Official-ish Shiznit Oscar predictions

Hey, you! It's the Oscars at the weekend! Why aren't you as excited as people who do care about it? C'mere and pretend you're interested and check out my predictions! Can't you hear me? Gah! GAAAAAH!

Win ace horror Triangle on DVD

Answer a question so easy even you can get it right and win a copy of excellent mystery horror Triangle on DVD.

John Travolta: a career in 5 clips

From Paris With Love sees John Travolta back on our screens as a wise-cracking, trigger-happy cliché that his penchant for hamming it up makes him perfect for. So, what better time to look back over a 35-year career that proves his diversity is the key to his longevity...

Dances With Films: 10 Sundance movies to look out for

The 40,000 discerning cinema fans lucky enough to be in Utah for the Sundance Film Festival during the last ten days of January, would have become privy to the films that will keep the art-house cinematic subculture alive in the forthcoming year. So without further ado, here are some of the films that gained exposure at Sundance 2010.

Win Mesrine Parts I & II on Blu-ray

You knew coming here would pay off eventually. Enter our competition and win a copy of awesome French thriller Mesrine on Blu-ray. Don't have a Blu-ray player? Begone, peasant! (*kicks dirt in face*)

Top 5 lamest anti-piracy adverts

Anti-piracy adverts are easily the most redundant aspect of the movie-watching experience, a tiresome side-effect we have grown to resent ever since we were told to "check whether this videocassette carries a genuine label hologram." But wouldn't that mean ejecting it?

Top 20 movies of 2009

2009 will be remembered as a great year for cinema. Sci-fi underwent a renaissance the kind of which hasn't been seen since the seventies. 3D made a comeback, and Avatar almost made it worthwhile. This was a year that saw old favourites return with new polish, as well as the dawn of brave new worlds which we'll no doubt return to more than once.

Exclusive interview: Carlos Brooks, director of Burning Bright

You know, the movie about the girl trapped in a house with a tiger during a hurricane. We talk big cats, hot chicks and Meat Loaf.

Video hell: Hardwired

The first in a new regular series, we take a look at new direct-to-DVD duds and shake our heads in mild embarrassment. This week, sci-fi thriller Hardwired, starring Cuba Gooding Jr and Val Kilmer.

Top 10 movie twins

For all the clones, evil doppelgangers, time-travelled future versions and doubles from alternate realities that have appeared in movies over the years, appearances of actual twin siblings, identical or otherwise, are rarer than a Spielberg movie without daddy issues.