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The Lord of the Rings radio adaptation rules!
A new edition of the Lord of the Rings radio series from 1981 is on the way from Demon Music Group. The original BBC Radio full-cast dramatisation of JRR Tolkien’s […]
RIP William Wisher
William Wisher passed away earlier this week. Wisher is a vital part of modern cinematic genre fiction. He was one of the writers on The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment […]
LEGO One Piece ploughs its own furrow (video)
There’s a slightly different take on the legend of One Piece in the new LEGO special. The almost true story of Captain Usopp the Brave! The Straw Hats are back […]
Today’s Reviews: Spider-Man before Homecoming
Before Tom Holland’s first solo Spidey feature, the character made a couple of cameos… While Peter’s been funnier, he’s rarely more consistently funny than he is in Civil War. Click […]
Back the Men of the Cloth
A new Kickstarter is underway for Men of the Cloth, based on a story by regular SFB contributor over the years, Paul Kane. Kane told SFB, ‘The original story for Men […]
A New Occupation for the Fourth Doctor and Sarah
The Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith face Genghis Khan and Nazis in the next box set, out in September. After dealing with contemporary intrigue in The Ministry of Death […]
Today’s Reviews: Overstuffed Spidey
The second Andrew Garfield Spider-Man movie has both too much and too little of key elements: With no sequels, this is an overtly tragic capstone to the Garfield era. One […]
Dissecting the Doomsday trailer (video)
The first full Avengers: Doomsday trailer is finally here. After months of this footage being shown at trade conventions we’re finally allowed to get a look too. Alasdair’s got the […]
Today’s Reviews: Tasking the Talamasca
Things improve during the third episode of Talamasca: The Secret Order: This entire episode is basically Guy demanding answers Click here to read Alasdair Stuart’s full review and for our […]
Buscemi to Far Cry
The Far Cry video games are a good, and surprisingly weird, time, explains Alasdair Stuart. The basic premise is always the same: you’re a Chad Pectoral-esque action hero, often someone […]
Today’s Reviews: Spider regeneration
The first appearance of “Peter 3” sets the Spider legend on a new course as we count down to the launch of Brand New Day Garfield is charming, brittle, broken […]
Happy Who Year reimagining The Crusades & Paradise Towers
Two very different versions of Doctor Who stories will be presented as radio plays at the Happy Who Year convention at Epsom Playhouse on Sunday 17 January 2027. From the […]
Great Grodd!!
If you have Netflix, treat yourself and go watch the two seasons of American Vandal, suggests Alasdair Stuart. It’s a note perfect parody of true crime podcasts, on the most […]
Today’s Reviews: Which Beast?
There’s a lot of contenders for the title of Beast of War in the 2025 movie: It’s a shark movie but it’s one of the best put together, character-facing horror […]
Mayday approaching!
John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein are the definition of a safe pair of hands. The duo responsible for Spider-Man: Homecoming, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, the upcoming Star […]
Blue Beetle rules!
One of the tragedies of the collapse of the DCEU was how overlooked Blue Beetle was, notes Alasdair Stuart. Aside from a weirdly tone-deaf performance from Susan Sarandon it was […]
How long for Doomsday?
Marvel continues to be in an incredibly strange place with Doomsday, notes Alasdair Stuart. We’ve known the movie is coming for months, we’ve known the work it must do, the […]
Sci-Fi Bulletin: Exploring the Universes of SF, Fantasy, Horror and Spy-fi! 