Every Pokémon game you’ve ever played has lied to you. They’ve assembled a web of deceit wrapped around the idea that the series is, in some way, about being friends with your Pokémon. The best trainers, they’ve said over and over and over again, are the ones who are the …

The first TV spot has arrived online for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire , and the emphasis is firmly on the love triangle between Katniss, Peeta and Gale. Director Francis Lawrence recently said that he planned to bring the romance of the novels to the fore second time around, and …

Edgar Wright’s long-gestating Ant-Man adaptation may be about to land its title performer, with Variety (opens in new tab) reporting that Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Paul Rudd are the leading contenders. The report claims that the two stars are set to meet with Marvel execs and Wright himself one last time, …

The fact that Lebanon had a space programme is just one of the surprises in Khalil Joreige and Joana Hadjithomas’ fascinating dispatch from the “who knew?” fringes of docu-making. The duo source archive materials and interviewees to explore how ’60s scientists in Beirut developed a rocket until civil war grounded …

The Defective Detective The Unmade Movie: Terry Gilliam developed his story, about a P.I. who must track a missing girl into a fantasy world inside her storybooks, in the 1990s with The Fisher King writer Richard LaGravenese. He’s been trying to make it on and off ever since. If They …

Felix Van Groeningen’s Ghent-set melodrama centres on a couple – tattoo-parlour owner Elise (Veerle Baetens) and banjo player Didier (Johan Heldenbergh) – torn apart when their daughter contracts cancer. Co-written by Heldenbergh and Mieke Dobbels, based on their own play, it will have you toe-tapping one minute and tear-wiping the …

We’ve written about the benefits of being late to the party–why playing weeks, months, or even years after a game’s release can bring with it a multitude of plusses. Many of those advantages come at a price, though. For one, you’re inevitably going to miss out on the joy of …

George Mann talks to Stephen Jewell about celebrating the fifth anniversary of his popular steampunk Victorian detective duo’s first appearance in The Affinity Bridge with The Casebook Of Newbury And Hobbes. (opens in new tab) You mention in The Casebook’s introduction that Newbury & Hobbes has been the most successful …

Doctor Who missing episodes: Philip Morris interview. As you’ll know if you’ve read our in-depth feature , the nine episodes of Doctor Who that have been returned to the archives were found by “episode hunter” Philip Morris. Morris wasn’t present at yesterday’s press announcement, but he had recorded a message …

Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac has released a raft of risqué character posters online, featuring all of the primary cast in what we’ll describe as a range of “climactic” poses. They’re all pretty graphic (as graphic as facial expressions can get, anyway), and it’s fair to say that some members emerge …