working for the weekend

It's Friday, you've just finished lunch, and let's face it – you're in no mood to get back to work. So put those afternoon ambitions on hold, brew yourself a nice cuppa and settle in with our weekly round-up of all things awesome…

The tech-savvy among you should get laugh or two from Intel's new online game, IT Manager III – or at least from this rather weird promo video. After choosing your favourite snack and, er, network configuration, you play an overworked tech support person who has to run around solving employees' tech problems, fixing the servers, zapping stuff à la Matrix etc. Pretty fun, unless you actually are an IT manager.

Elsewhere online we've laughed at some football fashion disasters, marveled at the world's first computer-less blogger and debated Total’s Film’s top 8 concert movies – surely a bit of an old man’s list that missing some recent greats? The Libertines on home video? Sonic Youth in The Year Punk Broke? Join the discussion and enter our Taking Woodstock competition on the Film Club while you’re at it.

Back in the real world, yesterday saw the arrival of the subtle mob – a quieter take on the now-ubiquitous flashmob. You can take part tonight in Bristol, or tomorrow in Liverpool – don’t forget to send us your pics! If you’re in London, check out our friends at BAFTA’s Games Networking Night, for anyone working in (or just interested in) the games industry.

Finally, there’s the excting prospect of walking, projecting texts and even cycling amongst some giant bubbles in the sky. It’s all part of a proposal for the Olympics called The Cloud – and with backing from Google and engineering firm ARUP we wouldn’t be surprised if they pulled it off – or should we say up?

That’s it for this week, but we’ll be back next Friday with some ideas for your Christmas wishlist. Pens at the ready!

–The Feed Team

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Orange Wednesdays comes to your iPhone

It’s Orange Wednesdays tomorrow, and thanks to the new Orange Wednesdays iPhone app it’s now even easier to get your 2 for 1 voucher, find the nearest cinema and check out what’s playing. Just search for ‘Orange’ on your iPhone or download it from the Orange apps page.

You can then browse through the latest releases – like Harry Brown, the new Michael Caine thriller opening tomorrow – and watch trailers on your iPhone at the touch of a button. Display local cinemas on a map and see which ones are signed up to Orange Wednesdays, then invite a friend directy with an email showing the film, time and venue. You can even read reviews and join the critics by voting ‘hit’ or ‘miss’ after you’ve watched the movie, or browse upcoming titles for next week. Best of all, you can request your 2 for 1 voucher directly from the app, making your cinema experience seamless. So go on, treat a mate tomorrow. If only to show off what your Orange iPhone can do.

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get your freak on

Friday night saw 300 brave winners of our Facebook film club competition travel to Tower Hamlets cemetery for the Night of Fright screening of The Exorcist.

The audience had to endure a foggy cemetery tour and a goosebump-inducing welcome from Beth the creepy character from the Film Club story, before being greeted with a warm glass of mulled wine.

Thouroughly spooked, we were all pleased to find the outdoor cinema decked out with comfy directors’ chairs, a big bag of goodies and a creepy introduction by Empire magazine’s horror expert, Kim Newman.

The Exorcist was screened as a silent cinema and you listened to the film through headphones. If you dared remove them, all that could be heard was a sinister silence. Except for the unexplained blood-curdling screams, that is…

Congratulations to all our winners, we hope we haven’t scared you away. And if you’re not yet a fan of the Orange Film Club Facebook page, find it here and you could be in for some great treats – or maybe some tricks!

Check out all the photos here

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Orange Cinema ticket giveaway

What’s scarier than watching The Exorcist? Watching it in the dark, at night, outdoors, in a scare-your-socks-off-spooky secret location, that’s what. Welcome to Orange Cinema – A Night of Fright.

On Saturday we gave away the Orange Cinema tickets to our lucky winners, for our Night of Fright event this weekend, in a secret location in Central London.

The event has proved so popular we’ve released additional seats. If you reckon you can handle the fear, come along – we’ve got limited free tickets to give away, and all you have to do is email us here, quick.

The Priest giving away the first ticket at our secret East London venue.

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Snake slithers into view from Orange Film Studios

Imagine a monster with such a horrifyingly mammoth appetite, it will eat anything and everything in its path... and as it gobbles up its terrified victims, it just gets bigger and bigger...

Well, the legendary mobile game 'Snake' does just that.

Sigourney Weaver stars in SNAKE, the epic cinematic interpretation of the famous game. You'll be able to watch this, the latest cinema advert brought to you from Orange Film Studios, in cinemas across the country, right before your film begins.

SNAKE is set in an ancient land of mystery and magic. The computer-generated snake eats up as many people as possible. Can Sigourney's character stop it from destroying the human race? Not likely, if Director Dresden and Producer Eliot have anything to do with it...

To accompany SNAKE, a game of the movie of the game (still with us?!) has been created too. Dresden explained the concept to us:

"The format's simplicity itself. Imagine the most horrifying thing in the world. It's being eaten alive by a snake, right? The genius of SNAKE is that it takes that and just runs with it. Lots of people get eaten. And I means like, loads."

We've embedded the SNAKE game above for you to have a play. See how far you can get, as each level gets faster and provides more obstacles for you to master. We got to level 5, so not exactly top of the leader board, but it's a lot of fun to fill some afternoon downtime with.

Even better, you can share and play it with your Facebook pals and embed it on your site, or blog, too. Now what could be more fun than eating up your own mates?

We're struggling with that one, you know ;-)

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Toy Story in 3D: win tickets with Orange Film club

Orange Film Club management have been pretty busy these last few weeks. To be frank, they've had more free screenings than you can shake a super-size bucket of popcorn at. Fancy some of that? Step this way...

Today's competition is an absolute corker: Orange Film Club are giving away 20 family passes (based on a family of four), which allow entry into three showings of the Toy Story films. Here's the details...

Toy Story in 3D: in cinemas on October 2nd (for a limited period)
Toy Story 2 in 3D: showing in cinemas on January 22nd, 2010
Toy Story 3: hitting cinemas on July 23, next year too

So that's three cinema trips for four people... blimey, that's like, 12 tickets in one pass! Awesome.

To bag your family pass, all you have to do is head to Orange Film Club and answer this question:

What is the name of Buzz Lightyear's nemesis?

First 20 correct answers win a pass.

And go!

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love film? Then follow @OrangeFilm

At Orange Film Club, we've been even busier than usual in the last couple of weeks with free screenings, competitions and movie gossip. It's positively buzzing over there.

Today we've launched yet another last-minute, super-exclusive free screening ticket giveaway for Fish Tank. Starring the excellent Michael Fassbender and newcomer Katie Jarvis, this forceful and touching film has been met with immense critical acclaim. Just watch the trailer above; it packs a powerful punch.

So for your chance to get hold of one of two pairs of tickets for a screening in London tonight, head over to the Orange Film Club sharpish!

TICKET GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED, BUT READ ON TO HEAR ABOUT THE TWITTER STREAM @ORANGEFILM FROM ORANGE FILM CLUB :)

And as if all that wasn't enough to keep our hands full, we've taken over the Orange Film Twitter stream, too. Follow @orangefilm and be amongst the first to find out about all the movie goodness on offer.

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(500) Days of Summer free screening!

There's a free screening rumble in the Orange Film Club jungle, people.

Over on Facebook they're giving away tickets to see (500) Days of Summer.

Starring Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Hewitt, it's a modern take on the classic boy-meets-girl story. It's showing in selected cinemas across the UK on Tuesday 25 August at 6pm, so clear the diary.

All you have to do is hit the lovely promo box on the left hand side of the Orange Film Club page to bag your tickets. (500) Days... is definitely worth a watch, especially when it's Orange Film Club's treat to you.

Enjoy :)

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