The news that Doctor Who's 50th anniversary special would be broadcast in 3D should, given my interest in 3D media and my long-term fandom of the Doctor and his TARDIS, be the final tipping point that pushes me over the edge into investing in a new 3D TV.

No film-making tool has attracted the same level of disdain as 3D has over the last few years. Now into its third wave (fourth if you add the brief dalliance in the 20s to the more famous periods of the 50s and 80s), 3D is inspiring film fans and critics to unite in their condemnation.

As a 10 year old at a birthday party, a carefully sculpted cowlick and trousers tucked into socks was testament to how much I liked Tintin.

With high profile seasonal blockbusters like Harry Potter now behind us, a YouGov survey has found that the British public is divided over the latest incarnation of a format that always promises to change the way we all watch movies.

'Hello, my name is Electronic Programme Guide, you can call me EPG for short'. I am Guy Montag in some twisted Digital S&M reboot of Ray Bradbury's Ap...

The discussion of 3D is a horse that has been flogged to within an inch of its life over the last few years, with powerful film writers such as Roger Ebert being particularly vocal in their resentment of cinema's latest technological development. But with the vast majority of critics uncharacteristically singing from the same hymn sheet, and audiences beginning to turn their back on inflated ticket prices, what do people on the creative side of the film industry think?

I like kids' movies as much as the next person, but the luxury of being a 21st century film viewer is that generally even films for children make sure they appease the adults sitting next to them in the cinema.