Turner-Smith for Star Wars: The Acolyte
Jodie Turner-Smith is set to join the cast of the Star Wars Disney+ series The Acolyte, according to a report at Deadline. At present Amandla Stenberg is the only confirmed […]
Today’s Reviews: She Will score
Clint Mansell’s score for the horror movie She Will matches the movie – for good and ill A generally good score from a composer we’d expect to give us that, […]
RIP Peter Straub
Tributes are being paid to author Peter Straub, who died on September 4 aged 79. Perhaps best known for his two collaborations with Stephen King – The Talisman and Black […]
Details of the new Blake’s 7 adventures After the War
Story details have been revealed for a brand-new box set of Blake’s 7 adventures, due for release in November 2022 from Big Finish . The galactic war has unexpected repercussions. […]
Today’s Reviews: The (Human) Adventure is Beginning Again
The first Star Trek motion picture deserves reassessment, and the new 4K edition (also available on Blu-ray) allows it The Director’s Edition rebalances the storytelling so that the “human” part […]
Today’s Reviews: Odd surprises for Blood & Treasure
An episode that doesn’t quite match the level of its predecessors this week in Blood & Treasure The series has consistently set the bar so high before that “The Throne of […]
Dickens’ Chimes resound once more
Average Romp are bringing a rather different Christmas tale from Charles Dickens to life this year. he Chimes is a feature-length, full-cast adaptation of the ‘lost’ Christmas book by Charles […]
Today’s Reviews: A different sort of Close Encounter musically
The soundtrack for Jordan Peele’s Nope – which includes score and songs – gets a thumbs up It’s a good range, and comes over in all the appropriate ways, evoking […]
Morton and Stokes for Burning Girls
Samantha Morton and Ruby Stokes will lead the cast in the Paramount+ adaptation of CJ Tudor’s The Burning Girls. The novel has been adapted into a six hour miniseries by […]
Today’s Reviews: Darkness in the Shadows
There’s a bit of a tonal shift as we come towards the end of the latest season of the vampire comedy Things were going a little too well for our […]
Netflix’s Troll arrives in December
Netflix has announced that the epic Norwegian action-adventure film Troll will launch globally on December 1, 2022. The film is directed by internationally acclaimed Roar Uthaug (Tomb Raider, The Wave) […]
Today’s Reviews: Enter the Dead Sector
The Dead Sector is a new addition to the mythos of the Walking Dead… The direction is the equal of Ahmadu Garba’s script, with Haifaa al-Mansour cleverly blurring the lines […]
Hugo Award winners named
The winners of the 2022 Hugo Awards, Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book, and Astounding Award for Best New Writer were announced on Sunday, September 4, 2022, at Chicon […]
Today’s Reviews: Music to hunt by
The latest Predator movie is unusual – and so is its score… Being set in the 18th Century, we’re given a feel of the era, with plucked strings and hurdy […]
Emmy success for multiple genre series
The second night of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on September 4 saw Stranger Things gain five further Emmys. The Netflix show won for: Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy […]
Today’s Reviews: She-Hulk in action… court action
The new She-Hulk series has some issues with balancing the various requirements of an MCU series… I am enjoying the frivolity of it all. The comedy is well delivered, well […]
Sci-Fi Bulletin: Exploring the Universes of SF, Fantasy, Horror and Spy-fi! 