Kenneth Branagh begins filming ‘Wallander’ Season 4

Filming has commenced on the final season of BBC One’s crime drama, Wallander. Sir Kenneth Branagh returns as Swedish detective inspector Kurt Wallander in three new 90-minute films, shooting on location in Skane, Sweden, Copenhagen, Denmark and Cape Town, South Africa. The first episode, ‘The White Lioness’, is written by James Former (Spooks) and adapted … >

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Win ‘The Exorcist’ 40th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray!

We’ve got a copy of The Exorcist 40th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray to give away to one of our Twitter followers! For a chance to win, just follow @CultBoxTV on Twitter and tweet the following text: Follow @CultBoxTV and RT for a chance to win The Exorcist 40th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray: http://ow.ly/D6buW #ExorcistCB When The Exorcist was … >

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Casino Royale

5 of the best poker scenes in movies

The game of poker has given us countless memorable moments; playing late at night, eyes bleary, Redbull at the ready as you blink at the monitor, until finally, a cinch in the armour, and the chip tower comes to you. Sweet indeed, but for even stronger thrills, we need to refer to the countless memorable … >

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Exclusive interview with ‘Doctor Who’ star Sophie Aldred

Sophie Aldred, who played ’80s companion Ace in Doctor Who, stars alongside Carol Cleveland (Monty Python), Tom Price (Torchwood) and Chase Masterson (Star Trek: Deep Space 9) in new sci-fi comedy, The Search for Simon. Out on DVD this week, The Search for Simon follows 39 year David’s search for his younger brother Simon, who, … >

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10 ways to travel in space and time in ‘Doctor Who’

While the TARDIS is quite naturally the Doctor’s favourite form of transport, he occasionally finds himself using other methods during his adventures in space and time. Ranging from exclusive to public transport, with some designed for the purpose and some disguised to conceal their true nature, this is our CultBox guide to some of the … >

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Is the Doctor in love with Clara in ‘Doctor Who’?

At the beginning, she was The Impossible Girl who appeared throughout the Doctor’s lives, splintered into multiple incarnations to save him a dozen times over. They travelled together as flirty friends in the days when the Doctor was fresh-faced, floppy-haired and full of sparkling youthful exuberance and cheeky good humour. That was then. Now, Clara … >

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Win ‘The Steven Spielberg Director’s Collection’ on Blu-ray™!

In recognition of the most influential filmmaker of our time, Steven Spielberg, Universal Pictures International Entertainment are giving two lucky winners the chance to win a collection of eight of his unforgettable films on Blu-ray™! For the first time ever a collection of eight memorable films from three-time Academy Award® winner, Steven Spielberg, has been … >

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Audio review: Big Finish’s ‘Frankenstein’

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (A Modern Prometheus) is a classic story most are aware of but few have read. This new audio release is a full cast dramatization adapted by Jonathan Barnes and directed by Scott Handcock. The adaptation is faithful to Shelley’s masterpiece (written when she was 18) and tells the story of how Victor … >

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Tom Baker

‘Doctor Who’ audio review: Big Finish’s ‘Tom Baker at 80’

Recent roles in the likes of Little Britain have demonstrated to wider public something long known by Doctor Who fans; Tom Baker is a national treasure. Now at eighty, this interview comes at the end of a third run of Fourth Doctor adventures, and hot on the heels of his fan-pleasing cameo in ‘The Day … >

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‘The Driver’ Episode 2 review

After a steady start in last week’s opener – enjoyable but pedestrian in its predictableness – the second episode zooms out of the 30mph zone with its foot down, bringing some much needed excitement to a journey that might otherwise have become tedious. Having already been party to some dodgy deals since becoming driver for … >

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