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Whether it be doing several back-flips or the funky chicken, you just can’t beat a good goal celebration. Here’s a few we think you’ll like, the creativity on show is astounding!

Wins hands down as best football song ever, period.
Strange but true fact: It was New Order’s only number one single…criminal!

If you’re a bit of a retro-games freak you’ll love this stunning offering from Patrick Jean called PIXELS. We won’t give much away other than to say that New York is invaded by creatures…8-bit style! Truly awesome. Now let’s see if you can name them all…

The unprecedented success of our books feature has led us this month to compile what we regard are the 20 films you must see. You’ll notice that the obvious ones aren’t here (no Raiders, ‘busters or Buellers), we’ve all seen those countless times. We’re looking at those films which may have slipped you by or you’ve always been meaning to watch. We’ve mentioned a few of our favourites already and, although this is by no means a definitive list, next time you’re browsing your Sky Movies or down at Blockbuster make a beeline for these, you won’t regret it.

Seven Samurai (1954)
La Haine (1995)
John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Akira (1988)
Clerks (1994)
When We Were Kings (1997)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Night of the Hunter (1955)
Network (1976)
Breathless (A Bout De Souffle) (1960)
Brazil (1985)
Dr Strangelove Or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb (1964)
Do The Right Thing (1989)
The Long Goodbye (1973)
Blade Runner (1982)
The Sting (1973)
A Matter Of Life And Death (1946)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

You may remember that last month we brought you our ‘25 Books You Must Read’ feature. Well, would you believe it we were contacted by one of the authors on our list! Emil Pacholek, who wrote the much-loved ‘Robbie’, got in touch to let us know how delighted and amazed he was to be short-listed. As well as this, author Christine Richard OBE was in touch to tell us about her book ‘Whitewalls’ and we even had a comment from a friend of Irvine Welsh. What next? Look out for us judging this year’s Man Booker prize and exposing Richard and Judy’s Book Club for the sham it really is.