ReviewBooks
Slow Horses (Slough House Thrillers book 1) by Mick Herron (book review).
I’ve seen the ‘Slow Horses’ TV series on DVD and thought it was about time I looked at the books, especially as they…
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ReviewHorror
Cryptology #3 Spring 2025 (magazine review).
We could have devoted the third issue of ‘Cryptology’ to the Mars problem. You know, the invasion stuff happened before we realised Mars…
ReviewFantasy
Elephants In Bloom (Polestars 5) by Cécile Cristofari (book review).
‘Elephants In Bloom’ by Cécile Cristofari is the fifth book in the Polestars series of individual author short story collections from NewCon Press.…
ReviewCulture
Retro Fan #36 January 2025 (magazine review).
Catching up with ‘Retro Fan.’ Writer Mark Voger goes over some details of a 2011 interview with actress Stefanie Powers about her career.…
NewsScifi
Outland: Marshal O’Nonsense and the Dirty Space Dozen (classic SF film retrospective).
There’s a moment in Outland (1981) when Sean Connery’s beleaguered space Marshal, eyebrows doing most of the acting, stares down a corridor of…
TrailerScifi
War of the Worlds: humans are the harvest (2025) (Amazon Prime scifi film trailer).
Here come the tripods again—but this time, they’re not just stomping across Surrey with heat-rays; they’re also scanning your browsing history in the…
NewsHorror
Five Nights at Freddy’s 2: Freddy’s Back (and this time he’s brought friends).
Well, well. Just when you’d finally stopped having cold-sweat dreams about homicidal animatronics and that infernal chuckle in the dark, Freddy Fazbear has…
NewsFilms
The Fantastic Four First Steps, Mark Kermode’s film review (video).
Mark Kermode steps in to have a look at the superhero film, The Fantastic Four First Steps. And once you’re watched his take,…
ReviewFantasy
Slow Dance by Rainbow Rowell (book review).
In case no one has noticed, there are books in print that don’t contain elements of science fiction or fantasy. While some of…
TrailerHorror
Shin Godzilla returns: Bureaucracy, behemoths, and a bloody big metaphor (monster movie trailer).
Godzilla, that beloved scaly metaphor for nuclear horror, ecological collapse, and now—joy of joys—governmental inefficiency, is back in Shin Godzilla, freshly remastered in…
TrailerFantasy
Good Fortune: Heaven can’t wait, Keanu, body-swaps and angelic chaos (fantasy film trailer).
If you’ve ever watched Trading Places while nursing a hangover and thought, “Yes, but what this really needs is Keanu Reeves as a…
ReviewMagazines
Back Issue #157 February 2025 (magazine review).
This ‘Back Issue’ dedicates a significant portion of its cover to comic book creator/artist Keith Giffen (1952-2023). I didn’t always like his art,…