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REVIEW: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC

10:11 - 03 March 2010

AFTER lining their pockets with gold in the first game, the wisecracking boys from B-Company are back for another tour of duty. This time around, our four misfit soldiers find themselves on the trail of a WMD in a highly satisfying single-player campaign... Full Story »

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10:09 - 03 March 2010

Ben 10: Alien Force – Vilgax Attacks Wii PAUSE the game and enter primus to unlock all 10 aliens or everythingproof to become invincible. Bioshock 2 Xbox 360 WHEN a Rumbler launches rockets at your position, grab hold of them using telekinesis and se... Read More »

News: The Bat is back

10:07 - 03 March 2010

IF you re a Batman fan, you could be spoilt for choice in the run up to Christmas. With Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 already in production, another videogame featuring the Caped Crusader has just been unveiled. Batman: The Brave And The Bold is based on an an... Read More »

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Dead Like Harry Know The Joy Of Good Living The Label Records

09:35 - 04 March 2010

WITH a debut album ready but no money, this Sheffield sextet struck a deal with Arctic Monkeys producer Alan Smyth, helping build his new recording studio in lieu of payment. The result is a glut of Springsteen-style guitar pop; feel-good music offset by... Full Story »

Joanna Newsom Have One On Me Drag City Records

09:34 - 04 March 2010

AFTER another lengthy wait from the leftfield songbird on the cusp of mainstream recognition, she drops this three-disc behemoth of 18 songs, stretching well over two hours. Just like the generous album title, there is more than enough to go around for fa... Read More »

Brits 2010

09:19 - 03 March 2010

YOU watched the live performances from the Brits on television now relive the highs and lows of the ultimate music awards ceremony with this two-disc compilation album. This CD includes some of the biggest hits from the last year including Patience by Tak... Read More »

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Inglorious Basterds – Cert 18

07:52 - 10 March 2010

FOR Quentin Tarantino, the man once hailed as the saviour of modern cinema, Inglorious Basterds marks a return to form. Set in Nazi-occupied France during WWII a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as The Basterds are chosen to spread fear through... Full Story »

HARRY BROWN (18)

09:32 - 04 March 2010

A FORMER marine living out his days on an east London sink estate turns vigilante on the gangs terrorising the neighbourhood. Michael Caine puts in a compelling performance as Harry, a lonely pensioner forced to take action after his old friend is killed... Read More »

FANTASTIC MR FOX (PG)

09:31 - 04 March 2010

THE conceited Mr Fox sets out to prove just how fantastic he is when the wood s way of life is threatened by nasty farmers – but his remedy could end up being more dangerous than the threat. Director Wes Anderson (The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic),... Read More »

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Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel

07:51 - 10 March 2010

THE well deserved winner of this year s Booker Prize, Wolf Hall is a stunning portrait of England in the 1500s. Henry VIII is on the throne and desperate to secure the succession with a male heir. Cardinal Wolsey is charged with securing the divorce from... Full Story »

THE LAST 10 SECONDS by Simon Kernick

09:29 - 04 March 2010

HAVING worked as an undercover cop for the last 10 years, Sean Egan is used to life on the edge. He s recently infiltrated one of London s most dangerous criminal gangs, and they want him for a very special job – the daring abduction from police custody o... Read More »

Little Stranger by Sarah Waters

09:17 - 03 March 2010

SHORTLISTED for this year s Booker Prize Little Stranger is a supernatural tale and a fascinating portrait of the demise of the landed gentry, likened to such classics as Brideshead Revisited and Rebecca. It is narrated by a doctor, who is a rather dreary... Read More »

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