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Jim Carrey scored a huge hit with The Mask, yet the comic books leave the door open for more films. Here's why they could work...

In some ways, 1994's The Mask was ahead of its time. Sure, when we try to pick out the greatest comic-book adaptations today, we're spoilt for choice: with Marvel entering the third phase of their cinematic universe, transforming formerly obscure characters into mainstream icons, and DC's Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice ready to kick their movies up into a higher gear, the list of adaptations looks set to grow and grow.

Still, movies based on comic books remain largely superhero-centric, which is a shame considering the huge range of fantastic titles out there deserving of a larger audience. Just over 20 years ago, particularly in the UK, comic books and their respective characters were generally seen as childish, goofy, for nerds only – and the lack...

Minecraft has been going for over half a decade now, since its alpha release in 2009. In those five years, the game’s millions of players have managed to create just about anything, from rollercoasters to palaces. Minecraft’s block-based building system may be deceivingly simple to utilise, but it has resulted in some pretty incredible creations.

Despite the game’s age, Minecraft still has a booming community, and there are hundreds of servers dedicated to group building projects. There are also yearly competitions for the best Minecraft constructions, at sellout events like MineCon and Insomnia. Minecraft has well and truly earned its nickname of ‘digital lego’.

This list takes a look at 25 of the absolute best Minecraft fan creations, guaranteed to make you wish you’d wasted your life away in a more creative game.

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The CW has unveiled an extended three-minute trailer dubbed "Arrow: The Movie" which actually just shows off the scope of this week's game-changing episode 'The Promise'.

Slade Wilson (aka. Deathstroke) has announced his arrival in Edge City. Now the confrontation is on between former allies turned enemies. Scenes from both already aired episodes and next week's 'Suicide Squad' are also cut in to add more context.

Executive Producer Marc Guggenheim says the episode is "the biggest episode we’ve ever done on the show. It makes the season finale last year look like a student film from the 1980s." One such challenge was recreating the entire deck and bridge of a freighter just for this episode.

Continuing a great and long-standing tradition, about 90 of our top newspaper comic strips will be commemorating the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on and in Boston Ma, New York City NY, Newark NJ, Shanksville Pa and Washington DC by producing special strips, with each cartoonist making his or her individual comment on the event.

Strips that will be participating include Agnes, Apt. 3-g, Archie, Arctic Circle, Ask Shagg, B.C., Baby Blues, Barney & Clyde, Beakman And Jax, Beetle Bailey, Between Friends, Big Nate, Bleeker The Rechargeable Dog, Blondie, Brewster Rockit: Spaceguy!, Buckets, Buckles, Candorville, Chuckle Bros, Crankshaft, Curtis, Daddy’s Home, Deflocked, Dennis The Menace, Dick Tracy, Dog Eat Doug, Dogs Of C-Kennel, Doonesbury, Dustin, Edge City, Elderberries, Fastrack, Fort Knox, Freshly Squeezed, Funky Winkerbean, Gasoline Alley, Grand Avenue, Hagar The Horrible, Heart Of The City, Heathcliff, Heaven’s Love Thrift Shop, Herb And Jamaal, Hi And Lois, Home And Away,...

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Allow me to introduce you to Eugene Martin and his feature-length documentary film The Anderson Monarchs. The Anderson Monarchs are an all-girls soccer team who compete, live, and thrive in an at-risk urban neighborhood in Philadelphia. The director, Eugene Martin, a critically acclaimed filmmaker whose work looks intimately at issues of youth, the inner city, poverty, and social justice, discovered the Monarchs when he began coaching his daughter’s soccer team,...