90s PC point-and-click adventure Broken Sword reaches the DS, but has time been kind to its retro gameplay? We delve in to find out… In a sense,Broken Swordlives up to its name. Adventure game standards were lifted to a new pinnacle just as they met with their commercial downfall. Ad content continues below The game is indelibly French. Within the first few scenes youre already in a cafe. Indiana Jones is another strong influence, but with fewer Nazis and implications of light bondage....

John C. Reilly stars in the blackly romantic comedy, Cyrus, which is now arriving in the UK. In terms of genre, the filmCyrusfalls into the category of what is now commonly known as mumblecore. For starters,Cyruswasnt made on shoestring budget and features some serious Hollywood actors. She tells him he has a nice penis and the two hook up. Symbolic house tidying ensues as John well and truly gets his groove back....

Their mollycoddled minds are a twisted amalgam of innocence and devious full-grown intelligence. Evoking that sense of unrealised horror is what makesDogtoothsuch a potent force. Ad content continues below The film bills itself as a dark comedy but, for the most part. the humour is sparse and ineffective. Almost every lighthearted moment is drowned by an aching sadness. I encountered only one joke that managed to puncture the malaise. The addition of an outside influence threatens to challenge that ignorance....

Gemma Arterton takes the title role in Stephen Frears' Tamara Drewe. Before long, a striking yellow Mini pulls up, pelted by eggs thrown by youngsters. Out steps Tamara, spitting at no-one in particular, What a dump. Ad content continues below From book to film the major shift is one of tone. Life in Ewedon, in fact, is pretty dull. These weightier scenes dont fully puncture the air of fun, and instead feel tonally awkward....

We head back to 1976 once again, as Glen continues his episode-by-episode look back at The Muppet Show. Heres what he thought of episode seven… Its an amusing sketch and numerous similar sketches would appear in laterMuppet Showepisodes. In addition to the shows running theme there was time for several musical numbers. Hendersons first musical number,Elusive Butterfly,is a bit bizarre. to say the least. Theres little Muppet involvement throughout. The show had its highlights....

Albert Finney is (and occasionallywas) Daniel Feeld in these two dramas, but so is Dennis Potter. This duet is the lastest last great work youll see, and theres nothing really quite like it. Karaokeis the fantasy drama half,Cold Lazarusthe full-blooded science fiction sequel. Then, forCold Lazarus, flash forward, four hundred years. But Feeld may not be as completely unaware of his situation as people realise. The episodes are not always the paciest....

What happens when God loses patience with the sinful ways of mankind? The action fantasy Legion, starring Paul Bettany, has the answer. Heres Daves review… Angels are awesome! Jeep and Bob are confrontational over Charlies reliance on Jeep (who isnt the father). Somewhere along the line, it turns out that Jeep has been dreaming incredibly dark dreams about Charlie. Thats the character development over and done with. Within moments, the first death happens and chaos begins....

Samus is back, and this time she speaks! Aaron steps into the powersuit in Metroid Other M… After debriefing, Samus flies off into the void and picks up a distress signal. Being the famous intergalactic bounty hunter that she is, she heads off to find out whats going on. The end result is a kind of mash-up of classicMetroid,Metroid PrimeandNinja Gaiden. In this mode, Samus can run, jump, shoot, turn into Morph Ball and so on....

He offers a broadside on the objective qualities of great works, and the books implications trouble her. It asks: is there such thing as inherent value in a culture of mass production? What makes something genuine? And besides, is the term original, as a marker of quality, irrelevant? But as they argue over its merits, there are hints of further faking at play. For Kiarostami soon introduces a subtle twist to the proceedings....

So, that was distracting, but secondly, I saw this almost as Britains answer toInception. Skeletonsis all about Davis and Bennett, who are exorcists of an unusual sort. Yeah, I know Christopher Nolan is British anyway, but the comparison is intended to be a compliment. Were basically looking atInceptionwith fewer CG effects, but with more of a sense of humour about itself. One of the offbeat choices that interested me was in how Davis and Bennett get around the countryside....

The original 1981 version of Clash Of The Titans featured Laurence Olivier and Burgess Meredith. In Joppa, Perseus befriends Ammon, the playwright, who informs him that Joppa is under a curse. Whilst wandering through Joppa, Perseus learns that Andromeda is seeking a suitor, having lost her beloved Calibos. Calibos has been summoning Andromeda, giving her seemingly impossible riddles for potential suitors, much to her distress. Spurred on by his new found heroism, Perseus presents himself to Andromeda in the court of Queen Cassiopeia....

When the curtain fell on Season 6 earlier this year, many of the questions had been answered. Some satisfactorily, some not. However, the majority of fans werent so upset by the answers they got. It was the questions that the writers left hanging which caused the real anger. The subtext there is not especially difficult to read. Ad content continues below Who was the other Christian Shephard? These appearances are categorically not the Smoke Monster, particularly the two which occur off the island....

Our fond look back at Jim Hensons classic series, The Muppet Show, continues. Heres Glens review of episode six… The sketch plays on Jims accent and how certain words can be misconstrued for comedy effect. Hands become hens, right become rats, and so on. It works well and is one of the only solid pieces in the episode. Nabors closing musical number fails to deliver. Its not played knowingly, it really is as though episode four never happened....