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

Columbo was the best TV detective show of the 1970s and remains consistently entertaining and intriguing even today.

A deep dive into the sequels, reboots and rip-offs that followed Paul Verhoeven’s cult classic.

The ultimate visual guide to the King of the Monsters.

The 1978 collision of science fiction, body horror and conspiracy thriller is as potent an experience now as it ever was.

Odd coincidence or a twisted joke? You decide.

This week, Noah Brown’s cartoon miscreant gets creative.

The Seventies remake of King Kong has been much maligned over the years. We make the case for the defence.

The newly-made follow-up – in name only – to the notorious Video Nasty is not an enjoyable viewing experience.

F.W. Murnau’s interpretation of the classic moral fable cops out at the end but remains a fascinating study of idealism gone wrong.

Revisiting the classic 1939 version of the much-filmed murder-mystery story.

The classic fantasy film of the 1940s remains as wonderful and engaging now as it ever was.