Today’s Reviews: Jubilant Jubilee
Time to return to the time of Rochester… The original scripts are simply taken as the starting point and then fleshed out and expanded in ways that you might never […]
Riffing on The Big Chill
Alasdair Stuart finds a new horror movie set to pay tribute to a classic… Released in 1983, The Big Chill is an ensemble comedy drama whose cast reads like a […]
RIP June Lockhart
American actress June Lockhart, who played Maureen Robinson in the original Lost in Space, has died aged 100. “Mommy always considered acting as her craft, her vocation, but her true […]
Today’s Reviews: Building a Mayfair ensemble
The focus isn’t purely on Rowan in the second episode of Mayfair Witches’ sophomore season and the show is all the better for it: Involving, dark and increasingly confident. Click […]
RIP Nabil Shaban
Nabil Shaban, known to generations of Doctor Who fans as Sil in Philip Martin’s various stories and the co-founder of Graeae, has died, aged 72. The news was posted to […]
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 […]
Sci-Fi Bulletin: Exploring the Universes of SF, Fantasy, Horror and Spy-fi! 