Review: The Odyssey
Starring Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway, Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong’o, Samantha Morton, Zendaya, Charlize Theron, Himesh Patel, Elliot Page, Mia Goth. Directed by Christopher Nolan Universal Pictures – in […]
Revisiting the Key to Time
A special single volume adaptation of The Key to Time – Doctor Who’s Season 16 – is on the way, containing three new novelisations. Six segments. One quest. The fate […]
Connecting with Clayface (video)
The first trailer for Clayface is here and it’s a nightmare in the best of ways. Alasdair looks into the face of darkness and sees it shift… 0.13 – ‘Show […]
Today’s Reviews: Defying the gods
An odyssey into filmmaking… Once the movie focusses on Odysseus’s Odyssey we have something to cling on to, and all the fighting starts to make sense Click here to read […]
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 […]
Sci-Fi Bulletin: Exploring the Universes of SF, Fantasy, Horror and Spy-fi! 