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Worm Trailer: Something Nasty in No Man’s Land
Gas, mud, barbed wire and now a giant worm: the trailer for WWI trench horror Worm arrives ahead of a digital release.
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No Names, No Pack Drill: Rose Strickman Wins the 2026 WSFA Small Press Award
Rose Strickman's "Guardians of the Well" takes the 2026 WSFA Small Press Award, chosen by voters who had no idea who wrote it.
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Dogfights Over the Desert: The SFcrowsnest UFO Roundup, October 2026
David Grusch returns to Joe Rogan with a field guide to the galaxy's warring tribes, the Pentagon unlocks the NDA cupboard, and a…
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Dead Howling trailer: werewolves versus zombies, and only one side has had its jabs
A lone werewolf takes on an evolving zombie horde in the Dead Howling trailer, from the producer of Dog Soldiers. It closes FrightFest…
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News Roundup: King Finishes The Talisman, Carrie Goes Back To School And Geralt Gets A Wash (28 September–2 October 2026).
Stephen King closes the Talisman trilogy, Mike Flanagan's Carrie wins over the critics, Madeline Miller returns with Mestra, The Witcher 3 gets a…
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VisionQuest: Marvel’s android walks into a trap on purpose (official trailer).
Marvel’s official VisionQuest trailer swaps August’s quiet navel-gazing for a rescue mission, with Paul Bettany’s Vision strolling knowingly into a trap while James…
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IDW unleashes Godzilla, Star Trek, mutant turtles and classified comic-book business (New York ComicCon 2026).
IDW arrives at the convention with Godzilla, Star Trek, TMNT, creator signings, exclusives and a mysterious classified project requiring wristbands.
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DreamQuil: Elizabeth Banks meets her upgrade in Alex Prager’s AI wellness nightmare (trailer).
Elizabeth Banks signs up for an AI-led wellness retreat in DreamQuil, only to come home and find the robot double left with husband…
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The Man with the Bag: Arnie’s Santa raids the Naughty List for a Christmas heist (trailer).
Arnold Schwarzenegger plays Santa Claus in The Man with the Bag, a Prime Video holiday heist comedy where Alan Ritchson's thief must recover…
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Stuart Fails to Save the Universe: season one escapes the sitcom asylum
Stuart Bloom’s first season turns a sitcom’s supporting players into reluctant multiverse tourists, then gives television itself a well-deserved kick. Spoilers ahead.
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Forbidden Planet (1956) (film UHD Blu-ray review)
Do I have to tell you the plot of the 1956 film ‘Forbidden Planet’? OK, for those Science Fiction fans who might have…
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Batman Arkham Asylum: The Deluxe Edition Living Hell by Dan Slott, Ryan Sook, Wade Von Grawbadger and Jim Royal (graphic novel review).
Now here is an unusual book. Batman at most appears for a couple of pages near the beginning and towards the end. The…
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Doctor Strange Endless Nightmare by Kevin J. Anderson, Raúl Allén and Patricia Martín (review).
Periodically, publisher Abrams has been releasing standalone stories using characters from the Marvel Universe. Here we have Doctor Strange: Endless Nightmare by writer…
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Thrill-power interrupted: the printer that printed 2000AD has gone bust
The Galaxy's Greatest Comic has been felled not by the Dark Judges, not by a Sov nuke, but by a web offset press…
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