Get a serious Doctor Who fix from the latest bumper documentary series now available on Amazon Prime. By Rachael Harper 03-04-20 636 A bumper 11 series Doc-who-mentary of pure nostalgia for all Doctor Who fans is now available free to stream on Amazon Prime. With over 60 hours of unmissable insight including interviews, clips and
admin
We review the English-language debut of Polish director Malgorzata Szumowska, The Other Lamb. By Josh Slater-Williams 26-03-20 1,258 Director: Malgorzata Szumowska Writer: C.S. McMullen Cast: Raffey Cassidy, Michiel Huisman, Denise Gough, Kelly Campbell, Eve Connolly, Isabelle Connolly, Ailbhe Cowley Distributor: MUBI Running Time: 97 mins If you like this, try… The Invitation Michiel Huisman also
Takashi Shimizu, the director and co-writer (with Daisuke Hosaka) of Howling Village (Inunaki-mura), will always, along with Hideo Nakata (Ring, 1998; Dark Water, 2002) and Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Pulse, 2001), belong to the pantheon of J-horror filmmakers. This comes down to Shimizu’s auteurist rôle at the centre of one of this subgenre’s most famous and influential
‘Busy’ is the word that comes to mind in trying to describe Ilya S. Maksimov’s The Soul Conductor (Provodnik). For this is a film in which multiple subgenres and perspectives collide, and the viewer is left, not unlike the self-medicating heroine Katia (Aleksandra Bortich), struggling to find a clear signal in all the noise. Still
“Welcome to the circle” is a recurring utterance in writer/director David Fowler’s debut feature of the same name. These words are addressed to anybody finding their way into an isolated woodland community whose few residents – Rebekah (Cindy Busby), Lotus Cloud (Heather Doerksen), Sky (Andrea Brooks) and Mathew (Michael Rogers) – are clearly the wide-eyed
We exclusively reveal the new poster for upcoming interactive sci-fi, The Complex, as well as a new clip. By Rachael Harper 20-03-20 1,357 SciFiNow is delighted to an exclusive reveal the poster for upcoming interactive sci-fi thriller, The Complex, as well as show you all a new clip… Following Black Mirror’s ‘Bandersnatch’ and BAFTA-winning game Late Shift –
Here’s our review of Berhnard Pucher’s Ravers… By Anton Bitel 13-03-20 555 Released: 16 March Certificate: 18 Director: Berhnard Pucher Cast: Natasha Henstridge, Georgia Hirst, Olivier Richters Running Time: 90 mins Becky (Georgia Hirst) is a journalist dying to get a big scoop, but hampered by her crippling aversion to, quite literally, getting her hands
How did you get involved with The Hunt? Well [director] Craig Zobel [and writers] Nick Cuse and Damon Lindelof developed it and went out to the market place with it with Craig attached to direct it. It was quite competitive but I loved it. And later I learned that Damon said he wanted to make
First published in 1963, Planet Of The Apes spawned a global media franchise including several television remakes and an Oscar®-nominated film. This stunning new edition from The Folio Society returns Pierre Boulle’s story to its literary roots with the definitive translation by Xan Fielding. Set on the idyllic-looking planet of Soros, the story follows three astronauts who
Can you tell us a little bit about your upcoming film, Ravers? It’s a horror comedy about a party gone mad, when a bunch of ravers stumble upon a batch of contaminated energy drinks which mutates them and spirals the party out of control. And our main character, Becky, a germaphobic journalist, gets trapped in
Strange anomalies are afoot with our world exclusive artwork and clip from upcoming sci-fi thriller, Sea Fever… By Rachael Harper 10-03-20 511 We are delighted to reveal an exclusive clip and UK artwork from the upcoming movie Sea Fever… Sea Fever is a tense and original Irish sci-fi thriller reminiscent of cult classics The
We are delighted to exclusively reveal the cover for Luke Arnold’s upcoming novel, Dead Man In A Ditch, designed by Emily Courdelle… By Rachael Harper 09-03-20 1,099 Fetch Philips has nothing left to believe in. Which is why he’s surprised when the people of Sunder City start to believe in him… Rumour has it that
A space film rooted in terrestrial issues when an astronaut and mother is set to leave her daughter before a mission… By Serena Scateni 09-03-20 1,252 Released: 8 May Certificate: 12A Director: Alice Winocour Cast: Eva Green, Zélie Boulant, Matt Dillon, Aleksey Fateev, Lars Eidinger Distributor: Picturehouse Entertainment Running Time: 107 mins In space films,
All alone in his studio/home (and dressed in a jacket with the same striped pattern as that on the Beetlejuice figurine that decorates his mixing desk), DJ Rod Wilson (James Wright) broadcasts Nightmare Radio into the wee hours, telling creepy stories and chatting live with callers, some of whom are sceptical about the connection of
Every night, a group of ageing American ex-army men from the Vietnam – and in one case the Korean – War gather at dingy VFW Post 2494, run by their fellow soldier Fred Parras (Stephen Graham). Together, they knock back a few drinks, share some old combat stories, and engage in the kind of cameraderie
As tech company manager Rick Sanders (Austin Lewis) leads his staff in a peppy motivational session at the beginning of Butt Boy, the camera circles to one man who stands out from his co-workers, a craggy island of disconsolate ennui floating in a sea of happy-clappy mirth. Played by the film’s director and (with Ryan
“I don’t know why I do what I do.” The speaker, Jack (MacLeod Andrews, They Look Like People, The Siren) is going through what might be called an existential crisis. Displaced from his own home by a neighbour’s cockroach infestation, he is having to make his bed wherever he can – and right now, given
Back when the Korean New Wave was cresting, part of what made directors like Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, 2003), Kim Ji-woon (A Tale Of Two Sisters, 2003), Jang Joon-hwan (Save The Green Planet!, 2003) and Bong Joon-ho (The Host, 2006) seem so exciting was the way in which they all took the familiar language of genre
‘Raven’s End – Where Your Story Begins’, reads the sign marking the entrance to the mist-shrouded coastal town, as a little boy cycles by with an old analogue camera over his shoulder. This boy is looking for a story alright. With aspirations to become an investigative reporter, he hopes to uncover the rumoured mystery of
‘Anderson Falls’ is the name of a wide water cascade to be found in Bartholomew County, Indiana – but that is a long way from the urban LA setting of French director Julien Seri’s latest. This is a thriller about fathers and sons. First there is Mark Witver (Gary Cole) and his adult son Adam
Sea Fever opens with a spectacular shot under the ocean’s surface, sunlight radiating through the wash above, before something plunges into the water: a fully dressed woman who opens her mouth to gasp for breath before there is a cutaway to the title, and then to a huge drifting jellyfish. The woman is Siobhán (Hermione
Taking place in a world where technology has replaced magic, Pixar’s latest fantasy adventure, Onward, sets audiences up with a wonderful premise from the off. The world is populated by mythical creatures such as centaurs, pixies and elves, where dragons are household pets and unicorns eat from rubbish bins. But since the advent of technology,
DOCILE author KM Szpara hits us up with his top five Nineties pop songs as science fiction and fantasy anthems because why the hell not… By KM Szpara 05-03-20 950 The two things I have loved longest in my life are Hanson and Harry Potter. The pop trio made their mainstream debut in 1997 and
When an author rejects the label of science fiction and fantasy being applied to their works, it’s usually due to disdain for the genre. For me, it was because I never believed my books deserved it. It seemed to me a matter of credentials. My books are predominantly contemporary young adult (YA) fiction. They focus
Can you tell us how you met the Wachowskis and got involved in The Matrix comics? We met at Marvel comics, and worked on a book called Ectokid. Lana was hired to be the writer right at the same time I was hired. The Matrix was still years away at this point, this was mid-Nineties
Set in a dystopian, future South Korea (although not so far from where we are now), Time To Hunt is the first feature from American-born filmmaker, Yoon Sung-hyun. In the film, Seoul has become a polluted, hazy monolith of flat blocks overflowing with poverty and crime after the South Korean won goes bust and is
Let me preface this by saying I’m neither an ethicist nor a moral philosopher. I’m also not a research scientist or technical whiz-kid. I have no particular credentials that should lend any metaphysical weight to the opinions presented here. Think of me as an ethics enthusiast, an amateur futurist, and, above all, a lover of
Read our review on the Shirley Jackson biopic… By Katie Goh 02-03-20 1,445 Director: Josephine Decker Cast: Elisabeth Moss, Michael Stuhlbarg, Odessa Young, Logan Lerman Less a by-the-numbers biopic and more an unconventional sketch of a woman’s creative process, Shirley is a hazy portrait of American cult horror writer, Shirley Jackson. Based on a Susan
Disney has released a star-studded trailer for its upcoming take on Artemis Fowl, the best-selling book by Eoin Colfer. Don’t take our word for it, see it for yourselves below: Disney describes Artemis Fowl, as “a fantastical, spellbinding adventure that follows the journey of 12-year-old genius Artemis Fowl, a descendant of a long line of criminal
Universal’s classic monster movie The Invisible Man, directed by James Whale in 1933 and based on the H G Wells novel, was a hugely influential horror thanks to John P Fulton’s impressive special effects. In 2020, this Blumhouse-produced reimagining, written and directed by Leigh Whannell, proves to be a success thanks to a smart script
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 67
- Next Page »