TrailerScifi Death by spreadsheet: Karōshi’s first trailer brings samurai office politics to a Japan-ruled Manhattan. Lionsgate's first Karōshi trailer sends Teo Yoo, sword in hand, up the tower of a Japanese mega-corporation in an alternate near-future Manhattan. ColonelFrog / 5 Nov 2026
NewsBooks ZX Spectrum history book loads in 98 minutes, no tape errors reported. The Rubber-Keyed Wonder, Kim Justice's 45th-anniversary history of the ZX Spectrum, hit its Kickstarter target in 98 minutes. Last orders close on 2… ColonelFrog / 1 Nov 2026
ReviewCri-Fi Back Issue #26 February 2006 (magazine review) Another back issue of ‘Back Issue’. With the sub-title of ‘Spies And Tough Guys Issue’, it’s easy to see why this issue is… UncleGeoff / 12 Oct 2026
NewsCulture Death To The Deepfakes: Sladen’s Daughter Calls Time On AI Sarah Jane. ▶Play videoYouTube connects only when you press playWatch on YouTube The uploader has now removed the original version featuring Elisabeth Sladen’s AI likeness.… ColonelFrog / 2 Nov 2026
TrailerFantasy Gotta gacha ’em all: Honkai: Nexus Anima books its final beta, with a spring 2027 launch (trailer). HoYoverse's creature-catcher Honkai: Nexus Anima starts its final closed beta on 25 November, ahead of a spring 2027 launch on PC, iOS and… ColonelFrog / 5 Nov 2026
NewsHorror DC lights a fresh Silk Cut for John Constantine, with Evil Dead Wrath’s Francis Galluppi writing. DC Studios has hired Evil Dead Wrath's Francis Galluppi to write a new John Constantine movie, while Keanu Reeves' long-promised sequel stays in… ColonelFrog / 5 Nov 2026
NewsFantasy Mashle goes live action: Warner Bros. bets on a wizarding school where the hero solves everything with his biceps (film news). Mashle: Magic and Muscles gets a live-action film in Japanese cinemas on 19 March 2027, from Warner Bros., Fuji TV, CREDEUS and Toho. ColonelFrog / 4 Nov 2026
NewsScifi Teghaza 001: a rose-pink rock from the Sahara turns out to be a 4.1-billion-year-old piece of Mars (science news). Teghaza 001, a meteorite found in Mali in 2022, is a 4.1-billion-year-old piece of Mars with evidence of ancient water, a NASA-led study… ColonelFrog / 2 Nov 2026
TrailerScifi Death by spreadsheet: Karōshi’s first trailer brings samurai office politics to a Japan-ruled Manhattan. Lionsgate's first Karōshi trailer sends Teo Yoo, sword in hand, up the tower of a Japanese mega-corporation in an alternate near-future Manhattan. ColonelFrog / 5 Nov 2026
NewsCons Physint at Beyond the Strand: Kojima shows his homework, and it looks suspiciously like Metal Gear (games). Kojima Productions' tenth-anniversary show in Tokyo puts Physint's 150-page script, five Bill Skarsgård busts and some very familiar mechs on display. ColonelFrog / 1 Nov 2026
NewsScifi Teghaza 001: a rose-pink rock from the Sahara turns out to be a 4.1-billion-year-old piece of Mars (science news). Teghaza 001, a meteorite found in Mali in 2022, is a 4.1-billion-year-old piece of Mars with evidence of ancient water, a NASA-led study… ColonelFrog / 2 Nov 2026
NewsDoctor Who John Leeson (1943–2026): the voice of K9, Rainbow’s first Bungle, and the Doctor’s most loyal companion (obituary). John Leeson, the actor who gave Doctor Who’s robot dog K9 his clipped, faintly pompous and thoroughly lovable voice, has died at the… ColonelFrog / 2 Nov 2026
NewsScifi Godzilla Minus Zero: the big lad turns 72 by stomping into Japanese cinemas, with America next on Friday (monster movie news). Takashi Yamazaki's Godzilla Minus Zero opens in Japan on 3 November, Godzilla's 72nd birthday, and in North America via GKIDS on 6 November. ColonelFrog / 2 Nov 2026
NewsOffworld Report Dragon Ball Z Goes To Court, Gorilla Grodd Stands Trial And Arkane Gets Suitors (Offworld Report, 1–5 November 2026). A Dragon Ball Z composer becomes Texas Attorney General, Gorilla Grodd gets a true-crime show, Arkane draws bidders and SETI turns to game… ColonelFrog / 5 Nov 2026
NewsCulture Make it so, Ma’am: the Guards play Star Trek, NASA finds a starship and the West End dims its lights for Sir Patrick Stewart (news). West End theatres dim their lights for Sir Patrick Stewart at 7pm on 3 November, after a Guards band played Star Trek at… ColonelFrog / 2 Nov 2026
TrailerGames Fate of the Galaxy: the free Star Wars dogfighter that spent nineteen years in the hangar (trailer). Fan-made Star Wars space combat sim Fate of the Galaxy, built on FreeSpace 2, is out free for PC, Mac and Linux after… ColonelFrog / 2 Nov 2026
NewsScifi Bass X Machina: Netflix’s steampunk Bass Reeves rides in tomorrow, packing a mechanical West and Brian Tyree Henry (TV news). LeSean Thomas's six-part steampunk western Bass X Machina, with Brian Tyree Henry as lawman Bass Reeves, premieres on Netflix on 3 November. ColonelFrog / 2 Nov 2026
NewsHorror DC lights a fresh Silk Cut for John Constantine, with Evil Dead Wrath’s Francis Galluppi writing. DC Studios has hired Evil Dead Wrath's Francis Galluppi to write a new John Constantine movie, while Keanu Reeves' long-promised sequel stays in… ColonelFrog / 5 Nov 2026
NewsComics Iron Man 3… meet the Mandarin, evil rock god? CColonelFrog22 February 2013 · Updated 14 December 2015 · 1 min read Comics · Films Button not showing? Add SFcrowsnest as a preferred source on Google Iron Man 3... meet the Mandarin, evil rock god? ▶Play videoYouTube connects only when you press playWatch on YouTube There’s a new poster out for the Iron Man 3 film, and this one features actor Ben Kingsley playing the Mandarin, and he’s one cool dude. Iron Man 3… meet the Mandarin, evil rock god? Filed underComics FilmsIron Man 3 ← Previous storyCoin Toss (2013) (movie review).Next story →Flocking down to Rio 2… is this one for the birds?
NewsHorror DC lights a fresh Silk Cut for John Constantine, with Evil Dead Wrath’s Francis Galluppi writing. DC Studios has hired Evil Dead Wrath's Francis Galluppi to write a new John Constantine movie, while Keanu Reeves' long-promised sequel stays in… ColonelFrog / 5 Nov 2026
NewsHorror Seraph of the End: Takaya Kagami’s vampire saga takes its final bite after 14 years, with chapter 161 due on 4 December (manga news). Seraph of the End ends with chapter 161 in Jump SQ on 4 December, closing a 14-year run. The anime, meanwhile, is still… ColonelFrog / 4 Nov 2026
NewsComics Holy puppet strings: Mason Thames becomes Dick Grayson in DC’s stop-motion hybrid Dynamic Duo (film news). Mason Thames will voice Dick Grayson in DC Studios' animated Dynamic Duo, made by Swaybox with a mix of CGI, stop-motion and real-time… ColonelFrog / 4 Nov 2026
SF /BooksIdeas worth exploring NewsBooks Wiccan and Hulkling are getting a YA time-loop romcom, so expect the same disastrous date several dozen times (book news). F.T. Lukens and Julian Winters are writing a YA time-loop romcom starring Marvel's Wiccan and Hulkling, due from Random House in summer 2028. ColonelFrog / 3 Nov 2026
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