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The Hour Of The Phoenix by Richard Saxon (book review).
Firstly, there are a lot of Richard Saxons out there now. The author of The Hour Of The Phoenix appears to have been…
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Gods, Cider and the Fine Art of Doing Less: A Friday at the Idler Festival 2026 (convention report).
There are literary festivals that feel suspiciously like science fiction cons with better scarves and bush hats. Then there is the Idler Festival,…
NewsScifi
Best of British science fiction gets bundled (news).
What is this, we hear at the Nest, somebody has now bundled fifteen rather fine examples of British science fiction, fantasy and horror…
ReviewMagazines
Back Issue #7 December 2004 (magazine review).
I managed to get the seventh issue of Back Issue recently, which specialised in super-teams. One thing I’ve been careful about is keeping…
ReviewScifi
SOULM8TE: When your A.I. girlfriend updates her Terms And Conditions with a boiled bunny (film review)
SOULM8TE, pronounced Soulmate because apparently even murder-bots need branding consultants, is the latest offshoot from the M3GAN universe, arriving on digital platforms from…
TrailerScifi
Dune: Part Three trailer arrives, and Paul Atreides appears to have misplaced his chill (trailer).
Arrakis is back, then, which is bad news for anyone hoping to get sand out of the franchise carpet before Christmas 2026. Warner…
ReviewScifi
Earth Abides by George R. Stewart (book review).
‘Earth Abides’ by George R. Stewart (1895-1980) is only one of two SF book that he wrote. It was originally released in 1949…
NewsScifi
LifePods: Escape From New York, but make it French and invoiceable (news).
LifePods appears to be one of those rare gadgets where the design meeting may have begun with someone slapping a VHS copy of…
ReviewCri-Fi
A Century Of Hitchcock: The Man, The Myths, The Legacy by Tony Lee Moral (book review).
It goes without saying that Alfred Hitchcock is still famous today as one of the masters of cinema. Films such as Vertigo, North…
NewsFilms
Minions & Monsters: Mark Kermode’s movie review (video).
Just above this article, you will find Mark Kermode giving his thoughts on Minions & Monsters, and quite possibly doing so with the…
NewsFilms
Supergirl: Mark Kermode’s superhero film review (video).
Here’s Mark Kermode’s take on the flick, followed by our trip to the cinema to see the new Supergirl film. Supergirl arrives as…
ReviewMagazines
Alter Ego #71 August 2007 (magazine review).
Despite having Captain Canuck, Vindicator and Wolverine on the cover of this 2007 edition of Alter Ego, the cover design is a reinvention…