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I don’t play first person shooters anymore. Back in the early days of the Xbox, I was a fervent, if untalented, Halo addict, staying up until all hours of the night with three friends in a cramped bedroom repeating the same loop of Hang ‘Em High, Boarding Action and Battle Creek, every game ending invariably with me at the bottom of the scoreboard. We rarely played the single-player; it was fun but it didn’t provide the same adrenaline-pumping, nerve-scraping experience we compulsively craved. I cut my teeth on Halo: Combat Evolved but it didn’t take long for me to discover that, as first-person shooters went, it won my attention by merit of being the only game of its ilk we had access to, lacking high end PCs with which we could experience the games whose shoulders it stood on to attain its marvelous heights. Years later, just...

Cast off those post-Christmas blues - 2014 is just around the corner and already it's looking like next year might out-do the past 12 months when it comes to top quality TV comedy and drama!

There's plenty of old favourites returning to the schedules - more on that tomorrow - but also a ton of exciting new shows heading your way.

Digital Spy has picked out just a few of the best - here's what you can't afford to miss in the New Year... the 14 most thrilling new shows for 2014.

Legends (TNT)

Sean Bean returns to series television for this new thriller series, which sees the Game of Thrones star play an undercover operative who undergoes a major identity crisis. Heroes star Ali Larter also stars in Mr Bean's triumphant telly comeback, which is from the same team as Homeland.

Mob City (TNT / Fox UK)

Oscar nominee Frank Darabont teams with...

Tony Barbieri's "Em" is an intense and moving romantic drama about what happens after two twenty-somethings start a new life and a home together and secrets of the past begin to emerge. The film is now streaming for free on SnagFilms and at the bottom of this page. "Em" Director: Tony Barbieri Producers: Jim Jermanok, Jesse Biltz, Harry Gregson-Williams & Britt Napier What it's about: Josh Weathers is an aimless young man in his twenties who is looking for more out of life. Enter Amanda “Em” Helms, a vivacious and spirited young woman who lives life to the fullest. Instinctive mutual attraction brings them together and soon blossoms into a rich romance. But when the two decide to start a new life and a home together, secrets of the past emerge… It's been called the most raw and authentic film about mental illness (bi-polar disorder) in past quarter century. But most importantly,...

DVD Playhouse—June 2010

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Allen Gardner

The White Ribbon (Sony) On the eve of Ww I, a small village in Germany is struck by a series of tragic, seemingly unconnected events until the townspeople, and the audience, start to connect the dots. Shot in stark, beautiful black & white, director Michael Haneke has fashioned a haunting metaphorical drama that is as coldly chilling as anything made by Ingmar Bergman, and darkly unsettling as anything from the canon of David Lynch. A rich, tough, brilliant cinematic experience you’re not likely to forget. Also available on Blu-ray disc. Bd bonuses: Interviews with cast and crew; featurettes. Widescreen Dolby and DTS 5.1 surround.

Alice In Wonderland (Disney) Tim Burton’s take on the Lewis Carroll classic finds young Alice (Mia Wasikowska), a 19th century girl who finds herself in an unhappy engagement to a boorish suitor, tumbling down the rabbit hole into Wonderland, where she encounters magical cakes,...

Ugh, someone should have told these folks about de-interlacing, and while it kind of messes with the teaser it still looks utterly incredible. This is an indepth look at the bi-polar disorder, and for those who've seen it up close it's quite a scary mental illness. I'm not talking about that flippant "oh you're moody" crap, I mean the real deal bouncing off the walls and alternately suicidal horror that the disease is.

Ever made eye contact with someone from across the room and wondered what the future could be like in a relationship with them? Josh Weathers (Nathan Wetherington) did just that, and he and Amanda "Em" Helms (Stef Willen) actually start an amazing life together. After that chance meeting, they spend a night, read poetry in bed, and move in together; however, their love takes a nasty turn for the worse as Amanda's past starts to rear its ugly head.