ReviewScifi
The Traveler by Joseph Eckert (book review).
The idea of time travel has been around for a very long time. Many readers will be familiar with H.G. Wells’ ‘The Time…
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September 2026
RoundupAnime/manga
Everyone you loved in 1979 is back, and most of them have brought a mecha (anime and manga news roundup).
We have not run a proper anime and manga news roundup since last October, which turns out to have been a scheduling error…
RoundupScifi
Saturday SciFi Splash: a workshop full of dinosaurs, a vampire at Netflix, and fandom having words (news roundup).
Phil Tippett's Berkeley workshop closes for good, Netflix goes looking for Strahd, Worldcon's business meeting reaches for the red pen, and the Horror…
NewsFantasy
HBO’s Harry Potter series finds its Dobby, its Ginny and its teenage dark lord (TV news).
Lenny Rush, Bonnie Hill and Billy Barratt join HBO's Harry Potter for the 'Chamber of Secrets' season, as Ginny Weasley is recast and…
ReviewFantasy
Logan Of Loxley: The Death Of Robin Hood (film review).
Michael Sarnoski drags Robin Hood through the mud, the blood and a great deal of Irish drizzle, with Hugh Jackman as an ageing…
ReviewScifi
God’s Vengeance by Theresa Derwin (book review).
One of the dilemmas any author faces is how long a work should be. Some mentors will tell them to write the story…
TrailerScifi
Rogue Trooper trailer: Duncan Jones drags 2000 AD’s blue soldier to the BFI London Film Festival (trailer).
The Rogue Trooper trailer has arrived, and Duncan Jones has finally dragged 2000 AD's blue-skinned killing machine onto a screen, with three BFI…
RoundupScifi
An Upset at the Hugos, a Sequel Thirteen Years Late, and a Reaper Who Can’t Keep Still (news roundup).
Three weeks of genre news in one go: a Hugo Awards upset in Anaheim, John Crowley's death, T. Kingfisher's suspiciously perfect publicity timing,…
TrailerFilms
Fortitude trailer: Nicolas Cage plays the man who accidentally invented James Bond (trailer).
Every so often a film turns up that is neither science fiction nor fantasy, and yet lands squarely in the SFcrowsnest in-tray on…
TrailerScifi
Dune Part Three new trailer lands and the messiah business is going badly (trailer).
A new Dune Part Three trailer has landed, which means Warner Bros. is now rationing Arrakis footage with roughly the same generosity the…
TrailerFantasy
Harry Potter second teaser summons Hogwarts back for Christmas (trailer).
The Harry Potter second teaser has arrived from HBO, and with it eight episodes of Philosopher's Stone, a cast list roughly the length…
NewsScifi
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…