Top 20 movies of 2009

2009 will be remembered as a great year for cinema. Sci-fi underwent a renaissance the kind of which hasn't been seen since the seventies. 3D made a comeback, and Avatar almost made it worthwhile. This was a year that saw old favourites return with new polish, as well as the dawn of brave new worlds which we'll no doubt return to more than once.

Top 10 movie twins

For all the clones, evil doppelgangers, time-travelled future versions and doubles from alternate realities that have appeared in movies over the years, appearances of actual twin siblings, identical or otherwise, are rarer than a Spielberg movie without daddy issues.

Vote for your Movie Of The Decade

A bit of shameless self-promotion it may be, but vote for your top 5 movies of the last ten years and you could win a year's subscription to LOVEFiLM, plus my respect, which is worth much, much less.

Top 20 movie falls

As the leaves littering our American cousins' driveways will attest, Monday 28th of September is the first day of Fall. Because we're such literal-minded movie fans, we've rounded up a killer list of the 20 greatest movie falls - features plummeting, plunging, swan-diving and more. Warning: not suitable for those with a fear of heights or spoilers.

15 famous movie good guys who were also total dicks

Ah, the Good Guy. In movies, he/she is usually played as clean-cut and wholesome. But when the truly enterprising writer goes above and beyond the call of duty, sometimes character flaws combine to make a Good Guy go bad. And sometimes they're just total assholes.

The 10 greatest post-kill puns

The post-kill pun is the ultimate kiss-off in any cheesy action flick. It defined the entire career of a certain Governator of California and became a cliché so quickly that it has now long been seen as a source of ridicule and parody.

This is probably best demonstrated by Arnie himself in Last Action Hero when, after an ice cream truck explodes causing a cornetto to shoot out and stab a guy in the back of the head, his character Jack Slater says: "I iced that guy… to cone a phrase."

14 movie romances that are actually incredibly creepy

How many times have you been dragged to a romantic comedy only to realise something is very, very wrong with the whole concept? Time was, you'd agree to see a rom-com on the promise of sex, wait until the heroine realises her boyfriend is an asshole, then you'd take your girl home to show her what true love was really all about. (*chest bump*)

Top 20 Movie Insults Part II

The last movie insults article we posted turned out to be our most popular ever - read it here - so it seems like there's something in this verbal beatdown thing. After trawling the sassiest corners of the internet and subjecting ourselves to torrents of cinematic bitch-slaps, we proudly present 20 more movie insults, each one g...

Top 50 Best Movie Deaths

Movie deaths are an integral part of the filmmaker's arsenal. Can you imagine how dull flicks would be without the occasional fatality, assassination or cheeky moider? They offer a chance for imagination and inventiveness and have given the creators of the Saw series an outlet that has probably stopped them going on a killing sp...

Top 10 Best Scenes Of 2008

The din has barely stopped ringing: in movie terms at least, 2008 was certainly one louder than last year. Superheroes in particular had an annus awesomis, with The Dark Knight topping charts around the world and erstwhile Avengers Iron Man and Hulk assembling decent individual efforts. But 2008 wasn't all biff, bam, kapow - it ...