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G.I. Joe: Retaliation (Frank’s Take) (film review).

Okay…so one realises that the acquired taste for the turgid testosterone-driven ‘G.I. Joe: Retaliation’ is not quite sophisticated for the cash crowd on…

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The villain announces her own sequel: Gushing Over Magical Girls season two is confirmed for 2027 (anime news).

Everybody wants to be a Mind: why the AI bosses keep quoting Iain M. Banks, and what the Culture novels actually say (opinion).

Criminal teaser: Prime Video raids the Brubaker and Phillips back catalogue, and sensibly leaves the guns at home.

Man Of Two Worlds: My Life In Science Fiction And Comics by Julius Schwartz with Bryan M. Thomsen

Four million swords in seventy-two hours: Phantom Blade Zero walks into Game Awards week with the numbers on its side (games news).

Rip and tear, but do mind the hostage: the Doom Slayer kicks his way into Rainbow Six Siege on 22 December (games news).

We survived Doomsday: science said humanity would be squeezed to death yesterday, and science fiction got there first (science news).

We survived Doomsday: science said humanity would be squeezed to death yesterday, and science fiction got there first (science news).

King Conan, old Dutch and Commando 2: Arnold Schwarzenegger says all three are coming, as soon as somebody writes them (film news).

Spy x Family Season 4 and a second film: Operation Strix has its budget renewed for 2027 (anime news).

We survived Doomsday: science said humanity would be squeezed to death yesterday, and science fiction got there first (science news).

John Leeson (1943–2026): the voice of K9, Rainbow’s first Bungle, and the Doctor’s most loyal companion (obituary).

Godzilla Minus Zero: the big lad turns 72 by stomping into Japanese cinemas, with America next on Friday (monster movie news).

Spider-Man Gets Seven Extra Minutes, Scrooge Haunts The Box Office And A Horror Game Takes The Golden Joysticks (Offworld Report, 6–14 November 2026).

Make it so: Sir Patrick Stewart gets his own asteroid, (645530) Patrickstewart, and joins Kirk, Spock and Uhura in the belt (science news).

The most expensive Star Wars prop ever sold began life as a 1950s British camera flash: Darth Vader’s lightsaber fetches $4.875m (Star Wars news).

Bass X Machina: Netflix’s steampunk Bass Reeves rides in tomorrow, packing a mechanical West and Brian Tyree Henry (TV news).

Angela gets a new Marvel ongoing, and New York gets a demon problem it can’t blame on the rats (comics news).

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March 2013

G.I. Joe: Retaliation (Frank’s Take) (film review).