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REVIEW: Final Fantasy XIII on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360

09:42 - 10 March 2010

DO you keep your teeth in a glass of water at night? If so, you re probably old enough to remember the debut of the first Final Fantasy role-playing game in 1987. Since then, the award-winning series has gone from strength to strength, selling an astonish... Full Story »

The pick of this week's cheats...

09:41 - 10 March 2010

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Wii TO get a boost at the start of the race, press and hold accelerate just as you see the three of the countdown begin to fade. Heavy Rain PS3 ONCE you ve beaten the game you can use the Chapter Select menu to go back and... Read More »

News: Mario set to venture into space

09:38 - 10 March 2010

EVERYBODY S favourite portly plumber, Mario, is set to blast off into outer space for another planet-hopping adventure on June 11. That s the date when UK gamers will be able to get their hands on Wii-only title, Super Mario Galaxy 2, the sequel to one o... Read More »

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CD Reviews

Scout Niblett The Calcination Of Scout Niblett Drag City

09:32 - 11 March 2010

THE fifth cut from US-based Emma Louise Scout Niblett is a teeth-grindingly intense affair. The 11 tracks are soaked in stark, bluesy introspection, lingering guitar strings, and a generally funereal pace. A lone electric guitar accompanies her througho... Full Story »

Gorillaz Plastic Beach Parlophone

09:31 - 11 March 2010

IT S been five years, but Damon Albarn s cartoon creations haven t been dossing. Welcome to the world of the plastic beach, raps Snoop Dogg on the eponymous track, before the National Orchestra for Arabic Music hoves into view for a luscious string-led... Read More »

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DVD Reviews

JULIE & JULIA (12A)

09:35 - 11 March 2010

JULIE, a civil servant drone with dead-end prospects, decides to cook all 254 recipes in Julia Child s recipe book Mastering the Art of French Cooking in an attempt to create something beautiful. Cooking in the tiny apartment she shares with her husband... Full Story »

AN EDUCATION (12A)

09:35 - 11 March 2010

WITH the prospect of going up to Oxford and dreams of being a sophisticate, 16-year-old working-class schoolgirl Jenny begins to rethink her future when she is drawn into a world of glamour and excitement by a seductive older man. With her parents equall... Read More »

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... Read More »

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Book Reviews

WOLF HALL by Hilary Mantel

09:26 - 11 March 2010

THE winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize, released in paperback last week, is a brilliantly written historical epic charting the rise of one of the most influential characters in Henry VIII s court. Thomas Cromwell, Putney born blacksmith s son, near-kil... Full Story »

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... Read More »

Captain Britain and MI:13: Vampire State (Panini)

11:18 - 18 February 2010

Written by Paul Cornell, illustrated by Leonard Kirk et al HAVING had the pleasure of meeting series creator Paul Cornell recently, what immediately comes across is his passion and enthusiasm for this project, which makes it even more depressing that poor... Read More »