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What inspired Star Trek? (video)
Star Trek is one of the most well-known science fiction series of all time. It’s often recognised as a watershed moment in the…
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Moonfall (scifi film: first few minutes).
A strange force rips the Moon out of its orbit around Earth, sending it hurtling into a collision with life as we know…
NewsHorror
Ghosts, the BBC’s spooky horror comedy, back for a season four (TV news).
Ghosts, the BBC’s horror comedic sitcom, will now return for a fourth season. The comedy, from the writers and actors of Yonderland and…
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Don’t Look Up (Netflix science fiction film review by Mark Kermode).
Our man-of-many movies, Mark Kermode, gives his thoughts on the new Netflix scifi satire film Don’t Look Up. When two low-level scientists detect…
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The Trap (short scifi film: in full).
In Dick Grunert’s short sci-fi film The Trap, a guy attempts to persuade his doubting buddy that he has developed a snare for…
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Kepler X-47 (short science fiction film: in full).
In short science fiction film Kepler X-47 by Erin Li, we are stuck on an extraterrestrial world, where an unlucky female prisoner tries…
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Zelos (short science fiction film: in full).
A competitive mother orders a clone to outperform her faultless companion in Thoranna Sigurdardottir‘s short scifi film Zelos, but quickly finds she has…
NewsFilms
Morbius (Marvel vampire film: clip).
As the intriguing antihero Michael Morbius, actor Jared Leto evolves into one of the most troubled characters in Sony Pictures’ universe of Marvel…
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Monkey Business (1952) by Mark R. Leeper (a film retrospective).
At least, for the record, Howard Hawks did not direct ‘The Thing From Another World’, though he certainly did contribute to the creative…
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The Dybbuk (1937) by Mark R. Leeper (a film retrospective).
Paydirt! ‘The Dybbuk’, a Yiddish film made in Poland in 1938 turns out to be a little-known gem. The film lacks a lot…
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Doctor Who Flux: Chapter Six: The Vanquishers by Chris Chibnall.
Y’know, after the apparent death of Awsok last episode, you do have to wonder if writer Chris Chibnall is going to start pulling…
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Encounter: a scifi film review by Mark Kermode.
Mark Kermode gives his opinion on scifi film Encounter. After discovering signs of an extraterrestrial infection, a former soldier goes on the run…