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The Rings of Power returns: Sauron sharpens his smile for season three (video).
Middle-earth is about to become considerably less peaceful again. Amazon has unveiled the first teaser trailer for season three of The Lord of…
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July 2026
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Till Golem do us part? NewCon Press acquires The Crafter’s Wife (book news).
NewCon Press has acquired World English rights to The Crafter’s Wife, the debut fantasy novel by Dani Raanan, proving once again that arranged…
NewsFantasy
The Odyssey: Mark Kermode’s fantasy film review (video).
The video review above belongs to Mark Kermode and Ben Bailey Smith, who stepped into Simon Mayo’s chair and discovered that Christopher Nolan…
NewsComics
Frank Miller: Turning weird men in tights into Modern Mythology (interview).
When Frank Miller talks about comics, he does not sound like a man discussing disposable entertainment involving brightly dressed people punching one another…
NewsCons
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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
June 2026
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The Hidden Hand: a short story by GF Willmetts.
‘Hello, Alfred.’ ‘Hello, Cathlynn. How are you today?’ ‘I’m fine. Could be I’m on a winning streak.’ She looked around the casino. The…
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Encounter (a film mini-review by Mark R. Leeper and Evelyn C. Leeper).
‘Encounter’ begins by hinting that it is going to be a Science Fiction film about an alien invasion. The opening scenes suggest that…
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Last Night In Soho (a film mini-review by Mark R. Leeper and Evelyn C. Leeper).
‘Last Night In Soho’ looks back at the 1960s through the dreams and often nightmares,of Ellie, a would-be fashion designer in present-day London,…