Alien Romulus, Mark Kermode’s scifi movie review.
Just when you thought the Xenomorphs had retired to a peaceful life of terrorising your nightmares, Alien: Romulus crashes into
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Moon Zero Two (1969) (film review).
With literal cartoon opening credits, you do have to wonder if this film is meant to be taken seriously. Although
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A Jura For Julia by Ken MacLeod illustrated by Fangorn (book review).
A Jura For Julia is a new short story collection from multiple award-winning author Ken MacLeod, with illustrations by Fangorn,
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The Fortunate Fall by Cameron Reed (book review).
I heard about The Fortunate Fall back in the 1990s, and now it’s getting a reprint this year. Cameron Reed,
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Birdwatching At The End Of The World by G.W. Dexter (book review).
Stephen Ballantyne, our first-person narrator for Birdwatching At The End Of The World, is the only boy at Near School
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Joker: Folie à Deux—Because One Joker Wasn’t Chaotic Enough (trailer)
Prepare yourselves, folks, because the clown prince of not-quite-crime is back, and this time, he’s bringing a date! Joker: Folie
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The Dinosaurs by William Stout and William Service (book review).
Every time I come across William Stout’s name, it’s associated with illustrating dinosaurs, so I tracked down his book The
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Batman: Volume 9: Bloom [The New 52] by Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, Danny Miki, Yamick Paquette and Fco Plascencia (graphic novel review).
You would think that after volume 8, this post-Batman era would be drawing to an end. Volume 9: Bloom reprints
Read MoreA.I: Artificial Intelligence (classic scifi movie retrospective).
A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Steven Spielberg’s grand foray into the world of existential dread, moral ambiguity, and—let’s not forget—robotic teddy bears.
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Rebel Moon part two, The Scargiver (Mark Kermode scifi movie review).
Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver, the latest addition to Zack Snyder’s sprawling space opera saga, where subtlety is
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