Why we need to make history cool again

Bettany Hughes: The grassroots success of such movies as Spartan gore-fest 300 demonstrates the young's appetite for the subject

Slime flies

Can a videogame revive Ghostbusters for a new generation? 'Yes!' the film's creator Dan Aykroyd tells Dan Martin

Spielberg: coming to a Wii near you

Bobbie Johnson: When he is not directing or producing, Steven Spielberg keeps himself busy overseeing projects at one of the world's biggest games publishers, Electronic Arts

Blog roll: Star Trek

The Soul Of Star Trek | The Musical Touch Of Leonard Nimoy | TrekMovie | Star Trek Lessons | Star Trek Scrapbook | Zacharay Quinto

Is the era of free news over?

Editorial: Rupert Murdoch's comments suggest the resilience of the offline idea that things costing money to produce shouldn't be given away for nothing

Internet review: One Dream Rush

42 films from 42 film-makers, each lasting 42 seconds, range from the mystical to the creepy, says Johnny Dee

‘I’d like something that updates my Twitter feed onto the front of a T-shirt’

Celebrity squares: Author Neil Gaiman has a house full of Macs, but still writes his novels with a fountain pen

Ten days into Mia Farrow’s Darfur hunger strike

Today, Hollywood actor Mia Farrow begins the 10th day of her hunger strike for the refugees of Darfur. But will it do any good, wonders Stuart Jeffries

If you can’t buy it legally, of course you’ll download it

Internet publicity for films still not available for release in the UK serves to fuel demand for pirate websites

Blog all about it

Jenna McWilliams: For a movie that tries so hard to be up to date, State of Play is laughably old-fashioned in its view of modern journalism

RealDVD is a burning issue with Hollywood

Last week saw the start of a trial that pitches Hollywood studios against the technology industry, and whose outcome could change the face of home entertainment

Mediocre movie tie-ins: the next generation

For the past 20 years, the relationship between games and films has been pretty straightforward. Ah, happy days

French MPs reject controversial plan to crack down on illegal downloaders

• Critics feared impact of state surveillance on civil liberties• Surprise no vote at poorly attended session