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Every football fan knows the tale of how Sir Alex Ferguson kicked a boot at David Beckham’s head after an FA Cup loss in 2003, but as much as armchair managers may have wanted to during their time with the Football Manager series so far, re-enacting that incident hasn’t been …

War. War never changes. Well, that’s not quite true. We might be familiar with the concept of mass artillery and enemy warfare thanks to Call of Duty, Battlefield, Resistance (and way more games that we couldn’t possibly list in full here), yet each one tweaks the nature of war to …

What you get when you mix The Simpsons with Grange Hill and a dash of Tim Burton (opens in new tab) There are some true cult gems hidden away on CBBC at the moment; shows the the kids of today will be getting all nostalgic about in pub conversations of …

Andrea Alvin gives the backstory on some of her late husband’s most famous posters – and a couple that never made the cut… John Alvin designed posters for some legendary movies, including Blazing Saddles, Batman Returns and The Goonies . With a book dedicated to the artist’s work out later …

The YA author tell us how to write a novel and get a six-pack in the process… An early example was when I read that sitting for more than 3 hours a day can shave a person’s life expectancy by two years. You contemplate trying to write for two hours …

Over five seasons Star Wars: The Clone Wars attracted some big name voice talent. Here’s how David Tennant, Katee Sackhoff, Simon Pegg and more appeared in the show. Star Wars: The Clone Wars season five is out now from Warner Home Video.

Join SFX and a line-up of great guests: this weekend in our home city It’s almost upon us! Remember to join us at Bath’s Masonic Hall for the Comic And Sci-Fi Weekender , an opportunity for sci-fi and comic enthusiasts to mingle and meet guests, as well as participate in …

Gavin Hood’s take on Ender’s Game author Orson Scott Card’s anti-gay marriage stance (opens in new tab) Anyone who tells you all publicity is good publicity is lying. The movie adaptation of author Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game (the story of a genius kid trained to be the saviour of …

Writers, stars and everyone else share their two cents on the Twelfth Doctor, Nathan Fillion’s condition for eating a cat turd and Simon Pegg plays Potter in the latest Tweets Of The Week (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) Unless you’ve been living under a rock that’s fallen …

The World’s End – the latest comedy caper from Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright – is all about an “epic” pub crawl. But surely, a truly epic pub crawl would involve not pubs in the same town, but pubs and bars in space, or in different universes, or …