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Remakes and reboots have come thick and fast this year, and the trend seems set to continue well into 2010. Karate Kid is getting dusted off and thrown back into the dojo, some bright spark has decided that what the world needs is a new Highlander film, whilst those crazy Hollywood hacks are even putting [...]

Whilst watching Charlie Brooker’s Gameswipe on BBC4 I was particularly struck by a computer game ad from the 1980s featuring Morecambe & Wise. This 30 second clip managed to sum up for me something I have kept a secret for years; I don’t think they’re funny and never have.

ridiculous fish out of water, I stood in a queue for my press pass at the 2009 Damnation Festival in Leeds University Union on a rain splattered late October Saturday. So afeared for my safety amongst the heavy metal rabble that as soon as the polite young man affixing passes to people’s wrists had [...]

For starters I think I should point out that this article is not an ill conceived treatment for the third instalment of the ‘Three Men & a Baby’ series. Although to be frank it would be amazing to hear Steve Guttenberg or Tom Selleck deliver classic pimpology like ‘Bitch, before you met me you weren’t [...]

Art Fist Editor Jon Cronshaw talks about the dark side of ITV’s flagship Saturday night sing-a-thon…
There’s something incredibly sinister about the X-Factor. I could never put my finger on it previous years, but I think I’ve worked it out: the X-Factor is like a bad 1950s science-fiction novel.

Carrying on from our Halloween themed film contributions, former Leeds Sanctuary Nightlife Editor and all round good egg Georgie Bentinck gives The Daily Scoundrel the low down on 13 Ghosts

Right. I know what I’m about to say is going to be quite controversial, but I actually think Thirteen Ghosts is a bloody scary film, and [...]

ith the recent deaths of 1980s heroes John Hughes and Patrick Swayze I’ve found myself looking back on the era with a pang of sadness and a longing for something I can’t rightly articulate. I think this might be because day-glo revivalists like La Roux and Aplhabeat seem to be peddling a bit of the [...]

Lucky Louie was a short lived sitcom made by American network HBO that aired during 2006 and was essentially a vehicle for the brilliant comedian Louis CK. The humour in Lucky Louie is mostly derived from CK’s stand up material and often falls into the bracket of typical sitcom fare; the brutal banality of parenthood, [...]

Be prepared this month my friends. For legions of black clad heavy rock fans are set to descend upon our good city with the sole intention of enjoying the finest in extreme music performed by the veritable cream of the heavy metal crop. Yes, the hugely popular Damnation Festival is coming to Leeds University on [...]