Scorsese, Hitchcock and Polanski, Nolan – four great directors who’ve made careers out of messing with our heads. God bless them.

Armies, gladiators, flame-throwing catapults - and always a chest-heaving hottie to towel you off at the end of the fight!

It makes the world go ‘round. It’s all you need. It’s the answer. It’s patient and kind. It’s a battlefield...

You can always count on Ang Lee and Senor Almodovar, but behold some of the other gems from a funny, sexy and completely action packed world.

Better grab your garlic, silver bullets, wooden stakes - and your Uzzi – if you’re gonna watch these ones.

Why not take a break from all this politics stuff and watch a movie – about politics!

From cowboy, to cop, to romantic lead - these days Clint spends most of his time acting as one of the most respected directors in Hollywood.

Cindy Lauper sang it and Sex and the City took it to bold new heights. Now, behold the blinkbox “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” Hall of Fame.

They give them to four actors every damn year, but here are just a handful of our favourite Oscar winners.

Women want to sleep with him, men want to be like him. Is there any doubt George Clooney is Hollywood’s reigning monarch?

Ok, some got made with a little help from foreign friends, but at the core of each of these beats the creative heart of an Englishman (or woman)!

Apologies to Julia Roberts but after her magnificent 2009/10, one thing has become crystal clear: Sandra Bullock is officially America’s Sweetheart.

If you could go back in time to any decade, why in the name of MC Hammer would you choose anything but the 1980s?

Hollywood loves a good idea so much, that it’s not afraid to use it again, and again, and again...Here are just a few of our favourite double-dips.

Avatar isn’t the first movie about another world, but it’s the biggest (and bluest) of all time. Behold “big blue” and our collection of other-worldy classics.

Hmmm – It looks like there aren’t a lot of laughs in the future. Better have a gun - or a bunch of giant train wheels.

Behold some of the finest super-ass-bashers on the block.

A vampire, a fox, a bank robber, a soldier and a wizard – what will those zany authors write about next?