In 2013, Netflix commissioned its first original series, House of Cards. Two years later the streaming platform released its first original movie, Beasts of No Nation, and has, since then, continued to release a steady stream of films that are slowly beginning to rival and compete with Hollywood and traditional theatrical releases. Here are 5 of this year’s best Netflix Originals. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) - Dir. Noah Baumbach To kick things off in fifth spot is Noah...

The cost of a pint in London is officially double the global average, new research has revealed. The study compared the price of a pint in 177 of the world’s most populated cities and found London ranks in the top 25 most expensive cities to buy a pint (22nd), costing around £4.76 on average. The cost of a pint in London is almost double the global average, which is around £2.61 a pint, although the capital is cheaper than Sydney, Tokyo...

One always relishes the opportunity at the end of each year to stop and think about all the films I’ve watched over the past 12 months; the ones that moved me; the ones that angered me; the ones that were so evocative, I found myself still reflecting on them weeks after I saw them. Every film, no matter how nonsensical it may appear, has something to say, something to teach us… unless, arguably, it’s been directed by Michael Bay. And...

When Nigel Farage hasn’t been moping about how sowing division and campaigning for Britain to leave the EU has left him broke, single and without a knighthood, - or claiming  credit for the the giant victory of British passports turning blue, the former Ukip leader has been watching the Queen’s Speech this Christmas. And tweeting about it. https://twitter.com/nigel_farage/status/945348579195015168 Which led to these hilarious responses: https://twitter.com/JimMFelton/status/945386186327121921 https://twitter.com/adamgough596/status/945386614880194565 https://twitter.com/quantick/status/945384249091387394 https://twitter.com/Jhiaxus_Prime/status/945458006812250112 https://twitter.com/davidkerr1970/status/945434185552089088 https://twitter.com/govindajeggy/status/945440595182608386 https://twitter.com/quantick/status/945384389155938304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thepoke.co.uk%2F2017%2F12%2F26%2F19-responses-to-nigel-farages-christmas-message-will-ease-hangover%2F https://twitter.com/SimonTwenty4/status/945374625462194178 https://twitter.com/limcoc/status/945377518378418176 https://twitter.com/Pundamentalism/status/945391417656070146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thepoke.co.uk%2F2017%2F12%2F26%2F19-responses-to-nigel-farages-christmas-message-will-ease-hangover%2F MORE: https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/nigels-soon-extinct-thanks-farage/22/09/  

Are you bloody stuffed with Christmas dinner? We’re bloody stuffed with Christmas dinner. And there’s more to come, too. While the bubble ‘n’ squeak sort of gurgles away in a pan for a bit we at TLE thought we’d gather our favourite tracks of 2017 into one handy playlist for your listening pleasure. If you’ve been hiding in your room for the last year with your fingers wedged in your ears, emerging only to scream at your mum to stop...

Choose your favourite press photograph from the best 100 taken this year. SWNS is the largest independent press agency in the UK, supplying up to 20 per cent of our daily news content. Each year the SWNS news wire supplies newspapers and magazines around the world with some of the most fascinating, captivating and powerful photographs you could ever hope to see. The agency's picture editors have chosen 100 of the most compelling images released through the news wire this...

Destiny 2's first major DLC release, The Curse of Osiris, dropped a fortnight ago. As is usual for most Destiny updates there were a range of weird idiosyncrasies and bugs, including one example of particularly wild balancing issues (RIP Prometheus Lens) which Bungie handled in either the most tactical or ham-fisted way possible, depending on your point of view on last week's Osiris Exotics-dominated Crucible. The Curse of Osiris reached players in the sixth week of Destiny 2. It introduced...

Four out of five Brits take an Xmas break from caring about the environment a poll has revealed. OVER eight in ten Brits do not even attempt to justify creating extra waste and additional consumption at Christmas time. Two thirds of us commit unofficial 'eco-crimes' - such as throwing used batteries in the bin and not recycling Christmas cards - even though we know we shouldn’t. A poll of 2,000 adults found the UK throws out over 50 million platefuls...

Christmas means a lot to me: family… friendship… goodwill to all men… but mainly it means cheese, wine, and movies. And though there are a number of titles with regards to the latter that I find myself drawn back to year after year – Die Hard of course, The Grinch (it’s really so much better than many people believe), and National Lampoons Christmas Vacation, to name but three – as far back as I can remember, it was The Muppets...