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1. All six Star Wars movies on blu-ray 2011
(Films/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 ...

2. With Inception one dream is just not enough
(Films/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 ...

3. Matt Smith leaving Doctor Who already?
(TV/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 ...

4. Why Predators failed to make the grade
(Films/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 ...

5. Are you too old to watch Doctor Who?
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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 ...

6. Valhalla Rising: bloody and intelligent Viking saga or just bloody awful?
(Films/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 ...

7. Logan's Run remake: getting old is not an option
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A remake of the 1976 MGM film Logan's Run, which starred Michael York, is moving forward according to Variety. Adapted from the novel by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson first published in 1967, ...

8. Iron Man 2 review: Robert Downey Jr.'s excellent comic adventure
(Films/Science fiction films)

By now you may have read some negative early reviews of Iron Man 2, the sequel to Marvel Comics' first Iron Man movie starring the inimitable Robert Downey Jr. Empire claimed the sequel felt "inessential, ...

9. Our verdict: wait to see Louis Leterrier’s Clash of the Titans on DVD
(Films/Fantasy films)

The original Clash of the Titans (1981) was produced by legendary special effects wizard Ray Harryhausen who pioneered the technique of stop motion animation, and today the movie is considered by  ...

10. New Doctor Who series features sex, guns and Daleks
(TV/Science fiction TV)

Now that the new season of Doctor Who is almost with us, a third trailer has been released and details about upcoming episodes revealed. This is the first season to feature 27 year old Matt Smith, the ...

11. Is Kevin MacDonald's "The Eagle of the Ninth" a critique of US Cultural Imperialism?
(Films/Fantasy films)

Some movies seem compelled to arrive in pairs, a bit like the animals on Noah’s Ark. I’m sure there are many good reasons why two studios might release films with a similar plot or theme at the same time, ...

12. Solomon Kane about to unleash bloody mayhem across the UK
(Films/Fantasy films)

The long wait is almost over for those of you in the UK who have been waiting for Solomon Kane to reach your shores. Friday 19 February is D-Day! We've had a lot to say about Solomon Kane over the last ...

13. Impressive first trailer for Neil Marshall’s Centurion
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The first official trailer for Neil Marshall’s Centurion has found its way onto the web, catapulting this gritty epic into my short-list of most highly anticipated movies of the year. It looks very promising. ...

14. Robin Hood Season Three: one for the fans
(TV/Fantasy TV)

North American fans of the BBC's re-imagined Robin Hood will be pleased to learn that the third season is now available on dvd  in a five disc set with over an hour of bonus material, including behind ...

15. Third Daniel Craig James Bond film uncertain
(Films/Science fiction films)

Bad news if you're a James Bond fan. The third James Bond film to star Daniel Craig (number 23 in the franchise) is on hold because of finance concerns at MGM. MI6 (the website, not the British Intelligence ...

16. Avatar could have been so much more
(Films/Science fiction films)

After finally getting a chance to experience James Cameron’s science fiction epic Avatar, my feelings are entirely divided. On one hand James Cameron’s extravaganza is a visual masterpiece. The inhabitants ...

17. Primeval Season 3: the final chapter in a superb British SF series?
(TV/Science fiction TV)

Season 3 of Primeval has just been released in the US on DVD (available as Primeval Volume 2) and it was with mixed feelings that I watched the ten episodes over again. This is a superb science fiction ...

18. The Hobbit movies will be made, and why I care a little less with each viewing of Lord of the Rings
(Films/Fantasy films)

It's been a week or so since a settlement was reached over the disputed share of profits earned by New Line's Lord of the Rings movies. The lawsuit was filed in February last year by the Tolkien Trust ...

19. Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods The Final Cut shines
(TV/Science fiction TV)

MGM has released a remastered version of the pilot for the first Stargate television series, Stargate SG-1, entitled Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods The Final Cut. The original Stargate movie, ...

20. Sean Bean to star in the epic fantasy A Game of Thrones
(TV/Fantasy TV)

Although news of planned adaptations of fantasy fiction for the screen come along fairly often, it’s not often that anything actually eventuates, or if it does, that the wait is worth it. More often than ...