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- 1. Palm Springs International Film Festival Announces Talking Pictures, Additional Premieres and Archival Treasures
- (Press Releases)
- ... Simon McBurney, and Mark Strong. Oldman was recently cited as Best Actor of the Year by the San Francisco Film Critics Circle, which also named the script by Bridget O’Connor & Peter Straughan ...
- Created on 05 January 2012
- 2. Top science fiction films
- (Guide articles)
- ... 74 Stalker Andrei Tarkovsky (1979) 75 Source Code Duncan Jones (2011) 76 Armageddon Michael Bay (1998) 77 The Truman Show Peter Weir (1998) 78 Iron Man 2 Jon Favreau ...
- Created on 28 December 2011
- 3. Adventures of Tintin trailer: Spielberg and Jackson animate
- (Fantasy films)
- ... directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by Peter Jackson, and written by Steven Moffat, Edgar Wright and Joe Cornish. Moffat you may know is the head writer of the current series of Doctor Who and the recent ...
- Created on 13 July 2011
- 4. Dimension Films preemptively acquires How To Defeat Your Own Clone
- (Press Releases)
- ... Mankind prepared to outsmart and defeat their own clones? How To Defeat Your Own Clone is being produced by Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Eric Robinson at The Gotham Group. Peter McHugh at The ...
- Created on 11 July 2011
- 5. Neil Gaiman's American Gods heads for the big screen
- (Fantasy films)
- ... Ron Howard is somewhat busy with The Dark Tower. Ditto Peter Jackson with The Hobbit. An Oliver Stone American Gods would be something to behold, but would you call him a cinematographer? ...
- Created on 28 March 2011
- 6. New Dune movie seeks new director for a third time
- (Science fiction films)
- ... (most famous for Taken) was expected to direct, apparently he has now moved to an executive producer position. Peter Berg had also previously been named as director and worked on the script before ...
- Created on 10 November 2010
- 7. Aussiecon4 Announces Hugo Winners
- (Press Releases)
- ... Charles Stross (Wireless; Ace; Orbit) BEST NOVELETTE "The Island" by Peter Watts (The New Space Opera 2; Eos) BEST SHORT STORY "Bridesicle" by Will McIntosh (Asimov’s 1/09) BEST RELATED WORK This is ...
- Created on 04 September 2010
- 8. Can Pegg and Frost top Shaun of the Dead with the sci-fi adventure Paul?
- (Science fiction films)
- ... Pegg and Frost just finished working with Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg as actors on Tintin, and had plenty of time to swap stories and get advice from the legendary director. Mottola revealed ...
- Created on 19 July 2010
- 9. Peter Jackson to direct Hobbit movies after all
- (Fantasy films)
- ... to take them over (a rumour quickly quashed). Now it appears that executive producer and writer Peter Jackson, director of the insanely successful The Lord of the Rings trilogy, will be directing the two ...
- Created on 27 June 2010
- 10. Dune remake starting again: giant sandworms in 3D?
- (Science fiction films)
- Production of the new Dune movie is becoming as epic as Frank Herbert's Dune series itself, and they are nowhere near the filming stage yet. Now that director Peter Berg appears to have been sacked and ...
- Created on 02 February 2010
- 11. Director Pierre Morel replaces Berg in Dune adaptation
- (Science fiction films)
- The upcoming Dune remake is still moving along, but with Pierre Morel instead of Peter Berg, according to Variety. Paramount Pictures has announced that Pierre Morel will direct the latest adaptation of ...
- Created on 05 January 2010
- 12. Peter Berg no longer directing new Dune movie
- (Science fiction films)
- According to Pajiba.com, Peter Berg is no longer directing the movie based on Frank Herbert's science fiction classic Dune. Paramount, the studio behind the new adaptation, has begun the tough search to ...
- Created on 30 October 2009
- 13. New Dune film to be an ‘epic adventure’ claims Berg
- (Science fiction films)
- Peter Berg recently talked about his upcoming adaptation of Frank Herbert’s iconic science fiction novel Dune, with claims that his new film will be a completely different interpretation when compared ...
- Created on 07 August 2009
- 14. What's happening with the new Dune movie?
- (Science fiction films)
- There's been little new information since we originally reported that a new Dune movie was being developed with Peter Berg directing, but io9 has picked up a few scraps from producer Kevin Misher, and ...
- Created on 20 May 2009
- 15. Cameron's Avatar a 3D drug trip?
- (Science fiction films)
- ... Spielberg and Peter Jackson willing converts, we'll be flooded by addictive 3D productions that will transform our viewing experience forever. Or maybe Avatar will come and go and the 3D hype with it? ...
- Created on 30 April 2009
- 16. It’s a Brave New World: Ridley Scott’s first SF movie since 1982
- (Science fiction films)
- ... New World and the new Dune movie directed by Peter Berg , there are hundreds out there that deserve the big budget treatment, and Brave New World is certainly one of them. Can't wait. ...
- Created on 12 October 2008
- 17. Ghostbusters 3 materialises: Bill Murray, Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd involved
- (Science fiction films)
- ... the show as the flaky Dr. Peter Venkman, while Harold Ramis and Dan Aykroyd played his smarter sidekicks, Dr. Egon Spengler and Dr. Raymond Stantz respectively. Aykroyd and Ramis also wrote the first movie’s ...
- Created on 10 September 2008
- 18. Will Smith's Hancock: a great fusion of comedy, action and drama
- (Fantasy films)
- ... the way he is. What’s most interesting about director Peter Berg and writers Vincent Ngo and Vince Gilligan’s take on the superhero theme is not that their superhero is an obnoxious, destructive alcoholic. ...
- Created on 13 July 2008
- 19. 3D SF thriller! Spielberg and Ghost in the Shell
- (Science fiction films)
- ... upcoming science fiction epic Avatar, Spielberg is already an advocate of 3D movie technology, teaming up recently with Peter Jackson to create a trilogy of 3D movies based on the famous Belgian book series ...
- Created on 16 April 2008
- 20. This time it's for real: new Dune movie confirmed
- (Science fiction films)
- Although there were doubts about whether Paramount would obtain the rights to Frank Herbert's science fiction classic Dune, it does look as if a big budget movie with Peter Berg directing is going ahead ...
- Created on 03 April 2008
Featured articles
Written by John Howell
05 Oct 2009
Science fiction authors have long been outcasts from the literary world, in some cases critics using the worst examples of the genre as ammunition against it. Unfortunately though, at times even science fiction authors themselves can turn on their own kind: "Science fiction is rockets, chemicals and talking squids in outer space,” mocked Margaret Atwood (The Guardian, 28 January 2009), one of her... Read more
05 Oct 2009
Science fiction authors have long been outcasts from the literary world, in some cases critics using the worst examples of the genre as ammunition against it. Unfortunately though, at times even science fiction authors themselves can turn on their own kind: "Science fiction is rockets, chemicals and talking squids in outer space,” mocked Margaret Atwood (The Guardian, 28 January 2009), one of her... Read more
Written by Gerard Wood
08 Jul 2010
Almost any time we write anything about Neil Gaiman, you can be sure that someone will feel the need to post a comment “outing” the man as a Scientologist. While we have a fairly relaxed attitude to comments and will publish almost anything that contributes to an article, you won’t find many comments about Neil Gaiman’s alleged ties to the Church of Scientology published on this site. We simply... Read more
08 Jul 2010
Almost any time we write anything about Neil Gaiman, you can be sure that someone will feel the need to post a comment “outing” the man as a Scientologist. While we have a fairly relaxed attitude to comments and will publish almost anything that contributes to an article, you won’t find many comments about Neil Gaiman’s alleged ties to the Church of Scientology published on this site. We simply... Read more
Written by Gerard Wood
16 Oct 2007
Daren Aronofsky’s The Fountain is a movie that divides opinion. During its press screening at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival in September 2006 it was booed; at the public screening the following evening it received a 10 minute standing ovation. To get an idea of just how divided opinion is, take a look at Rotten Tomatoes, a website that rates movies based on published reviews. Of 181... Read more
16 Oct 2007
Daren Aronofsky’s The Fountain is a movie that divides opinion. During its press screening at the 63rd Venice International Film Festival in September 2006 it was booed; at the public screening the following evening it received a 10 minute standing ovation. To get an idea of just how divided opinion is, take a look at Rotten Tomatoes, a website that rates movies based on published reviews. Of 181... Read more
Written by Gerard Wood
07 Jun 2010
Finally having had the opportunity to watch Nicholas Winding Refn’s Valhalla Rising, I now appreciate why it was received so well at film festivals and yet failed to get a wide theatrical release. It’s hard going. On one hand it’s almost unbearably brutal and on the other it is layered with the sort of mind-bending symbolic meaning that leads the viewer to the brink of utter confusion and leaves... Read more
07 Jun 2010
Finally having had the opportunity to watch Nicholas Winding Refn’s Valhalla Rising, I now appreciate why it was received so well at film festivals and yet failed to get a wide theatrical release. It’s hard going. On one hand it’s almost unbearably brutal and on the other it is layered with the sort of mind-bending symbolic meaning that leads the viewer to the brink of utter confusion and leaves... Read more
Written by John Howell
19 Oct 2011
After watching the pilot to Fox’s ambitious TV time travelling dinosaur fest called Terra Nova, I am praying that when I watch the next episode the entire cast gets eaten by dinosaurs (in fact, that hope is the only reason I’ll be able to sit through another one). The entire cast’s gruesome deaths at the hands of a frenzied T-Rex or a velociraptor having a bad day can’t come soon enough.... Read more
19 Oct 2011
After watching the pilot to Fox’s ambitious TV time travelling dinosaur fest called Terra Nova, I am praying that when I watch the next episode the entire cast gets eaten by dinosaurs (in fact, that hope is the only reason I’ll be able to sit through another one). The entire cast’s gruesome deaths at the hands of a frenzied T-Rex or a velociraptor having a bad day can’t come soon enough.... Read more
Written by John Howell
10 Mar 2012
I have a confession to make. I'm not proud of it, but there's no use trying to hide it any longer, the damage has already been done. I was an Apple fanatic. Hard core. Completely obsessed. I'm not proud of my behaviour. I have no real excuses. All I can say in my defense is that I have always been a gadget fan, so naturally I was ripe for the plucking. My psyche was compromised, wide open to the fruit... Read more
10 Mar 2012
I have a confession to make. I'm not proud of it, but there's no use trying to hide it any longer, the damage has already been done. I was an Apple fanatic. Hard core. Completely obsessed. I'm not proud of my behaviour. I have no real excuses. All I can say in my defense is that I have always been a gadget fan, so naturally I was ripe for the plucking. My psyche was compromised, wide open to the fruit... Read more
Written by John Howell
30 Jan 2012
If you own an iPhone 4S you may have impressed your friends (or perhaps not) with the built in, voice-driven personal assistant called Siri. You can ask it to book appointments, call people, search nearby restaurants, make calculations, and a great deal more. Most of the time it gets it right too. Now Siri has an Android rival called Evi, and if first impressions are anything to go by, it's an impressive... Read more
30 Jan 2012
If you own an iPhone 4S you may have impressed your friends (or perhaps not) with the built in, voice-driven personal assistant called Siri. You can ask it to book appointments, call people, search nearby restaurants, make calculations, and a great deal more. Most of the time it gets it right too. Now Siri has an Android rival called Evi, and if first impressions are anything to go by, it's an impressive... Read more
Written by John Howell
09 Dec 2007
After 25 years since its original release, a definitive version of Ridley Scott's science fiction masterwork Blade Runner, Blade Runner: The Final Cut, has arrived. So what exactly has changed? And is it worth all the fuss? After attending a recent screening I can report that there are significant differences, mainly improvements, between this new version and Ridley's first Director's Cut released... Read more
09 Dec 2007
After 25 years since its original release, a definitive version of Ridley Scott's science fiction masterwork Blade Runner, Blade Runner: The Final Cut, has arrived. So what exactly has changed? And is it worth all the fuss? After attending a recent screening I can report that there are significant differences, mainly improvements, between this new version and Ridley's first Director's Cut released... Read more
Written by Gerard Wood
02 Aug 2011
Dan Simmons’ latest novel, Flashback (July 2011), is “[a] provocative novel set in a future that seems scarily possible,” proving “why Dan Simmons is one of our most exciting and versatile writers." So says the publicist anyway. Dan Simmons is one of our most exciting and versatile writers, but sadly Flashback doesn’t prove that. And yes, Flashback is a provocative novel, but it doesn’t... Read more
02 Aug 2011
Dan Simmons’ latest novel, Flashback (July 2011), is “[a] provocative novel set in a future that seems scarily possible,” proving “why Dan Simmons is one of our most exciting and versatile writers." So says the publicist anyway. Dan Simmons is one of our most exciting and versatile writers, but sadly Flashback doesn’t prove that. And yes, Flashback is a provocative novel, but it doesn’t... Read more
Written by Gerard Wood
25 Mar 2012
No movie release in 2011 was more misunderstood and unfairly maligned as a result of misunderstanding than Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch. Odds are you’ll disagree with that statement. An indication of the movie’s reception by “audiences” (non-professional reviewers) and the critics can be found on Rotten Tomatoes, where audience approval is calculated to be 47%, and of the 196 critical reviews... Read more
25 Mar 2012
No movie release in 2011 was more misunderstood and unfairly maligned as a result of misunderstanding than Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch. Odds are you’ll disagree with that statement. An indication of the movie’s reception by “audiences” (non-professional reviewers) and the critics can be found on Rotten Tomatoes, where audience approval is calculated to be 47%, and of the 196 critical reviews... Read more
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