Katherine Parkinson, best known as hapless manager Jen in The IT Crowd , is the star of a new SF sitcom for Radio Two. Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully airs on Thursday 5 July, from 9.30-10.00pm. At the moment it’s just a pilot, but the hope is that …

Capcom has announced today that they will be opening up aResident Evil themed restaurant (opens in new tab)in Japan next month to tie-in with (and promote) the upcoming release of Resident Evil 6 in October. Unfortunately, the question we’re all dying to know the answer to – “what’s on the …

While occasionally flirting with full-blown fantasy ( The Tooth Fairy ), Graham Joyce more often writes novels that exist on the very edges of the genre, in which elements of the supernatural are delicately woven into the real-world plots like gossamer threads ( Smoking Poppy , The Facts Of Life …

In a somewhat irritating (though nonetheless exciting) announcement-of-an-impending-announcement, Adult Swimrevealed (opens in new tab)today that they are currently collaborating with Valve on a new project involving Team Fortress 2. They’re not saying what the project is yet, but current speculation suggests it might be some sort of TF2-themed animated web …

Moonstruck (1987) “Where are you taking me?!” Cher shrieks as Nicolas Cage sweeps her off her feet. “To bed,” growls Cage. Oo-la-la. Passion’s alive and kicking in this winsome comedy romance, which takes full advantage of New York’s more amorous inclinations. The result is positively swoonsome. Gangs Of New York …

Hideo Kojima has apparently gone on-record and confirmed that not only is Metal Gear Solid 5 happening, series hero Solid Snake is also still alive and kicking… even though he was supposed to die at the end of MGS4. Pause for breath. Obviously, this is massive news. But perhaps not …

A quest movie with an edu-tainment thrust, Will and Kate Spicer’s doc charts the siblings’ aim to fulfil their Devon-based bro Tom’s lifelong dream to meet Metallica’s Lars Ulrich. Breaching camp Metallica is tricky but Tom’s Fragile X Syndrome complicates it: he struggles with crowds, noise and breaks in routine, …

(opens in new tab) In 1985, Stuart Gordon directed his first feature film and created a sensation. It was an adaptation of H Lovecraft’s Re-Animator , and went on to become a major cult hit, delivering as many laughs as it did screams. It even won a Critics’ Prize at …

[brightcove]1630931786001[/brightcove] The Amazing Spider-Man hits cinemas next month, and to build the anticipation, here’s the first in our series of interviews with the movie’s key players. Over the next week or so, we’ll be sharing chats with Andrew Garfield, Rhys Ifans and director Marc Webb, but first up is the …

The Dark Knight Rises is going full steam ahead with its big marketing push prior to its cinematic release next month, with the new TV spots and trailer followed by the publication of a mock-up press release explaining the finer points of the Dent Act. Designed to close the loopholes …