Many people believe that the Facebook app on our phones accesses the device’s microphone to spy on its users, delivering targeted ads based on the things we speak about. It comes from anecdotal evidence, where people say they’ve discusses products offline, only to be blasted with adverts for those (often obscure) things days later on Facebook. Coincidence or conspiracy?

I got thinking about fan-made theories as I watched Inception for something like the fourth time this weekend (as an aside that movie is still excellent, easily in my top ten). I love a good conspiracy theory about plot points and details in a movie or a TV show. Granted, sometimes fan-made theories run more into the realm of “what …

Charlie and the chocolate factory! It’s one of the most well known books from the Roald Dahl library, as it charts the rise of Charlie Bucket from filthy poor kid to the eventual inheritor of the chocolateer business started by Willy Wonka. But before Charlie could rise to the top, he had to take part in the very first Hunger …

I think by now, it’s pretty clear that we all loved the Avengers film that came out last year. It would also explain why a shirtless Kervyn who happens to be coated in green paint regularly smashes through my office to throw me around like rag doll every Monday morning. The big bad in that film, Loki, brought a world …

Remember The Matrix  You ought to. After all, it’s played more often than the seven PM news on TV and is still being imitated to this day. That 1999 film was a powerhouse of 3D camera angles and trippy sci-fi ideas about the nature of reality. And then the two sequels came. While they were brilliant on a technical level, they …

Bond. James Bond. He’s been knocking heads and banging his way throughout history since 1962, foiling schemes ranging from communism-based super-weapons through to new age Illuminati quests for world domination. The man has been around, is what I’m saying. But here’s the rub. Barring the recent Daniel Craig films, each installment in the Bond franchise is seen as chronological canon. That means …

So you’ve directed a film. Unfortunately, your script was written by a baboon on heat, and the production crew happens to be relatives of Uwe Boll. In short, your film stinks worse than a dead hooker outside of Ben Affleck’s trailer. Naturally, you don’t want anyone to know that you made this film, so you’re going to need a pseudonym. …