The Briggs / Phelps Factor
There’s an interesting (if very slightly spoilery) element to the eighth Mission: Impossible film – the identiy of the agent chasing Ethan Hunt… Played by Shea Wigham, we first meet […]
RIP Peter David
American writer Peter David has died, at the age of 68. David was an accomplished figure in the genre, with celebrated runs on many comicbooks, including 12 years on The […]
Celebrating 14 years of Sci-Fi Bulletin
Fourteen years ago this weekend, the first new review was published on Sci-Fi Bulletin – a couple of archive placeholders had been used while we worked out how the site […]
Today’s Reviews: Gear change for Jentry
The final three episodes of Jentry Chau’s first season represent something of a gear change for the show: Jentry takes what she’s learned and tries to do something revolutionary with […]
Today’s Reviews: Make a Wanda-Wish
There’s some very familiar vibes about tonight’s Doctor Who episode, and a lot of set-up… On its own it’s very odd and I found it very silly at times. The […]
The Wheel of Time stops revolving at Prime Video
Prime Video has elected not to order a fourth season of The Wheel of Time, based on the books by Robert Jordan. Deadline Hollywood reports that the viewership for the […]
The 7th Doctor and Ace find Alixion
The proposed Sylvester McCoy story Alixion is coming to Big Finish as part of the Lost Stories range. Alixion is based on a serial that was commissioned in 1989, prior […]
Today’s Reviews: Misjudged Mission?
There’s a lot to praise in Dead Reckoning (no longer needing the Part 1 in its title)… but there are issues… This is often the very best of a consistently […]
Cliffhangers for Holmes!
Big Finish’s Sherlock Holmes range is returning in a slightly different format later this year. Nicholas Briggs and Richard Earl return as Holmes and Watson in a brand-new serialised audio […]
Today’s Reviews: Lazarus heads to Midsommar
Not the place of the muirders but the folk horror… The design of the show has always been a weird and entertaining combination of old and new and that’s front […]
Judging the Jurassic World Rebirth (video)
Jurassic World Rebirth has just released a second trailer and it’s done a great job of laying out the movie’s stall. Here’s what Alasdair Stuart noticed. 0.4 – Screams and […]
Today’s Reviews: Perfect Fallout for the IMF
The sixth Mission Impossible movie brought threads together in a way that felt right: The humour that was explored across the last two movies is folded into the continuity that’s […]
Pulling apart the Predator trailer (video)
Predator: Killer of Killers is within sight and we’ve got another trailer for the new animated anthology. Alasdair Stuart gets ready for historical murder sports! 0.09 – Shield Maiden This […]
Today’s Reviews: Penultimate peril for Tracker
The penultimate episode of this season of Tracker sets some markers for the future: Colter’s skills as an actual tracker are front and centre, in a plot that’s one point […]
Star Cops face Conflict in 2026
Big Finish’s continuation of Chris Boucher’s Star Cops returns next year with Star Cops: Conflict. The International Space Police Force are back for six brand-new episodes of full-cast audio drama, […]
Today’s Reviews: Compassionate Chau
A lot of payoffs in what feels like – but isn’t – a season finale… The show’s biggest emotional arc is closed here, and seeing Jentry not so much accept […]
Sci-Fi Bulletin: Exploring the Universes of SF, Fantasy, Horror and Spy-fi! 