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• Doctor Who Is Back! The Time Lord Returns
  25/09/2006 | Advertising
  There was always something a little risky in attempting to continue that venerable British sci-fi franchise, Doctor Who. Read
  
• Doctor Who Is Back - The Time Lord Returns
  23/09/2006 | Art and Entertainment
  There was always something a little risky in attempting to continue that venerable British sci-fi franchise, Doctor Who. Reviving a show that has run since the early sixties and gathered millions upon millions of loyal followers can be a dangerous business. Done correctly, though, it can be very profitable. Read
  
• Spiderman 3 - Your Friendly Neighborhood Blockbuster
  20/09/2006 | Art and Entertainment
  In 1962 a young cartoonist, Stan Lee, came up with an idea for a new comic superhero. During an era in which most of our superheroes were muscle-bound adults, young Peter Parker struck an unlikely figure. Read
  
• Snakes on a Plane - Viral Marketing at its Best
  20/09/2006 | Art and Entertainment
  Every so often a movie will come along that is destined for greatness -- be it through powerful imagery, an engaging plot or a stellar cast. Occasionally, though, just occasionally, comes a movie whose success is based not on cast or plot (whose plot, in fact, is purely incidental to its popularity) but on simple viral marketing. Snakes on a Plane is such a movie. Read
  
• CSI: NY - Back to the Big Apple
  20/09/2006 | Art and Entertainment
  Easily the darkest, most hard-bitten member of the CSI family, CSI:NY returns this fall for a third season: a season that opens following the violent murder of a former CSI, with another recovering from a coma. Read
  
• Indiana Jones Returns - Too Little, Too Late?
  16/09/2006 | Advertising
  For those who came of age in the 1980s during a time of sleek consumerism and homogenous globalization, Indiana Jones was something of an idol. Read
  
• CSI: Miami - Caine's Revenge
  15/09/2006 | Advertising
  One of the most successful spin-off series in the history of television, CSI: Miami returns for a fifth series this fall. Read
  
• CSI Continues - The Difficult Seventh Season
  15/09/2006 | Advertising
  Well, it's that time of year again. For the seventh year running, this fall season we'll see a new season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation hit our screens. Read
  
• Box Office Flops - More Than Meets the Eye?
  13/09/2006 | Art and Entertainment
  There's something oddly satisfying about seeing a big-budget movie flop. Whenever we hear about these ambitious, special effects-laden extravaganzas going down in flames we get an odd feeling of schadenfreude. Read
  
• The 10 Most Popular Movies of All Time - A Cheat Sheet
  13/09/2006 | Art and Entertainment
  Are you a movie dunce? Do you not know your Corleone from your Kurosawa? Would you recognise a lightsaber if it hit you in the face? Well, don't panic. To help you catch up on your movie knowledge here's a crash course in the top 10 movies of all time, as voted by the readers of the Internet Movie Database. Careful, though... here be spoilers. Read