What are the ethics of human-robot relationships?

Eleanor Robertson: Spike Jonze's latest movie, Her, fails to tackle the topic head on. It's a shame: it's vital to assess what the potential acceptance of objects as romantic partners says about our conception of love

Hans Zimmer: ‘Going for Gold? I’m not ashamed of it! It paid the rent…’

Feted Hollywood composer launches SoundCloud contest and talks deadlines, dance music and his 80s TV-theme past. By Stuart Dredge

Creative economy: stand up for the arts

Editorial: In the midst of recession, the UK's creative industries have been quietly outperforming the rest of British industry

Computer code in films: hidden meanings or irrelevant nonsense?

From the the scrolling text in The Terminator to the hacking methods in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, one programmer is on a mission to crack movie codesAisha Gani reports on his findings

Paul Walker’s Agent 47 movie role to go to Rupert Friend

Homeland star to take over videogame adaptation after death of Fast and Furious actor, while James Marsden to take The Best of Me lead

The biggest celebrity tech endorse-o-fails of all time

Director Michael Bay wasn’t the only celebrity to come a cropper as part of a tech marketing campaign. He joins Lady Gaga, Arcade Fire and Lily Allen in the hall of shame

Alien: Isolation – preview

Cara Ellison: Creative Assembly has announced a survival horror successor to Alien, Ridley Scott's brooding sci-fi classic

Michael Bay’s CES stage fright gives more ammo to his critics

The much-maligned film director walked out of his own talk when his autocue malfunctioned during his promotion of Samsung's new bendy TVs. Shame he couldn't transform his performance

UK entertainment spending rises with surge in film and music streaming

Value of film and TV downloads, streams and subscriptions rises to £621m, and number of tracks streamed doubles to 7.4bn

How do I become … a special effects engineer

A love of computers and programming – rather than a specific interest in rat hair and dinosaur skin – helped Sanjay Bakshi get his role at Pixar

Moshi Monsters: The Movie – review

This franchise-based film is liable to be baffling, disturbing and boring for the over-fives, writes Mark Kermode

Viral Video Chart: Kevin Spacey, Lady Gaga and Nigella Lawson

House of Cards rises again, Will Ferrell plays bingo and a lippy TV anchor man signs off and another dons his pyjamas. By Janette Owen

Moshi Monsters: The Movie – review

Even fans of the online game Moshi Monsters may find the film version an incredibly annoying and baffling bore, writes Peter Bradshaw

Swedish ‘pirate’ hit with £403,000 damages for sharing single movie

Former moderator of film piracy site who distributed 517 other films and TV shows ordered to pay record sum. By Samuel Gibbs

Amazon accidentally removes Disney Christmas special from owners’ accounts

Disney'sPrep & Landing has been removed from customers' accounts so that Disney can show the film exclusively on its own channel. By Alex Hern