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- 1. Game of Thrones Season One on DVD and Blu-ray
- (Fantasy TV)
- ... for the complete first season on disc, but I'm sure few will feel that the wait has not been worth it. Excepting Salman Rushdie of course, who felt that the series was no more than well-produced trash... ...
- Created on 17 March 2012
- 2. Rotten Apple: the war on Google's Android
- (Gadgets)
- 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 ...
- Created on 10 March 2012
- 3. Futurama renewed for a seventh season.
- (Science fiction TV)
- Good news everyone, the animated comedy science fiction TV show Futurama has been renewed for a seventh season. After being revived in 2008 after a five year absence, the sixth season of Futurama has been ...
- Created on 09 September 2011
- 4. Flashback, by Dan Simmons: "scarily possible" future or Right wing propaganda?
- (Science fiction books)
- ... 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 provoke ...
- Created on 02 August 2011
- 5. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows trailer and plot
- (Fantasy films)
- The first full-length trailer (over two and half minutes!) of director Guy Ritchie's sequel to Sherlock Holmes, entitled Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, again starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law, ...
- Created on 13 July 2011
- 6. Extended Edition of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings Trilogy now available on Blu-ray
- (Fantasy films)
- This could possibly be the most pointless review SFW has ever undertaken. For many fans of the movies, all the relevant information is in the headline and, like me, you probably had the Blu-ray edition ...
- Created on 08 July 2011
- 7. Thrilling conclusion to Dora Machado's Stonewiser Trilogy
- (Fantasy books)
- Over the years we’ve received a lot of novels for review, and it’ll probably come as no surprise that many of them are for first time authors seeking some hard earned exposure. That’s something we can ...
- Created on 12 June 2011
- 8. BBC’s Being Human back for Season 4
- (Fantasy TV)
- Fans of the UK version of the fantasy TV show Being Human (the original and best) will be pleased to hear that Being Human season 4 is definitely happening. According to the BBC’s press site, Being Human ...
- Created on 31 May 2011
- 9. Blade Runner sequels and prequels happening
- (Science fiction films)
- The iconic science fiction film Blade Runner, based on a book by Philip K. Dick and directed by Ridley Scott, will be followed up with sequels and prequels soon. Variety reports that Alcon Entertainment ...
- Created on 03 March 2011
- 10. Paul Meehan on Close Encounters and Remote Viewing
- (Press Releases)
- I am pleased to present another guest essay by Paul Meehan, author of Saucer Movies: A UFOlogical History of the Cinema (The Scarecrow Press, 1998), Tech-Noir: The Fusion of Science Fiction and Film Noir ...
- Created on 26 January 2011
- 11. James Bond 23 officially announced: Daniel Craig and Sam Mendes
- (Science fiction films)
- The 23rd James Bond film has finally received an official announcement and release date. After numerous setbacks, mainly due to financing issues with MGM, James Bond 23 was officially announced by EON ...
- Created on 12 January 2011
- 12. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows delivers for the fans
- (Fantasy films)
- No surprises here: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part One has routed the opposition in its first weekend, raking in US$330 million globally, $125 million in the US alone. In Britain, film 7 (and ...
- Created on 22 November 2010
- 13. New Tron: Legacy 3D extended trailer
- (Science fiction films)
- A new trailer for Walt Disney's Tron: Legacy has hit the web. Featuring vivid special effects and plenty of fast paced high tech action (and women wearing tight fitting lycra outfits of course), it seems ...
- Created on 10 November 2010
- 14. The Exorcist remastered and on Blu-Ray. Do you dare?
- (Fantasy films)
- The Exorcist is the only horror movie that has ever really unsettled me. I was a lot younger when I first saw it, a grainy home video long before the advent of wide screen televisions and home theatres, ...
- Created on 19 October 2010
- 15. All six Star Wars movies on blu-ray 2011
- (Science fiction films)
- George Lucas has been busy. After revealing that the live action Star Wars TV show was on hold and that he would be giving up half his wealth to charity, comes the announcement that the Star Wars movies ...
- Created on 16 August 2010
- 16. With Inception one dream is just not enough
- (Science fiction films)
- Few films with large budgets and big name actors manage to get the script right too, so when Christopher Nolan's Inception comes along with a word perfect script and a great deal more, the contrast to ...
- Created on 01 August 2010
- 17. Matt Smith leaving Doctor Who already?
- (Science fiction TV)
- I hope this one isn't true. Apparently Matt Smith is already thinking about leaving Doctor Who after the end of his second season as the Doctor, with sources indicating he wants to take a crack at Hollywood ...
- Created on 19 July 2010
- 18. Why Predators failed to make the grade
- (Science fiction films)
- If you've watched the original 1987 Predator movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, you know the drill: alien Predators are technologically advanced hunters who get a kick out of tracking down and fighting ...
- Created on 12 July 2010
- 19. Are you too old to watch Doctor Who?
- (Science fiction TV)
- Recently I've begun to ask myself whether I'm too old to be a Doctor Who fan. Have I been suckered into watching a kids show? Is watching Doctor Who well into your 40s something you should be embarrassed ...
- Created on 20 June 2010
- 20. Valhalla Rising: bloody and intelligent Viking saga or just bloody awful?
- (Fantasy films)
- 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 ...
- Created on 07 June 2010
Featured articles
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 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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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