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Our annual round-up of the naked calendars from around the world, raising money for charity and celebratying body diversity.

The Tim Burton exhibition at London’s Design Museum is a frustrating, sloppy and rather disappointing affair.

The ad campaigns for cologne Hai Karate promised that it would drive women mad with desire, forcing users to become experts in self-defence.

The deliberately shocking and violent ad from the controversial animal rights organisation fell foul of the BBFC in 2002.

Think your holidays are disappointing? Be thankful that you are not on vacation with the characters in this collection of movies.

A Load of Pooh – the infamous filmmaker returns with a shamelessly awful A.I. animated atrocity cashing in on public domain characters.

The ‘Ultimate Cut’ of Caligula claims to salvage a lost masterpiece, but instead feels like an insipid cover version of a classic film.

Why do movies about the music biz so rarely work? A look at the good, the bad and the ugly of rock cinema, biopics and indulgent fictions.

M.J. Simpson’s experience making the short film Waiting for Gorgo – and the unexpected connection to Guillermo del Toro’s movie.

The rise and fall of 3D cinema and TV in the 1980s, when the gimmick stumbled and failed as dramatically as it had three decades earlier.

The unimpressive world of soccer on the big screen is explored via football hooligans, ageing male fantasies and unlikely rom-coms.

The uniquely grotty world of the 1970s British softcore sex film is explored through its highlights and lowlights