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TV REVIEW Taken to the cleaners Episode 1.03 Writer: Jamie Mathieson Director: Tom Shankland (opens in new tab) THE ONE WHERE Somebody is murdering Dirk’s clients and his cleaner is acting very oddly. VERDICT This was a fine way to finish an all-too-short series. Jamie Mathieson, who has been giving …

Between Somali pirates, online pirates and Johnny Depp, there wouldn’t seem to be a gap in the market where crossbones and cutlasses are concerned. But, apparently, they didn’t get that memo over at Aardman, where they’ve spent the past five years arduously turning the first in Gideon Defoe’s book series …

From the sheriff’s badge tattoo on Charlie Creed-Miles’ chest to the East End saloon where “10 pints, two grams and a punch up” used to be his order, Wild Bill declares itself loudly and proudly as a tower-block western. It splashes the genre’s motifs across an engaging tale of crime, …

Smuggled out of Iran on a USB stick, this brave, poignant film charts a day in the life of writer/director Jafar Panahi. Banned from filmmaking for two decades and appealing against a six-year prison sentence for alleged anti-government activities, Panahi turns the camera on himself in his Tehran apartment. We …

(opens in new tab) “Jennifer’s power as an actress is just absolutely remarkable.” The Hunger Games is the equally-awaited movie adaptation of Suzanne Collins’s book of the same name. Directed by Gary ( Pleasantville , Seabuscuit ) Ross, it’s out in the UK on 23 March. Every year in the …

EA’s announced the first N7 Challenge Weekend for Mass Effect 3, which will begin tonight at 5pm PST and run until 5am Monday. This weekend’s Challenge is Operation Goliath, in which players will work to take down Reaper squads and unlock rewards previously only available through the game’s Collector’s Edition. …

HD ports of Shenmue I and II for XBLA and PSN have been ready to go for over a year, but Sega’s held back on raising fan hopes for the series until it knows the future for the long-dormant franchise. That’s according to a “source who wishes to remain anonymous …

It’d been rumored for a while and when the teaser site posted we predicted as much (opens in new tab), but today it was made officially: Baldur’s Gate is coming back. Today developer Beamdog and publisher Atari (along with D&D game master’s Wizards of the Coast) announced Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced …

Joe Quesada, Tharg the Mighty and the ever-expanding guest list The Kapow! Comic Convention is back for a second outing in May, and this week has seen a few exciting new announcements about who and what you can see at the event. Joe Quesada, Marvel’s Chief Creative Officer and longest …

Shoot Many Robots is as straightforward a game as its moniker suggests. Grab a crazy gun, choose a pair of stat-boosting pants, and side-scroll through hordes of nut-dropping mechanical monsters. Play the game with a similarly superficial mindset, and you’ll have a great time. But look more closely at the …