When I think of Need for Speed, I think of high-speed chases, spectacular crashes and that one song of Snoop Dogg featuring The Doors. What I generally don’t think of is arty, ethereal visuals and music which doesn’t give us any real idea of what little story there is, which is kind of all that the first trailer for the big …

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Kowalski is a speed-popping racing man with a car to deliver in record time. Between him and his destination sits the American Establishment and all its spirit-squashing rules. With a Dodge Challenger as a metaphor and the open road as a battleground, the very meaning of existence will be debated. Well, that or this is just a damn cool road …

For a show that is all about time travel, it’s pretty damn frustrating that I can’t hop into my own TARDIS (Kervyn’s smelly port-a-pottie is not bigger on the inside) and see the upcoming 50th anniversary special, Day of the Doctor. What I can do however, is satiate that Gallifreyan need for more Doctor Who by bombarding your peepers with new pictures, …

  The latest true-life thriller from director Paul Greengrass – and most recent bit of evidence that Tom Hanks is an acting god – reduced Nick and I to simpering messes – and that’s after taking a few years off our lives with insane tension. I felt that Captain Phillips brought it all to the table , from deft directing, great scripting …

Every great hero has a villain that defines them. Batman has the Joker. The Doctor has the Master. And James Bond has Ernst Stavro Blofeld. We haven’t seen too much of the pussy-stroker (I meant the cat you perves) since Roger Moore did us all a favour and dropped him down a chimney stack via the ol’ helicopter and wheelchair …

  Perhaps sensing that the Playstation 4 launch would steal many a customer away from cinema seats, the North American box office only saw one new notable release. A sequel to an older film, decked in holiday cheer would go head to head with the son of Odin. And it almost toppled the thunder god from his number one position. …

As far as fantasy movies go, the Lord of the Rings set the bar this millenium for that genre. Plenty of other folks have tried to emulate that success and get some of that sword and sorcery pie for themselves, but they’ve all failed. Badly. One film that could forge something to rival a hairy-footed ring-bearer? Warcraft, a series of games …