A double-helping of Tom Baker-flavoured electro-pop excitement in a single YouTube video. First up, the instrumental version of the Human League’s b-side tribute to the toothy Time Lord from 1981. That’s all very well, of course, but the main part (and if you want to skip past Phil Oakey’s synthery to get to it immediately, … >
Dr Sheldon Cooper, master japer of The Big Bang Theory, always presages or follows his hilarious gags with a single codeword that signifies merriment should take place. Which word, you ask? Well…
Fans of the original Back to the Future movies hanker for a fourth film like Biff Tannen craves something stronger than light beer. A corner of their hearts will always resemble the Cafe ‘80s in BTTF2 – ‘where it’s always morning in America, even in the afternoon’ – and nothing would delight them more than … >
William Shatner’s recent stint in the host’s chair on Have I Got News for You was not his first appearance in a British TV production. Back in the 1990s, he and James Doohan – Scotty – were seduced by the corporate dollar of the company that had earlier ensnared Peter Purves for advertising purposes: National … >
Times were clearly hard at MI6 during the 1990s. M had to make endless series of As Time Goes By, James Bond had to pretend to be a rich playboy committing audacious art heists and even Miss Moneypenny had to appear in an episode of Inspector Morse to make ends meet. Hit hardest of all, … >
‘Interaction’ has been the buzzword of modern media ever since somebody realised that user-generated content was cheap and effective, but CultBox honestly never thought that Tippex, the popular correcting fluid, would be a forerunner in the next stage of our digital evolution: interactive YouTube videos. We were completely wrong, of course. Find out what happens … >
The shot of a guy slapping a soft drinks dispenser to obtain his can of Irn Bru, only to be nutted by said machine in return, is one of the most enduring British advertising images of the late 1980s. In fact, the fizzy ginger drink from Scotland has been publicised by a succession of brilliant … >
The guy who plays music on his floppy disk drives – this is not a euphemism, CultBoxed newcomers – has been at it again. This time, he’s turned his mechanical musical madness to Game of Thrones, turning the stately sound of Ramin Djawadi’s opening theme into something from Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music – and … >
It’s a bit hit-and-miss in places, but there are still enough LOLs in this inventive mash-up of the Star Wars franchise and The Mighty Boosh to make it worthwhile. Anything that includes Darth Vader turning his back on an Imperial officer in the style of the appropriately-named Naboo and Bob Fossil having a pop at … >
When buying anything from a megalomaniac überbastard, James Bond needs to know his man is up to speed with modern technology. Happily, Christopher Walken’s Max Zorin is clearly something of a computer whizz…