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January 2020

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Joker film sweeps up 11 BAFTA nominations for movie (film news).

The Academy Film Awards nominations are here, with Warner receiving 11 nominations for their rather dark Joker film. We reached out to a…

ColonelFrog8 Jan 2020

Devils’ Crest arrives on Prime Video, and Reki Kawahara’s death games have run out of letters between VR and reality (anime news).

ZX Spectrum history book loads in 98 minutes, no tape errors reported.

Criminal teaser: Prime Video raids the Brubaker and Phillips back catalogue, and sensibly leaves the guns at home.

Set Phasers to Litigate: When Genre Franchises Savage Their Own Fans.

“I’ve been through too much”: Tim Burton keeps the Corpse Bride in her coffin, for now (film news).

Spooktacular! – Illustrators Special Edition #20 (book review).

Mashle goes live action: Warner Bros. bets on a wizarding school where the hero solves everything with his biceps (film news).

Teghaza 001: a rose-pink rock from the Sahara turns out to be a 4.1-billion-year-old piece of Mars (science news).

Booker or bust: M John Harrison, lifelong weird old sci-fi bloke, eyes literature’s biggest prize.

Physint at Beyond the Strand: Kojima shows his homework, and it looks suspiciously like Metal Gear (games).

Teghaza 001: a rose-pink rock from the Sahara turns out to be a 4.1-billion-year-old piece of Mars (science news).

John Leeson (1943–2026): the voice of K9, Rainbow’s first Bungle, and the Doctor’s most loyal companion (obituary).

Godzilla Minus Zero: the big lad turns 72 by stomping into Japanese cinemas, with America next on Friday (monster movie news).

Dragon Ball Z Goes To Court, Gorilla Grodd Stands Trial And Arkane Gets Suitors (Offworld Report, 1–5 November 2026).

Set Phasers to Litigate: When Genre Franchises Savage Their Own Fans.

Darth Vader meets Doctor Doom, and the cape budget doubles: Hope Assembles unveils new variant covers (comics news).

Bass X Machina: Netflix’s steampunk Bass Reeves rides in tomorrow, packing a mechanical West and Brian Tyree Henry (TV news).

Darth Vader meets Doctor Doom, and the cape budget doubles: Hope Assembles unveils new variant covers (comics news).

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Superheroes

January 2020

Joker film sweeps up 11 BAFTA nominations for movie (film news).