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1. The death of 3D
(Films/Science fiction films)

A few weeks after James Cameron released his science fiction blockbuster Avatar in December 2009, following 10 years of perfecting the camera technology to make it all happen, his self proclaimed 3D renaissance ...

2. Are you too old to watch Doctor Who?
(TV/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 ...

3. Bill Murray now claims Ghostbusters 3 plans are just talk
(Films/Science fiction films)

Is Bill Murray joking? It's very hard to tell. He recently spoke to Cinema Blend about the new Ghostbusters 3 movie. We told you awhile back that everyone was on board for the third Ghostbusters instalment, ...

4. Shia LaBeouf hated Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
(Films/Science fiction films)

Were you unimpressed with Michael Bay's second Transformers movie, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen? If so, you're not alone. Even its 23 year old star Shia LaBeouf hated the movie. According to The ...

5. Well behaved hobbits don't join unions
(Films/Fantasy films)

Sir Ian Mckellen, the excellent British actor who played the pivotal role of the wizard Gandalf in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, has offered some insightful remarks concerning recent ...

6. Avatar Review: Did Avatar deserve the Oscar for Best Picture?
(Films/Science fiction films)

I haven’t felt the need to watch a movie on the big screen more than once for years, preferring instead to wait for the DVD release for repeat viewings, but last week I took myself off to watch James Cameron's ...

7. Moon sequel Mute Witness a homage to Blade Runner
(Films/Science fiction films)

Duncan Jones is the director responsible for one of the standout films of 2009, a well crafted science fiction thriller called Moon. If you're a fan (which I definitely am), you'll be glad to hear that ...

8. Can The Last Airbender end M. Night Shyamalan's downward spiral?
(Films/Fantasy films)

M. Night Shyamalan has had some spectacular movie successes, from the excellent The Sixth Sense (possibly the biggest plot twist in movie history) to the powerful and compelling Unbreakable (again starring ...

9. Blake’s 7 remake to be modern and bold
(TV/Science fiction TV)

Due to the lack of news I was beginning to think the new Blake’s 7 remake we told you about last year wasn’t happening. Fortunately, Andrew Mark Sewell from B7 Productions, recently told ScifiNow magazine ...

10. Clash of the Titans remake to be reshot
(Films/Fantasy films)

... Leterrier's remake of Clash of the Titans. At a screening of his latest blockbuster, Avatar, Worthington revealed to the LA Times that Warner Bros. were apparently so pleased with what they'd seen of Leterrier's ...

11. Straczynski reveals Forbidden Planet remake will be a Forbidden Planet remake
(Films/Science fiction films)

Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski recently complained that he had to redraft his script for his upcoming remake of Forbidden Planet because websites were leaking material about it on the Internet, ...

12. Guillermo Del Toro talks about The Hobbit movies
(Films/Fantasy films)

Apart from an announcement back in September that the Tolkien Estate and New Line had settled their differences over profits for the Lord of the Rings movies, clearing the way for the studio to proceed ...

13. Long live the apocalypse
(Films/Science fiction films)

Watching Science fiction and fantasy films is a fantastic way to experience the end of everything without the hassle of you or your friends dying horribly at the same time. Luckily for those in love with ...

14. Indiana Jones V is happening: it's all about the money
(Films/Fantasy films)

While the fourth Indiana Jones movie,  Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, was a farcical, special effects mess, with more holes in the plot than a sieve and panned by critics and fans ...

15. Alien prequel now confirmed
(Films/Science fiction films)

We told you recently about the possibility of a remake of Ridley's Scott's classic science fiction horror, Alien, by 20th Century Fox. Well it appears a new Alien movie is definitely on the way, but it's ...

16. What's happening with the new Dune movie?
(Films/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 ...

17. Gothic horror, a shot of comedy, and a blue-rinse Sherlock Holmes: Paul Magrs' Brenda series
(Books/Fantasy books)

Earlier this year, Paul (don’t pronounce the G) Magrs published Conjugal Rites , the third in a series of novels featuring Brenda, an elderly and very capable lady who runs a Bed and Breakfast in the ...

18. Max Payne, Min Satysfaction
(Films/Fantasy films)

After panning Mark Wahlberg’s performance in M. Night Shyamalan’s abysmal The Happening, it’s only fair that we state up front that in Max Payne Wahlberg travels some way along the path of redemption ...

19. M. Night Shyamalan contemplates Unbreakable 2
(Films/Fantasy films)

... the time," Shyamalan recently told MTV, "...I’ve still been thinking about it a lot and wonder if it’s too late." Unbreakable tells the story of the literally unbreakable David Dunn (Willis) and the ...

20. Proxima now available on DVD
(Films/Science fiction films)

Proxima is the second feature length movie by independent Spanish film maker Carlos Atanes. Both Proxima and his first film, FAQ (2004), have done the rounds of the independent film festivals and garnered ...