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RIP Sam Neill
Jurassic Park and The Omen star Sam Neill has died aged 78. “It is with immense sadness that the whānau [extended family] of Sam Neill share the news of his […]
The Mayfair Witches return (video)
AMC+ has released a trailer for the third season of Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches. Starring Alexandra Daddario, Harry Hamlin, Tongayi Chirisa and Alyssa Jirrels, as well as Betsy Brandt, Michiel […]
Today’s Reviews: Wolves and Sharks
The Soviet alternate space saga Star City concludes with some further implausible twists: To be fair, the term ‘science fiction’ has never felt more apposite – with the word ‘fiction’ […]
Today’s Reviews: Back to the Backrooms
Our voyage through the Backrooms comes to a conclusion: This is the first real example of the sort of slow burn menace that Parsons really has fun with in the […]
Godzilla minus Zero approaches (video)
One of the best movies of the century to date is about to get a sequel, and one of the most iconic monsters in movies is making their way back […]
Alien: Earth expands
Alien: Earth’s first season was, for me, a maddening combination of great ideas, excellent cast and some truly mystifying choices, says Alasdair Stuart. The second season is gearing up now […]
Presenting the Clarke Award nominees
The Arthur C. Clarke Award is always a fascinating snapshot of genre, and this year is no exception. Two of the books, Dungeon Crawler Carl and There Is No Anti-Memetics […]
Prepare for a return to Dune (video)
A full trailer has now been released for Dune Part Three, coming this December. Denis Villeneuve’s epic trilogy comes to a breathtaking conclusion. Dune: Part Three is set nearly two decades after Paul […]
Analysing the Emmy nominations
It’s traditional to bemoan the state of genre fiction and, like all traditions, the binary of good/bad, right/wrong is pretty much always false. This year’s Emmys prove that point. Alasdair […]
Today’s Reviews: This is London?
The second episode of the Anne Rice based Talamasca series sort of sends its protagonist across the Atlantic: The London we see here is both convincingly London and weirdly empty […]
A venomous misstep
The third Spidey movie didn’t really hit the spots that Raimi’s first two did: Stuffed to the gills with characters, none of whom have any room, it’s an operatic, overblown […]
Today’s Reviews: Calm before the storm
The penultimate visit to Star City is somewhat calmer than recent times: The action is decidedly low key and even sensible – a bit like Anna Maxwell Martin’s KGB footwear. […]
Today’s Reviews: Silent Minions
The fifth Minions movie has some surprises in store: If you already liked the series, this is a really good time. If you’ve never seen them before, honestly this is […]
G.I. Joe returns to Springfield (video)
Say Danny McBride to most people, notes Alasdair Stuart, and they’ll think of Eastbound & Down or any of the other comedies he’s done, all defined by his gruff, no […]
Debriefing The Ninth Jedi (video)
We have our first official Star Wars Anime series! The trailer for The Ninth Jedi, which arrives on Disney + and Hulu on 5 August, is live and there are […]
Today’s Reviews: Sugar Returns
The most unusual private investigator is back… Farrell is exceptional at this sort of careful, internal acting and his noir-ish narration and accent both set Sugar outside his own perspective […]
Hammer unleash The Abominable Snowman
Hammer has released details of their new restoration of The Abominable Snowman, written by Quatermass’ Nigel Kneale and starring Peter Cushing. Re-teaming Quatermass creator Kneale and BAFTA-winning director Val Guest, […]
Sci-Fi Bulletin: Exploring the Universes of SF, Fantasy, Horror and Spy-fi! 