Our 10 favourite things in ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’

There are so many brilliant moments in Star Wars: The Force Awakens that it’s hard to compile a list of the best bits, but here are some of our favourite things in the movie… > Pre-order The Force Awakens on Amazon.   10. The Millennium Falcon Yes, the Millennium Falcon was back (last seen in … >

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Should we see River Song again in ‘Doctor Who’?

Unless you’ve really gone a bit over the top with your spoiler-avoidance, you’ll know that the most recent Doctor Who Christmas special featured the return of Professor River Song after an absence of more than two years. Now that you’ve *hopefully* seen the episode there’s undoubtedly still some questions left to answer. Such as, most … >

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Movies of the 1950s revisited

The 1950s was a decade known for the increased choice of leisure time activities, the rise of modern jazz, drive-ins, the rise of fast food restaurants, a baby boom, the advent of television, and the rise of drive-in theatres among many other. There were over 4,000 outdoor screens in the late ’50s. In these years … >

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The legacy of ‘Little Britain’

It’s thirteen years since Little Britain hit our screens with its outrageous brand of humour. Always shocking, defiantly funny, and endlessly quotable, the BBC comedy series from David Walliams and Matt Lucas has become part of the national landscape, even inspiring Russian and American versions. As well as Carol Beer telling everybody that her ‘computer … >

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5 of the best movies about outsiders

‘It’s hard out here for a geek’ says Dope‘s tagline, and that’s sure to resonate with anyone who’s ever felt like an outsider, or sympathised with one on the big screen. In Dope, out on DVD this week, it’s is a love of 90’s hip-hop that leaves Malcolm and his friends Diggy and Jib being … >

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Top 10 audio releases from Big Finish in 2015

As 2015 comes to a close, we’ve picked out ten of our favourite new titles from Big Finish over the past 12 months. We’ll be counting down our highlights from the main Doctor Who range in a separate list, but 2015 has been a spectacular year for Big Finish’s other properties and we’d highly recommend … >

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Our ‘Doctor Who’ Awards 2015 winners revealed

2015 is clutching its chest, leaning on the TARDIS console and starting to glow at its fingertips. Any minute now, 2016’s a-comin’. Or, if you’re reading this a few days in the future, it’s already here, shiny and vaguely bewildered and not quite fitting into its clothes. Just like most of us post-Christmas, then. Either … >

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Did ‘Cuffs’ deserve a second season?

So Cuffs, BBC One’s cop drama set in Brighton, will not be renewed for a second season. The official line (as always) is that the BBC are “proud” of the show, but they are seeking to make way for new programmes. It’ll be interesting to see what the next attempt to fill the mid-week early-evening … >

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