospective 005: ‘You Only Live Twice’ (1967)

Arguably the Bondiest of all Bond films and the prime inspiration for practically every spy spoof that has ever spoofed, You Only Live Twice is truly the epitome of the view that ‘bigger is better’. Let’s dive in and find out… > Buy the complete James Bond collection on Blu-ray.   The plot A US … >

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5 of the most iconic moments in ‘Merlin’

The Arthurian legends are some of the greatest stories ever told and have been told and interpreted in many ways, many times. Some of the facts may have gotten lost along the way, but some key components are always essentially the same. > Buy the complete Merlin Season 1-5 boxset on Amazon. Here are five … >

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Rewind: Neil Buchanan and Tim Edmunds’ ‘Zzzap!’ revisited

In 1989, presenter Neil Buchanan and producer Tim Edmunds created a show for Children’s ITV called Art Attack, which showed kids how to make quirky and unusual things from household objects. With Art Attack being such a success, Buchanan and Edmunds were asked to create a new show for ITV in 1992. Zzzap!, first broadcast … >

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James Bond retrospective 004: ‘Thunderball’ (1965)

It’s the most financially successful James Bond film (adjusted for inflation), the second (after Goldfinger) to win an Oscar, this time for Best Visual Effects, and infamously remade as Never Say Never Again, luring Sean Connery back to the role, in 1983. AND YET. Reaction to Thunderball has always been decidedly mixed, for reasons that … >

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12 actors from Harry Potter movies who’ve been in ‘Doctor Who’

Here we take a look at some of the British actors who’ve appeared in both Harry Potter and Doctor Who…   Michael Gambon as Dumbledore and Kazran Sardick in ‘A Christmas Carol’   Zoe Wanamaker as Madam Hooch and Lady Cassandra in ‘The End of the World’ and ‘New Earth’   Toby Jones as Dobby … >

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5 of Matt Smith’s best roles outside ‘Doctor Who’

Although presented as an unknown by the press, the young Matt Smith had a fair track record our screens before taking the role of the Eleventh Doctor. Post-Doctor Who, he has already started to make waves in Hollywood. Following last year’s Terminator movie with Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) and Ryan Gosling’s Lost River, the 33-year-old … >

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