Jason Bourne… sorry… Matt Damon turns morally absolute during a politically labyrinthine trip to Baghdad to search for non-existent WMDs with Paul Greengrass.

In Episode 3, your loyal Enthusiast editors talk Masterchef magazine, Mary & Max exhibition, Mamma Spaghetti, drugs, Avatar, and interview Aduki Press’ new owner, Chris Chinchilla.

This meditation on the psychology of modern warfare richly deserves its six Oscars. Kinetic, atmospheric and taut with tension, it rises above stupid quibbles about the ‘accuracy’ or ‘bias’ of war movies.

Corey Haim, who sadly died today, was not the first teen heartthrob to suffer a drug-fuelled decline; but the Lost Boy leaves a gaping hole in the ’80s pop culture that continues to sustain us.

These Brooklyn genre-deconstructors put on a great show, and the hardest part of reviewing them is trying to describe what they’re ‘like’. But we can say conclusively that their hair is not like an eagle.

Plug into The Enthusiast’s second podcast, featuring: James Franco’s soap opera performance art, incongruous vampire/Matt Preston compilations, ASB complaints, an interview with Kid Sam and plenty more!

This is the first biography of the extraordinary Arthur Russell, the enigmatic New York composer who ate music genres for breakfast, knew everyone who was anyone, and died sadly early.

Ten Best Picture nominees isn’t nearly enough for some years (1962, 1973, 1995 and 2009 particularly). Yet this year’s bloated collection of Oscar nods hasn’t been received well, or even been properly explained.

We pity the fool who doesn’t dance to the Opulent DJs this Sunday night at Golden Plains. But what does Opulent do, and who’s in their crack commando DJ unit?