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Atlantis 1.02 “A Girl By Any Other Name” TV REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 1.02 Writer: Howard Overman Director: Justin Molotnikov THE ONE WHERE Jason, Hercules and Pythagoras go to rescue a girl from the Maenads, but come back with a different girl – Medusa. VERDICT Atlantis builds solidly …

Twelve years, as a caption at the start of this foul-mouthed, foul-tempered crime flick tells us, is a long time inside. And judging by safecracker Dom Hemingway’s (Jude Law) anger management issues, he didn’t get time off for good behaviour. Locked up while cancer claimed his wife, Dom has also …

Taking its title from Australia’s poorest region, home to its first people, this powerful documentary from John Pilger and Alan Lowery highlights the plight of indigenous Aussies. There’s ample evidence of injustice with scandals ranging from the stolen children of the early 20th Century to the 2007 Northern Territory Intervention …

Win! One of five signed copies of the DVD (opens in new tab) Animated by Cosgrove Hall, the makers of Dangermouse, Count Duckula and The Wind In The Willows, Terry Pratchett’s Truckers was the first of his books to be adapted for television. Now for the first time, you can …

American Psycho Episode: Season 3, Episode 12: Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich Arts Reference: For reasons best left unexplained, Pierce walks into the library one day with one hell of a makeover – hair slicked back, pinstripe shirt and dressed in suspenders, it’s not long before Troy makes the obvious …

If any one element of gaming has dominated discussion of the medium over the last few years of this generation’s stubborn battle against the reaper, it’s narrative design and storytelling. With the rising prominence of indie developers through console and PC download services, as well as the increasing cinematic ambitions …

Your punches will have no effect on this hulking zombie, so you need to knock him out with the environment. Luckily, he’s not very smart, so you can easily dodge his charging by roll dodging between his legs. In the first phase, shoot explosive gel onto the electrical power boxes, …

Today Blockbuster Video’s current owner, Dish Network, announced plans to close the remaining 300 Blockbuster stores in the US, something most people assumed happened years ago anyway. Blockbuster Video was the undeniable monolith of home entertainment when I grew up, and now its fossils litter empty strip malls all over …

Dear ex-babysitter: Describing 1996’s Resident Evil as “a cool game where you play as a secret agent and fight snakes and stuff” to a 10-year-old kid was kind of fucked up. Especially when said 10-year-old a) loves video games, and b) is particularly sensitive to scary things. Laugh all you …

I want my mummy Zombies think theyre so hip these days, starring in popular TV shows and award-winning games. But mummies are so much more interesting when you think about it. They combine the terror of the lurching undead with magic! Think a walking corpse is scary? Imagine if that …