Today’s Reviews: Agatha All Along the Trail
The third episode of Marvel Television’s latest show moves things along satisfactorily: It’s still missing Aubrey Plaza’s mesmeric presence but the rest of the cast get enough to do that […]
Syfy cancel Chucky
Chucky’s adventures will no longer be chronicled on the small screen, with news that a fourth season of the malevolent doll’s exploits is not happening. Creator Don Mancini noted, “I’m […]
The Seventh Doctor teams with Thomas Carnacki
William Hope Hodgson’s ghost hunter Thomas Carnacki is teaming up with the Seventh Doctor for a new series of audios from Big Finish. Sylvester McCoy and Dan Starkey star in […]
Today’s Reviews: Zygote Gestalt
The fifth of the OATS Studio shorts is also worthy of expansion: This is the good stuff. Hitting the ground running and never stopping, Blomkamp crams everything he loves into this […]
Today’s Reviews: Has-beanie babes?
Collector-mania comes under the spotlight in episode 8 of Futurama’s new season: It gets dangerously close to some very old chestnuts with the beanie baby-esque main plot but ends up […]
Details of the Eighth Doctor’s Reflections
Big Finish has released details of the next set of adventures in the Time War for Paul McGann’s Eighth Doctor. The Doctor and his great-grandson Alex have been reunited amid […]
Today’s Reviews: Strange, Darling?
Martin Jameson’s second horror of the week is a little harder to review without giving the game away: Strange Darling is attempting to ask some tricky questions about consent, women and […]
Avon’s Terrible Aspect comes to Big Finish
Paul Darrow’s prequel chronicling the life of Kerr Avon is being brought to life at Big Finish. In 1989, Darrow, published his debut novel. Entitled Avon: A Terrible Aspect, it […]
Today’s Reviews: God’s plans
Instalments two and four of the OATS Studio releases are more episodic than the odd-numbered tales: [In God] the gore is minimal and the sense of relief and shfit in […]
Today’s Reviews: Speaking No Evil
The new remake of the Danish thriller has much to recommend it: The ingredients are straight out of Mrs Beeton’s Book of Household Horror Management but the cookery is Haute […]
Today’s Reviews: Manipulation of the Rings
The second season of The Rings of Power continues to improve: Tension and suspense ramp up even more, which is an especially good thing as both are just a bit […]
Today’s Reviews: Be… moderately AFRAID
A Sunday morning cautionary tale from Chris Weitz… While Weitz frames the story along conventional AI thriller lines, he’s much more interested in humankind’s compliance and indeed yearning for what […]
Today’s Reviews: And singing in the Choir
The latest Torchwood tale sees Rhys take centre stage once more: It feels like every time there’s a new release in the Torchwood monthly release I say it’s one of […]
Today’s Reviews: Vietnam redux
The setting is honoured but altered in the third of the OATS Studio short films: The budget is stretched in clever, witty, unpleasant ways and the unusual setting allows for […]
Today’s Reviews: Agatha’s back!
The Lying Witch in the Wardrobe is back… The show is attempting to combine equal parts camp nonsense and powerful women. It’s a strange set of flavours to mix together, […]
RIP David Graham
British actor David Graham, probably best known for voicing “Nosey” Parker on Thunderbirds, has died aged 99. He also voiced other characters for the original Thunderbirds including Brains and Kyrano, […]
Sci-Fi Bulletin: Exploring the Universes of SF, Fantasy, Horror and Spy-fi! 