Why aren’t all movies as easy to suss out as Journey To The Centre Of The Earth ? We don’t want a full-on synopsis, but a truthful clue about what to expect would be nice. Young nitpicker and queen of pedanticness, Louisa Hall, reveals top 10 misleading sci-fi, fantasy and …
Read More »Blockbuster Book Series The Expanse Set To Be TVs New Battlestar Galactica
After too long away, the space opera is returning to TV. Even better, the new series being produced for Syfy is based on The Expanse, the series of bestselling blockbuster sci-fi novels that have won glowing reviews and awestruck praise from sources as diverse as The Telegraph , George RR …
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Enjoying the second season of Orphan Black ? We all know the show boasts one of television’s most astounding performances, with the chameleonic and multitalented Tatiana Maslany playing more characters than you can count on one hand in the propulsive and captivating drama. Not only that, but they’re all frequently …
Read More »HOT TOPIC We Want Your Thoughts On Franchise Reboots
Calling all those with strong opinions about franchise reboots – we know you’ve got stuff to say on this one! (opens in new tab) With the new-fangled RoboCop hitting cinemas (check out our review here ), we can’t think of a better time to find out your views on reinvented …
Read More »The Kraken Rum Edible Autopsy
EVENT HORIZON: Miss Cakehead and The Kraken Rum prepare for Halloween with the corpse of a Kraken The Black Ink Society, a Kraken Rum-supported team, has recovered and secured the remains of a Kraken found off the North Kent coast. It has now been revealed that an autopsy on the …
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Max Landis on the Chronicle sequel that will never be, the men of Days Of Future Past and Jewel Staite sneaks into a Serenity screening, all in the latest Tweets Of The Week (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) Now this makes us sad. Chronicle screenwriter Max Landis …
Read More »SFX Comes Of Age!
Your favourite sci-fi and fantasy magazine celebrates its 18th birthday this weekend It was 18 years ago today that SFX burst onto the sci-fi scene, with Tank Girl on the cover and a fresh, fun approach to TV, books, comics, film and games. Here you can watch a 20-minute video …
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The Buffy writing staff reunited (with pics!), Star Trekkin’ across the globe and some bizarre Star Wars Day celebrations in the latest Tweets Of The Week (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) Geek god Joss Whedon is still going strong tweeting over at the @MuchAdoFilm Twitter feed (and …
Read More »SFX Competition Winner Meets The Men Behind Iron Man 3
Charlie Pearson puts her questions to Iron Man 3 brains trust Shane Black and Drew Pearce . (opens in new tab) A few weeks back, SFX ran a competition that gave one lucky reader the chance to meet and interview Shane Black and Drew Pearce, the writer/director and writer, respectively, …
Read More »Bringing back Uncle
The Complete Uncle , by JP Martin and Quentin Blake, blasts through its Kickstarter target “Is this the MOST IMPORTANT KICKSTARTER IN HUMAN HISTORY? Probably not. But it’s my favorite. The return of Uncle!” – Neil Gaiman tweet. In two days a Kickstarter project to re-publish JP Martin’s classic book …
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