Spider-Man on the PlayStation 4 was definitely one of 2108’s best games True, there was stiff competition from the likes of God of War and Red Dead Redemption 2, but there perhaps wasn’t a more thrilling gaming moment all year than gracefully swinging around the skyscrapers of New York. The game was also filled with little nods […]

7 years ago

Liam Neeson is going to rap the theme song Men In Black is great. A slick, fast-paced blockbuster, with Will Smith at his peak-movie star charm, which is effortlessly rewatchable. Men In Black II, however, was pretty awful. And Men In Black III – damn, I forgot that film ever came out. Anyway, no franchise ever really […]

7 years ago

Witchcraft Tottenham Hotspur’s new ground has been beset a series of delays. Originally due to be ready for Spur’s second home game of the season against Liverpool in September, they have instead played fixtures at Wembley Stadium, and even an EFL Cup game in Milton Keynes. The team is finally set to play their first game at their new […]

7 years ago

The boss is back WWE’s flagship show Monday Night Raw has been in somewhat of a crisis in recent weeks – the ratings have been in a downward spiral, and fans have been quick to criticize the show’s confusing booking decisions. It is especially noticeable since the so-called ‘B-show’ SmackDown has been killing it recently, with Becky Lynch […]

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DVRs at the ready It has become a bit of a Christmas tradition for Film4 to do a season of Studio Ghibli movies over the festive period. They seem to do it every year now, and it is always a welcome present. Christmas is all about eating and watching loads of films, and the work […]

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Fifteen years ago last month, a seemingly-unremarkable Will Ferrell comedy was released The next summer, Anchorman would make him arguably the biggest comedy leading man of the 2000s. But back in November 2003 when Elf first hit cinemas, he was still mostly known for his impressions of George W Bush on Saturday Night Live and supporting roles […]

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“At some stage, your own pride has got to kick in as a professional footballer” Manchester United’s iffy start to the season has been well documented, with many placing the blame at the feet of manager Jose Mourinho. United place just sixth in the table, eight points off a Champions League spot, and there have […]

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How many hours did you spend practicing that? Ah, the well-worked free kick routine. One of the pure joys of football. Just like Hannibal from The A-Team used to say, don’t you just love it when a plan comes together? All that work on the training ground, the little nods to each other, the sheer […]

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The flag featured an SS Totenkopf symbol A photograph has emerged that appears to show travelling Chelsea fans holding a flag with Nazi imagery on it before of the side’s Europa League tie against MOL Vidi on Thursday. The flag, which referenced the infamous Chelsea Headhunters hooligan firm, was held up outside a bar in […]

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The End Of The F**cking World was one of the surprise TV hits of 2017 The Netflix/Channel 4 seemingly came out of nowhere to become one of the most talked about shows of last year. A short, sharp, punk rock blackly-comic drama about two teens on the run, it was exactly the sort of exciting […]

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Who’s that playing Boris Johnson? While 2018 might be incredibly trying to live through, at least we can think “Wow, this will make a great movie in twenty years’ time.” Well, since we might all die in a US-North Korea nuclear war or the climate change apocalypse, we might not actually get around to that […]

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Not saying that whole world is laughing at us, but… Last week was a rather quiet week for Theresa May, with her only having to deal with the anger from of her postponing the Brexit deal vote, then having 117 of her MPS vote against her in a no confidence vote, and then having a squabble […]

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Is this Gina’s replacement? Brooklyn Nine-Nine returns next month, with the cop sitcom moving to its new home of NBC. After being saved from cancellation, the new network are making a big song and dance about the new season. Last week, we got an absolutely brilliant Die Hard-themed trailer.  Now we have another promo, giving us a […]

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Ok, this is a random one When you think of the traditional animated Christmas specials, the old familiar names come up. The Snowman. How The Grinch Stole Christmas. Charlie Brown. There’s a new name to add to that list: The Predator. Yes, really. The race of murderous aliens have previously stalked Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny Glover and Adrian Brody, […]

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Advertising will no longer be able to depict men and woman in gender-stereotypical roles New rules from the Advertising Standards Authority are set to end sexist stereotypes in UK adverts. Under the new code, scenes like women being unable to do DIY or being bad drivers, or men not knowing how to change a nappy, […]

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Can a cake be iconic? Yes, we say it can. And this cake is definitely one that will live in our hearts. The season five episode of The Simpsons ‘Lady Bouvier’s Lover’ opens with Maggie’s first birthday. Marge bakes a cake for her – but also in order to prevent the inevitable, she also makes […]

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The new animated movie Spider-Man: Into The Spider Verse captures everything that makes the wall-crawler the only superhero that really matters “Anyone can wear the mask. That was our mantra.” Into The Spider-Verse’s co-director Bob Persichetti has a point. Superman is Clark Kent just without the glasses. Bruce Wayne’s distinctive chin is clearly visible when he’s […]

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All lovingly rendered in beautiful pixel art Stranger Things 3 is coming soon, and the hype train is now in full flow. But alongside the trailers, posters and other nuggets of info, a pretty cool spin-off has been revealed: The official Stranger Things 3 video game. The trailer made its debut at the 2018 Game […]

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Buff Sonic is not something we need Ok, so there is a Sonic The Hedgehog movie coming soon. But not an animated movie, like you might think. Not a version of Kung Fu Panda or Madagascar, but with Knuckles and Tails. That makes too much sense. No, instead, we are getting a live action Sonic […]

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It has been an utterly disastrous few years for Sunderland Earlier this year, Amazon released Manchester City: All or Nothing, a fly-on-the-wall documentary about how City won the 2018 Premier League title. While it did give fans a look behind the scenes at workings of a top flight football club (albeit a rather PR-controlled look), […]

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Some customers have been offered only 87p in compensation On Thursday, mobile network O2’s data services went down, leaving millions of customers unable to access their 4G. On Saturday, the network contacted its customers who had been affected. They offered “two days of monthly airtime subscription charges by the end of January” for pay monthly […]

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Spidey is getting a new costume At the end of Avengers: Infinity War, things didn’t look too good for Peter Parker, as he slowly turned into dust (I mean, spoilers, but it was the biggest film of the year, and has been absolutely meme’d to death, so you almost definitely know what happens by now). But […]

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If the trailer is this funny, just think how good the new series will be Brooklyn Nine Nine returns next month, with the cop sitcom moving to its new home of NBC. After being saved from cancellation, we needed something big to mark the occasion. And this new trailer definitely does not disappoint. A long-running […]

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Warning – this is not for the squeamish On Saturday, West Ham United came from behind to beat Crystal Palace 3-2. The victory over their London rivals cemented the Hammers’ change in fortunes and took them into the top half of the table, having started the season with four consecutive loses. However, not everything went […]

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Will Far Cry 6 have a post-apocalyptic theme? Out of nowhere, Ubisoft has announced that new a Far Cry game is coming. The proper reveal will come at Thursday night’s 2018 Game Awards, but before then, they have revealed this mysterious trailer. It starts out on a shot of a barn, which somewhat resembles the rural […]

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Tom Cruise is the hero we need right now Ok, there are lot of reasons to find issue with Tom Cruise. There’s all the Scientology stuff, obviously. And then there is the whole jumping on Oprah’s couch. And the fact he doesn’t age, like, at all. But then there’s also a lot of reasons to […]

7 years ago

The saga continues Netflix has confirmed that Narcos: Mexico will return for a second series. The announcement was made via a new video, which didn’t include any new footage or anything, but instead just had clips from season one intercut with all the good reviews the show got. Whereas the original Narcos series focused on the violent […]

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Totally worth it A false panic went around the internet this week. People were mistakenly reporting that Friends was leaving UK Netflix at the end of year. It was completely not true, don’t worry, but it showed how important the 90s sitcom is to the streaming giant. The One Where Friends is Going Nowhere, Don't […]

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Could it possibly live up to THPS though? The Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater series is genuinely iconic. Somehow, it managed to appealed to both hardcore skate kids, and those who have never went anywhere near a halfpipe. Thing was, just rolling through the environments and trying to hit the perfect trick was just such a […]

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He will go down as a man who changed wrestling forever British wrestler Thomas Billington, better known as the Dynamite Kid, has died on his 60th birthday. Dynamite Kid had a storied career in the UK, North America and Japan, but he will be best remembered as one half of the 1980s WWF tag team […]

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It looks set to be announced at the 2018 Game Awards After what seems like years of rumours and speculation, a remake of Crash Team Racing looks set to be announced very soon. PlayStation Access channel manager Hollie Bennett tweeted that she’d been sent something very mysterious ahead of this week’s 2018 Game Awards. She […]

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We’re getting a massive shot of new Luther to start the new year It has been almost three years since Detective Chief Inspector John Luthor last graced our screens. The Idris Elba-starring cop show has been one of the best British dramas of recent years, with Elba’s no holds barred performance helping to create a […]

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So. Much. Meat. Christmas without pigs-in-blankets just would not be Christmas. You can debate for hours about what the true meaning of Christmas is, but I think we all know that a vital part of celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ is wrapping one pork product in another pork product. Traditionally, pigs-in-blanket tend to be […]

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Get in the festive spirit So it is now December, which means you can officially get Christmassy. The ugly Christmas jumper has become an Xmas staple in recent years, with it even being used to raise money for a good cause. It has kind of gotten to the point though where people are buying ‘ironic’ […]

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Messi didn’t even break the top three Monday night signaled the end of an era, as for the first time since 2007 someone not called Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi won the Ballon d’Or. Real Mardrid’s Luka Modric picked up the award instead. The Croatian won the Champions League for the third time in a […]

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The build-up to Avengers 4 continues Everyone in the world is waiting for the fourth Avengers film, which will finally conclude the shocking cliffhanger from Infinity War.But before that, we have the Brie Larson-starring Captain Marvel. We’ve already gotten one trailer for the film, but the second promo just dropped, and its given us a […]

7 years ago

It has been reported by various newspapers You might have several sensationalist stories around the internet from various UK outlets, suggesting that phrases like ‘bringing home the bacon’, ‘killing two birds with one stone’ and ‘flogging a dead horse’ could be banned in order not to offend vegans and vegetarians. Thing is, it is not […]

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He knows what it means Arsenal vs Tottenham games rarely disappoint, but Sunday afternoon gave us another fantastic 90 minutes of entertainment. It has it all: six goals, two penalties, a red card, a mass brawl… It was the first North London derby for Arsenal’s young French midfielder Matteo Guendouzi, who signed for them in […]

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Tactics Tim strikes again It was another North London Derby for the ages. Arsenal vs Tottenham games rarely disappoint, but Sunday afternoon gave us another fantastic 90 minutes of entertainment. It has it all: six goals, two penalties, a red card, a mass brawl… Patrick Aubameyang put the Gunners 1-0 up after ten minutes, but […]

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Finally, you can make them at home The oldest known reference to a Yorkshire pudding dates all the way back to 1747, and for centuries they didn’t really evolve. They were a baked pudding that you had with a roast dinner, and they were wonderful. In recent years, however, there has been an advancement in […]

7 years ago

The hero we deserve, but also the one Adam McKay needed right then Anchorman and The Big Short director Adam McKay has explained how he credits Christian Bale with saving his life. Well, sort of. Bale stars in McKay’s new film Vice, as former Vice President of the USA Dick Cheney. Cheney has suffered five […]

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King Kong ain’t got s*** on me! Denzel Washington is the sort of actor who brings real gravitas to a role. He gives powerhouse performances in movies like Malcolm X, The Hurricane and Flight. He doesn’t always play good people, but he plays people you want to believe in. Even when he does more commercial […]

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This could be very cool Despite being deemed a flop on its first release Blade Runner is now acknowledged as one of the greatest sci-fi movies of all time. Last year, three and a half decades after it first cinemas, we finally got a sequel in the shape Blade Runner 2049. And shockingly, it was really pretty […]

7 years ago

Earlier this week, Starbucks announced it will take measures to block customers from accessing pornography and other explicit content as of 2019 In response, porn site YouPorn has blocked Starbucks back. All products from the chain are now banned from their offices. “Following the news that Starbucks has blocked its customers from searching and viewing […]

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Tell your boss It is nearly the end of the week. It is also almost the end of the month, which means it is probably payday for a lot of you. But, even after all that, if you still can’t face going into work tomorrow, then we have some good news: November 30th is Stay […]

7 years ago

“The man who would be Kingsman” More details are coming in about the next installments of the Kingsman franchise. Collider are reporting that the rumoured Kingsman prequel is due to start filming in London in January, with a shoot lasting four and a half months. Matthew Vaughn, who helmed the first two movies, is set to […]

7 years ago

Katsutoshi Jitsukawa has been jailed for ten months A Japanese pilot has been jailed for ten months after admitting he was nine times over the alcohol limit while attempting to fly a passenger plane. The 42-year-old first officer was arrested at Heathrow airport on October 28th, 50 minutes before he was due to pilot Japan […]

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The attack happened in 2017 A Russian-born German man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for attempting to bomb the Bourissia Dortmund team coach. The incident happened before their April 2017 Champions League quarter-final match against AS Monaco. The tie was postponed for 24 hours, with Dortmund fans memorably opening their doors to […]

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Goodbye social life, hello Wild West After weeks of anticipation, Red Dead Redemption Online finally launches today. The online version of Red Dead will launch in beta on November 27th at 8:30 a.m. ET – that’s 1.30pm, UK time. At first, it will only be available to owners of the Ultimate Edition of RDR2. On […]

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Prepare to have your mind absolutely f***ed You might not have heard of Neon Genesis Evangelion – but it is one of the most influential and important Japanese animated shows of all time. The series is a cult hit in the West, but for many years it remained unavailable in the English speaking world. The […]

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