Scene-stealing Spiderman, Ant-Man and Black Panther join the crew in one of Marvel's most spectacular and ambitious yet poignant films to date. Captain America: Civil War has got us all talking and taking sides. For months, we've seen the build-up to this super showdown (yes, even more super than our friends Superman and Batman) - heck, it even got me to my first...

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Whilst man of the moment Idris is pretty busy running off rooftops and beating the bad guys in Bastille Day right now, we (uh, I) had a little sit down and thought about how much we don't know about the man behind the booming voice and kick-ass moves. Like, did you know he is a rapper and DJ? He also features in Disney's...

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I wish I could say I binge-watched the second season of  Netflix's Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt for the purpose of "research for my blog", but I did it all too willingly. I was hooked. It's taken me just over a week (which is hardly binge-watching) but in a week that has been insanely busy. Season 1 and its hilarious fresh bizarre sheer quirkiness caught me...

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Several weeks ago I went to watch Bastille Day, a fast-paced action film set in Paris, with an underlying terrorist plot that hits close to home. Idris Elba stars in a role that was made for him, a gutsy reckless but very good CIA field agent, making Bastille Day basically an extended audition tape for the next James Bond. It's an entertaining watch that...

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Britain's Got Talent returned to British TV screens on Saturday night. and amazingly, it's now in the 10th year of broadcast. In fact, I still (just about) remember that very first season, with the magnificent Paul Potts and adorable gap-toothed Connie Talbot. To put things into perspective little Connie is now a 15 year old with perfectly-done makeup, who frequently tours the world...

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