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Joseph Losey’s 1963 satire on the British class system has lost none of its bite. James Fox is the aristo newly moved into his Chelsea townhouse; Dirk Bogarde (shedding his matinée-idol image) is the insidious manservant with an agenda of his own. Harold Pinter, in the first of three collaborations …

After 10 years of adapting movie and comic book properties, Lego is finally letting its own original products tell a story. Just as you would use your imagination to conjure plot lines with your Lego playsets, Lego City: Undercover takes a ton of familiar Lego City toys and presents a …

Being Human 5.06 “The Last Broadcast” review . THE ONE WHERE Our heroes defeat the Devil and finally Become Human… or do they? VERDICT The moment we learnt that Being Human ’s fifth series would feature Old Nick himself, one question immediately sprang to mind: how on Earth can a …

A few hours into God of War: Ascension, you’ll find yourself running atop a massive, mechanical snake battling waves of monstrous goat men. It’s marvelous and immense, with gold and blue scales that glisten in the sun, as the serpent’s metallic body twists and bends during its ascent through beautiful …

Bruce Willis takes a redundant back seat in another vigilante thriller about a man in the wrong place at the wrong time – swapping Die Hard for Death Wish , cops for firemen and a real leading man for Josh Duhamel. Threatened by a drawling Nazi after witnessing a murder, …

Touch 2.05 “Eye To Eye” TV REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 2.05 Written by: Barry O’Brien Director: Milan Cheylov THE ONE WHERE Jake and Amelia scheme together so they can meet up, but Amelia is kidnapped again before it can happen. Lucy then takes matters into her own hands …

Fringe: September’s Notebook book review . Titan Books are spoiling us. A few months ago they brought us The Essential Supernatural , a coffee table book that came so jam-packed with goodies it almost burst at the seams. Much the same effort has been expended on this Fringe title, from …

The Britain in this BIFA-winning debut feature from theatre helmer Rufus Norris may not be broken, but it sure is fractured. And the same applies to the chronology used to tell this tale of class warfare in a suburban cul-de-sac, viewed through the eyes of one spirited 11-year-old (appealing newbie …

In horror, nasty is easy. Just witness the tawdry, 2D nature of torture porn for instant evidence. But the genius of [REC] director Jaume Balagueró’s latest is that it plumbs the depths of human darkness with such an extraordinary lightness of touch, it manages to entertain even as it shows …

Heath Ledger, Michael Jackson and Anna Nicole Smith are just a few of the famous figures to have met their makers via a deadly cocktail of prescription medication. Conrad Murray, Jacko’s personal Doctor Feelgood, was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter following the singer’s death and is currently serving a four-year …