Movieoke is the latest New York craze. “All you need is a high-quality DVD system with a large screen and decent speakers, a library of films, a gang of friends and you’re off. Slot the disc into the machine and amaze or appal the assembled company with, say, your re-enactment of Robert De Niro’s ‘you looking at me?’ speech in Taxi Driver. An exhaustive knowledge of movies and a lack of inhibitions are helpful but not essential.”