NewsFantasy Precure hands the keys to the villains in Dual Shadow, a 2027 spin-off where the heroines are not Precure (anime news). Toei's Dual Shadow ~Precure Villain Heroines~ is a 2027 spin-off with an original story and cast, and a teaser insisting the heroines are… ColonelFrog / 27 Oct 2026
NewsFantasy Elon Musk’s AI Odyssey arrives seven minutes at a time, and Nolan’s $1.78bn epic needn’t lock the doors just yet (AI film news). Grok Imagine has posted Episode 1 of its AI-generated Odyssey on X: seven minutes, three months after Elon Musk promised a full-length "historically… ColonelFrog / 26 Oct 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
NewsScifi Come with me if you want to stream: AI panic is sending viewers back to The Terminator. Parrot Analytics says AI anxiety has made The Terminator a streaming comfort watch, 42 years after release. We look at the numbers, and… ColonelFrog / 27 Oct 2026
NewsFantasy Ebenezer: Ti West turns A Christmas Carol back into a ghost story, with Johnny Depp in the nightshirt (film news). Ti West's Ebenezer, with Johnny Depp as Scrooge, turns A Christmas Carol back into a ghost story. In cinemas on 13 November. ColonelFrog / 27 Oct 2026
NewsHorror Trick or treat? Hollywood has given us neither, as Halloween weekend arrives without a big new horror film (film news). Halloween falls on a Saturday and the multiplexes have no big new horror film for it, while the spider chiller Crawlers made $445… ColonelFrog / 28 Oct 2026
NewsComics 7,350 days and counting: the Osaka office worker whose daily webcomic has just outrun Schlock Mercenary (comics news). Fumiya Yomigishi's daily Japanese webcomic Baneusagi to Kamepan has reached 7,350 consecutive days, passing Schlock Mercenary's completed run. ColonelFrog / 28 Oct 2026
ReviewScifi Creative Futures (Beyond And Within) edited by Allen Stroud (book review) ‘Creative Futures’ is not your usual anthology but comes with big credentials. It’s a collaboration between science fiction writers, Coventry University and the… Eamonn Murphy / 16 Oct 2026
NewsScifi Would you kindly? Francis Lawrence says Netflix’s BioShock film is still alive, despite the “regime changes” (film news). Francis Lawrence says Netflix's BioShock film is still in the works, though the streamer's "regime changes" have complicated matters. ColonelFrog / 28 Oct 2026
NewsSpy-Fy Marvel’s Zodiac finds its writers: twelve star signs, two spies and a London shoot. Amit Cohen and Ron Leshem are reportedly writing Zodiac, Marvel's Disney+ spy thriller about two agents hunting people with special abilities. It shoots… ColonelFrog / 23 Oct 2026
RoundupWorld getting weirder Dogfights Over the Desert: The SFcrowsnest UFO Roundup, October 2026 David Grusch returns to Joe Rogan with a field guide to the galaxy's warring tribes, the Pentagon unlocks the NDA cupboard, and a… ColonelFrog / 3 Oct 2026
NewsDoctor Who Exterminate the writers? Russell T Davies calls the BBC boss’s AI Doctor Who remarks “clumsy”, and puts a date on the new Doctor (news). Russell T Davies calls BBC director-general Matt Brittin's praise for an AI-made Doctor Who episode "clumsy", and says production with a new Doctor… ColonelFrog / 15 Oct 2026
NewsComics 7,350 days and counting: the Osaka office worker whose daily webcomic has just outrun Schlock Mercenary (comics news). Fumiya Yomigishi's daily Japanese webcomic Baneusagi to Kamepan has reached 7,350 consecutive days, passing Schlock Mercenary's completed run. ColonelFrog / 28 Oct 2026
ReviewBooks Dimensions: A Case Book Of Alien Contact by Jacques Vallee (book review). Jacques Vallee, in this 2008 update of ‘Dimensions: A Case Book Of Alien Contact’, questions whether the pilots of the UAPs come from… UncleGeoff / 24 Oct 2026
SF /BooksIdeas worth exploring NewsBooks Andy Weir’s “Star Star” would have Spock haunting the Force and McCoy fixing Vader in sickbay (fan fiction news). Andy Weir has revealed his Star Trek and Star Wars crossover idea, Star Star, in which Spock becomes a Force ghost and McCoy… ColonelFrog / 27 Oct 2026
NewsScifi “Never say never”: Phil Lord and Chris Miller have made their peace with losing Solo, and Kathleen Kennedy sent a nice note about Project Hail Mary (Star Wars news). Phil Lord and Chris Miller tell The Town podcast they have made peace with being removed from Solo: A Star Wars Story, and… ColonelFrog / 28 Oct 2026
NewsSteampunk Netflix’s Bass X Machina unleashes steampunk cowboys, mechanical minotaurs and a suspiciously familiar name Netflix's adult animated steampunk Western Bass X Machina, inspired by lawman Bass Reeves, arrives on 3 November 2026 with mechanical minotaurs, cybernetic arms… ColonelFrog / 23 Sep 2026
NewsFilms Phase through walls, phase into the MCU? Cailee Spaeny tipped as Kitty Pryde for Marvel’s X-Men (rumour). Cailee Spaeny is reportedly in talks to play Kitty Pryde in Marvel Studios' X-Men. It's an insider rumour, and Marvel has confirmed nothing. ColonelFrog / 28 Oct 2026
