NewsScifi
All That Litters: a short story by GF Willmetts.
We had most of the theory of teleportation sorted out before we sent something through. Obviously, something inorganic first and then worked our…
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September 2026
NewsCulture
Technology Does Not Equal Magic: an article by GF Willmetts.
Arthur C. Clarke said that sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. The point of this article is to question him. Within our…
NewsHorror
Gremlins 3 teaser: Gizmo returns, but someone has moved the release date
Gizmo has reappeared in a tiny Gremlins 3 teaser. Warner Bros has also moved the film to October 2028, giving us plenty of…
ReviewScifi
Shards Of Space by Robert Sheckley (book review).
Eleven 1950s Robert Sheckley stories, from a Venusian gold rush to group minds, a chess-fought space war and immortality drugs, that still read…
ReviewHorror
Cryptology #9 June 2026 (magazine review).
The Cryptologist doesn’t like the summer months, but I suspect vampires aren’t keen on them either. No leisurely meals, just a quick bite…
RoundupScifi
News Roundup: Alderman’s Mimmoths, An R-Rated Godzilla And Gremlins Sent To Bed Until 2028 (21–25 September 2026).
Naomi Alderman turns grief into a science fiction novel full of creatures nobody can catch, Godzilla picks up its first ever R rating,…
ReviewBooks
Trinity: The Best Kept Secret by Jacques F. Vallée and Paola Leopizzi Harris (book review).
Geoff Willmetts reviews Jacques Vallée and Paola Leopizzi Harris’ investigation into the alleged 1945 Trinity UFO crash, an incident said to predate Roswell…
NewsScifi
Ray Gunn: Brad Bird gives film noir a jetpack, aliens and a thoroughly suspicious Scarlett Johansson
Brad Bird's long-gestating Ray Gunn finally has a trailer: a retro-futuristic film noir starring Sam Rockwell, Scarlett Johansson and Tom Waits, in cinemas…
ReviewHorror
Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom brings you Frankenstein’s flock (Mark Kermode film review).
Aardman go full Universal monster movie, Shaun turns mad scientist, and the scariest thing in the woods is a mob of villagers with…
ReviewHorror
Resident Evil (2026) (Mark Kermode’s film review).
Twenty-four years and eight films in, somebody has finally worked out what a ‘Resident Evil’ movie should be: a terrified man with no…
ReviewScifi
The Old Guard 2 (2025) (film review).
Uma Thurman’s Discord digs up a 500-year grudge and the rules of immortality get murkier than ‘Highlander’. GF Willmetts reviews the blu-ray of…
ReviewScifi
The Old Guard (2020) (film review).
Charlize Theron leads a team of immortal mercenaries who keep getting shot and keep getting back up. GF Willmetts reviews the blu-ray of…