Map Of Metal
Visitors here arrive at a world map fashioned from leather, denim and chains, where countries are replaced by heavy metal sub-genres and accompanied by a streaming playlist. The headbanger's voyage of discovery begins with a soundtrack of Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, and other icons of standard heavy metal. Click around and you'll journey to other kingdoms – from the southern continents of gothic rock to the northern territories of garage rock, where the metal began with bands such as MC5 and the Sonics. Discover great music and a few new genres too ("funeral doom" anyone?).
Split Sider
If you're of the opinion that the best sitcoms on TV (Modern Family, 30 Rock) come from across the Atlantic and that Zach Galifianakis is the world's greatest bearded being, then you'll feel at home on this American comedy site. Not that it's totally insular – they also celebrate the very British Look Around You and hail a clip of Ronnie Corbett from his The One Ronnie Christmas show as pun-filled genius. Regular nuggets include comedians' tweets, viral videos (look for Footprints: The Movie) and nostalgic articles such as "How Roseanne helped make it OK to be gay on American TV". There's also a look back on 2010's unintentional gifts to comedy, from Mel Gibson's rant to the Restore Steven Baldwin movement.
Blog roll: Movies
French site with a keen eye for spotting the use of Photoshop in film ads.
Stunning collection of film title stills, with added "The End" screen grabs.
Preparing for the horror of The Smurfs movie and other troubling matters.
Silent movies resource with reviews, biographies and archived articles from near-century-old issues of Photoplay Magazine.
Posts include the thorny question "do films need music" and less thought-provoking "Deer in film".
Movie trailer mash-ups including the unbeatable classic Scary Mary Poppins.
What we learned on the web this week
Nothing sums up frustration like a binned brolly
Not even Roger Moore can dodge a laser
The best viral videos of last year
How to make Big Bird even more disturbing
The hugging equivalent of the air kiss has finally been revealed
My other sledge is a Porsche
A quick way to spoil nearly every Disney movie
The location of the Bermuda triangle of productivity
96% of all Twitter users have fewer than 500 followers
The best bloody boxing faces in movie history
