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- 1. Badass Celebrity Smackdown to Benefit Wounded Veterans
- (Press Releases)
- ... a villain event as well. Celebrities participating in the charity events are: Michael Biehn (Terminator, Aliens) Claudia Christian (Babylon 5) David Della Rocco (Boondock Saints) Sean Patrick Flanery ...
- Created on 23 April 2012
- 2. Top science fiction films
- (Guide articles)
- ... Park Steven Spielberg (1993) 23 Aliens James Cameron (1986) 24 The Terminator James Cameron (1984) 25 Terminator 2 - Judgement Day James Cameron (1991) 26 Predator John ...
- Created on 28 December 2011
- 3. Schwarzenegger back for Terminator as a wrinkled robot
- (Science fiction films)
- Now that his governing days are over, Arnold Schwarzenegger is set to return to the Terminator series of films that first launched him to international stardom. Deadline reports that Schwarzenegger is ...
- Created on 06 May 2011
- 4. Stunning new trailer for Game of Thrones
- (Fantasy TV)
- ... that Game of Thrones will be THE 2011 TV event for fans of epic fantasy. The cast for series one is impressive and includes Sean Bean (Lord of the Rings, Troy), Lena Headey (Terminator: The Sarah ...
- Created on 29 November 2010
- 5. Leonardo DiCaprio enters The Twilight Zone
- (Science fiction films)
- ... the terminator, the border between "night" and "day" on a planetary body - extremely appropriate given the nature of the show. There is little in the way of detail yet, but apparently Jason Rothenberg ...
- Created on 21 October 2010
- 6. Is it time you tried Being Human?
- (Fantasy TV)
- ... they don’t shy away from moral complexity in the depiction of the antagonists either: Kemp might be a religious fanatic and ruthless exterminator of the supernaturals, but he is driven by a sincere (and ...
- Created on 04 October 2010
- 7. Game of Thrones news, website and teaser
- (Fantasy TV)
- ... and includes Sean Bean (Lord of the Rings, Troy), Lena Headey (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, 300), Peter Dinklage (Prince Caspian) , Harry Lloyd (from the BBC Robin Hood series) and ...
- Created on 16 June 2010
- 8. The BBC's Merlin, a fantasy series that delivers the promised magic
- (Fantasy TV)
- ... in recent years: Firefly, Battlestar Galactica, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Primeval to name just a few. And yet I’m hard pressed to recall more than one fantasy series that compares favourably ...
- Created on 04 May 2010
- 9. The Escape From New York remake is not dead in the water!
- (Science fiction films)
- ... iconic Snake Plissken (immortalised by Kurt Russell) and then he too dropped out; and the screenplay by Ken Nolan was itself dropped and Jonathan Mostow (director of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines) ...
- Created on 11 February 2010
- 10. Internet leaks kill Forbidden Planet remake claims Straczynski
- (Science fiction films)
- ... every Terminator movie knowing full well that in the end the killer robot was likely to end up in a vat of molten metal (or something equally final). What makes this reaction seem even more unjustified ...
- Created on 07 November 2009
- 11. Primeval returns from the dead!
- (Science fiction TV)
- ... (although be warned that there are a few spoilers if you haven't watched the first two seasons). Now if only Warner Bros. would resurrect that other superb science fiction series axed this year, Terminator: ...
- Created on 30 September 2009
- 12. Primeval Season 3: the final chapter in a superb British SF series?
- (Science fiction TV)
- ... and the ARC that are responsible. Much like that other superb series axed this years, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Primeval ends at a high point, both in terms of the story and its production. ...
- Created on 29 September 2009
- 13. Robotic surrogates closer than you think
- (Science fiction films)
- ... face reality amongst your surrogate using peers? Brancato and Ferris previously teamed up with Mostow on Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. The present day parallels with virtual Internet worlds, ...
- Created on 21 September 2009
- 14. Dick's Flow My Tears on track: a Man in the High Castle movie please!
- (Science fiction films)
- ... along nicely. SFX magazine spoke to Terminator Salvation producers Victor Kubicek and Derek Anderson about why they chose Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said as the first of their film adaptations of ...
- Created on 18 July 2009
- 15. Terminator: Salvation - why 66% of critics have got it wrong
- (Science fiction films)
- Here in the wonderful Land of Oz we had to wait a week longer than our North American cousins for the premier of McG’s Terminator: Salvation and all’n’all it’s been a week of bad reviews. When checked ...
- Created on 05 June 2009
- 16. Avatar like working on moon landing Cameron reveals
- (Science fiction films)
- ... It feels like that.” The star of Avatar (and the recently released Terminator Salvation), is Australian actor Sam Worthington. Worthington plays Jake Sully, a paralyzed retired Marine who undergoes an ...
- Created on 28 May 2009
- 17. Bruce Willis’ Surrogates trailer blends robots and virtual reality
- (Science fiction films)
- ... and drawn by Brett Weldele. Ferris and Brancato collaborated with Mostow on the last film he directed, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. The same writers also wrote Terminator Salvation. I haven’t seen ...
- Created on 24 May 2009
- 18. Hasta la vista Sarah Connor: Fox terminates another quality SF series
- (Science fiction TV)
- ... fiction series: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles will not be returning for a third series. Ok, for now let it be Frak! Deep down we knew this was coming. Decisions like this are made well ...
- Created on 18 May 2009
- 19. Philip K. Dick’s ‘Flow My Tears’ to be filmed
- (Science fiction films)
- ... the company behind the upcoming Terminator Salvation movie, owns first-look rights to Philip K. Dick's estate and decided that Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said would be the first adaptation under that ...
- Created on 14 May 2009
- 20. Terminator Salvation update: 4 minute trailer and sequel details
- (Science fiction films)
- The deadly robots are back, with the fourth Terminator movie, Terminator Salvation, due for release on May 21. The post-apocalyptic science fiction epic, starring Christian Bale and Sam Worthington, focuses ...
- Created on 13 May 2009
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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 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
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
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 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
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
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 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 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 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
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