Today’s Reviews: A Leiter touch
The first novel to focus on James Bond’s ally Felix Leiter doesn’t disappoint: The story is built around a couple of very specific real-world incidents but at no point does […]
Today’s Reviews: Mayfair Mom
The second season of Mayfair Witches kicks off with Rowan a mom… There’s a lovely, complex foundation of tension and the show is already doing some fun things with it. […]
See Stranger Things on the big screen
Netflix has confirmed that the series finale of Stranger Things will be simultaneously released on the cinema screen, at least in North America. The screenings will take place in over […]
The Lost Hunt for Ben Solo
Discussing Star Wars, a lot of the time, is like trying to make dinner while a horse is looking at you, notes Alasdair Stuart. There’s sensible, useful stuff to do […]
Today’s Reviews: To the Death
The pre-penultimate episode of Khan sees the other key event the series has to cover: It’s a nicely handled, if operatic moment, using their shared love of poetry and a […]
Will you make the Last Sacrifice?
Rupert Russell’s The Last Sacrifice is heading to cinemas this Halloween. The movie delves into the real-life 1945 witchcraft killing of Charles Walton – the terrifying event that inspired THE […]
Today’s Reviews: Revisiting the Long Walk
With The Long Walk now available to stream, time for a second look: The Long Walk is relentless, brutal, funny and tragic. It’s enormously impressive at every level and even […]
The Third Doctor faces the Imposters
The Third Doctor has two companions in his next audio adventure, The Imposters, due for release February 2026 from Big Finish. In the first of 2026’s The Third Doctor Adventures […]
Placing the Predator
Alasdair Stuart provides one more titbit about Predator: Badlands, as a treat. Dan Trachtenberg, whose Predator trilogy of Prey, Killer of Killers and Badlands is two thirds of the way […]
Today’s Reviews: Lacking in Good Fortune
The promising trailer for Good Fortune unfortunately isn’t borne out by the movie: Despite everyone’s best efforts it feels like reheated leftovers rather than the reinvention of classic ingredients it […]
Today’s Reviews: The Quality of Leadership
Last week’s episode of Khan saw two differing styles of leadership: One is a closed fist; one is an open hand. Neither are entirely right and that sudden grey area […]
Today’s Reviews: In the Dead of Night
Eighty years ago, Ealing Studios released a horror story that has resonated down the years: This 1945 Ealing Studios film, beautifully restored for this new edition, still has the power […]
Teasing the Talamasca (video)
Talamasca: The Secret Order is the next series in the ‘Immortal Universe’ spinning out from Interview with the Vampire and Mayfair Witches. This time the secret (ish) human society that […]
Whither Stranger Things?
With Stranger Things’ final season approaching at last, the Duffer Bros have been talking about bringing Netflix’s first legitimate monster hit into land. Alasdair Stuart checked it out. There’s a […]
Today’s Reviews: Marathon ending for Mayfair’s season
The first season of Mayfair Witches continues the weird pacing of the previous episodes: Right now for every moment we get that works we get one that doesn’t. Click here […]
Conflict for the Star Cops
Big Finish has released details for the next set of stories in the Star Cops series, Star Cops: Conflict which begins in January 2026. The International Space Police Force – as […]
Sci-Fi Bulletin: Exploring the Universes of SF, Fantasy, Horror and Spy-fi! 