Today’s Reviews: A Haunted House movie without the scares
Second Sight are bringing Echoes of Fear to on-demand release today, with a DVD following on 3 August – but Nick Joy isn’t too impressed. In a crowded marketplace, Echoes […]
Nebula-75 flies onto the Internet
During lockdown, Supermarionation experts Stephen La Rivière and Andrew T. Smith came up with an all-new series, very much in the mould of the early 1960s series such as Fireball […]
Ancient mysteries for the Paternoster Gang
A Silurian detective, her human lady’s maid and wife, and a Sontaran butler – otherwise known as the Paternoster Gang. Their adventures started during Steven Moffat’s era of Doctor Who […]
A babysitter for Charlie Manx?
Tom Savini – who looked after a young Joe Hill on the set of Creepshow, as Hill confirmed to Nick joy in their recent chat – has a different role […]
Bigfoot on the rampage!
Max Brooks brought us a new take on zombies with his World War Z, and now he’s turned his attention to the legend of the Sasquatch in his new thriller, […]
Doctor Who’s Marco Polo travels onto vinyl
The epic tale of the First Doctor’s encounter with Marco Polo – the first of the lost stories from William Hartnell’s era – is coming to vinyl in September, courtesy […]
Fire up the Wraith! Charlie’s back!
Now that the embargoed portion has aired in the UK, we’re continuing our reviews of this new season of Joe Hill’s NOS4A2. What a joy to witness Charlie and burly […]
The Goonies and Beetlejuice get 4K UHD release
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced that Richard Donner’s The Goonies (1985), Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice (1988), and Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes (2009) and Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows (2011), will […]
Margrave the Magnificent vs Steed and Mrs Peel
If the name Margrave sounds familiar, it’s because he’s already turned up in the Big Finish Avengers tales – but in a story that’s actually a sequel to this one! […]
Creating The Englishman
David Gilman’s new thriller, The Englishman, has been gaining great reviews, including from us, and we had the chance to put some questions to him by email. I prefer to […]
Return to Moonbase Alpha with Big Finish’s Space:1999 reboot
Commander Koenig, Dr Russell and the team on Moonbase Alpha face fresh threats in the first box set of adventures for Big Finish’s revival of Space: 1999. Three new stories […]
Dirk Gently goes for a spin
The Demon Records edition of Dirk Maggs’ adaptation of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency is out today, and Nick Joy’s had a listen: By far the closest to the source […]
Robert J. Sawyer discusses The Oppenheimer Alternative
75 years ago today, the world’s first atomic bomb was tested. One of the key personnel involved with that was J. Robert Oppenheimer – the subject of prolific Canadian author […]
Own the Nostromo!
Film & TV memorabilia worth in excess of $6 million (£4.8 million) will be auctioned by Prop Store in a two-day auction on August 26th and 27th Bids can be […]
Tantalising hints for Snowpiercer series 2 (video)
Following the conclusion of the first season of Snowpiercer, TNT showed a teaser trailer for the second. The show had nearly completed filming prior to shutdown caused by COVID-19. Sean […]
Scribe Award 2020 winners announced
The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers has announced their Scribe Awards for 2020, online rather than at a convention because of COVID-19. ADAPTED NOVEL–GENERAL & SPECULATIVE Alita: Battle Angel […]
Sci-Fi Bulletin: Exploring the Universes of SF, Fantasy, Horror and Spy-fi! 