Why genre fans can’t afford to abandon physical media just yet
For quite a few years, being a lover of genre film... Read More »
SF and sexism: We’re all the poorer for it
How one woman was both disappointed and inspired b... Read More »
Superman The Movie: 40 years on, it’s the Marvel fans who should love it
Despite its DC character, the 1978 Superman is in ... Read More »
How we used to watch genre movies: Recreating TV broadcasts of yesteryear
A bit of reminisce, recreating the late nite genre... Read More »
Gary Kurtz: the man who introduced SF fandom to Star Wars
Gary Kurtz, Star Wars original producer, is rememb... Read More »
Review: Ant Man and the Wasp – Any sign of Avenger fatigue?
As Ant-Man and the Wasp proved once ... Read More »
50 Years On: Two Films That Explored New Territory for SF
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Toxic fandom: the abuse directed at The Last Jedi’s Kelly Marie Tran
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Between art house movies and superheroes, SF fans are missing out
Are genre franchises short-changing SF fans? Read More »
Panic now: The new Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy doesn’t belong in this universe
The new Hitchhiker's radio show sticks out a sore ... Read More »
40 years on, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is still without equal
Hitchhiker’s combined Pythonesque comic fantasy wi... Read More »
The Last Jedi backlash: Some of the fan reaction is truly disturbing
Does everything have to be political? Apparently,... Read More »
Have fans of Star Wars and Doctor Who become impossible to please?
Franchises that last for generations have some iss... Read More »
Remember those books about genre movies?
I suspect we may come to miss the books whose auth... Read More »
Horror on the radio: the BBC broadcasts The Omen and Hammer’s The Unquenchable Thirst of Dracula
Seventy-nine years after Orson Welles terrified Am... Read More »
Horror’s Moby Dick: a short review of Stephen King’s IT
For all its faults, IT is horror’s Moby Dick – a g... Read More »
What will happen to SF films when streaming conquers the universe?
The movement away from physical artifacts (DVDs an... Read More »
Doctor Who: How the debate about the first female Time Lord has insulted fans
The debate on the casting of a female Doctor on th... Read More »
Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion. It should really have caught on
Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion is an effective film... Read More »
40 years on, did Star Wars change SF for the better or worse?
Imagine George Lucas at the Pearly Gates: would he... Read More »
Is Doctor Who in trouble? Only if you ignore the way the world has changed
Changes in the way people view television programm... Read More »
Filming Stephen King: the task that’s defeated dozens of movie-makers
Why have so many Stephen King novels remained so s... Read More »
I, Robot on the BBC: this is how good radio SF could be
Radio seems to be the best medium for dramatizing ... Read More »
Star Wars is getting complex. Should we be impressed or worried?
Disney seems to be respectfully expanding the Star... Read More »
How Rogue One offers new hope for SF in mainstream films
Surprise! Rogue One actually takes the Star Wars u... Read More »
‘From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker’: the Star Wars novelization 40 years on
How does the novelization of Star Wars hold up 40 ... Read More »
What’s wrong with Doctor Strange
After the first half hour, Doctor Strange somehow ... Read More »
Star Wars and SF cinema: Where would the genre have gone without it?
You think Star Wars ruined the possibility for "le... Read More »
Drawing on the Ideas
Darren Slade was drawn in by Star Trek's physical ... Read More »
Spielberg’s slow-motion capture: How CGI can cause great film-makers to take leave of their senses
Thirty-four years ago, Steven Spielberg cre... Read More »
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