Tag: Sci-Fi
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Review: Doctor Who (Series 11, Episode 4)
“Why couldn’t it be follow the butterflies?” Christian Wise examines Doctor Who’s latest skin-crawling horror story.
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John Carpenter’s The Thing: A History
36 years in, writer Tom takes a look at how the film went from a box office flop to a widely praised cult classic.
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A Wrinkle in Time, Disney films, and the never-ending appeal of wonder
What is it about Disney films that captures the hearts of children and adults alike? Deputy Editor Rehana goes on an adventure to find the answer.
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Blu-Ray Review: Alien: Covenant
Writer Tom reviews the Blu-ray release of the most recent entry into the Alien series.
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The 13th Doctor – A Positive Step Forward for Gender Equality?
The appointment of Jodie Whittaker as the 13th Doctor has been hailed as a positive step towards more influential female leads on TV. But is making a traditionally male role female the best way to go about this?
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Review: Alien: Covenant
Run…Tom Wilmot reviews the latest installment in the Alien Franchise.
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Review: Life
‘Goodnight room. Goodnight moon. Goodnight cow jumping over the moon.’ Sophie Trenear reviews sci-fi horror, Life.
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Actor in Focus: Jake Gyllenhaal
Sophie Trenear takes a look back at the acclaimed actor’s glittering career, including films such as Donnie Darko, Brokeback Mountain and Prisoners.
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Author in Focus: Terry Pratchett
Eleanor Joyce explores the late great writer to discover what makes his brand of surreal fantasy so compelling.
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Review: Arrival
Writer Jack reviews Dennis Villeneuve’s brilliant adaptation of Ted Chiang’s short story “Story of Your Life”.
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One to Watch: The Space Between Us
‘What’s your favourite thing about Earth?’ As far as taglines for films go, that’s one of the cheesier ones attached to a sci-fi. But hey, The Space Between Us isn’t just a sci-fi – according to its Wikipedia page, it’s a ‘teen romantic science fiction adventure film’, which is a lot of ground to cover. […]
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Raindance Film Festival review: Anti Matter
Writer Sophie continues her coverage of the 24th Raindance Film Festival, reviewing Kier Burrows directorial debut, Worm.
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First trailer for Passengers released – Watch
The upcoming sci-fi flick ‘Passengers’ debuts its first trailer, with Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence’s journey to a distant colony not going entirely to plan.
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They Keep Killing Rory: Steven Moffat’s resurrection complex
Culture Editor James examines Steven Moffat’s problem with leaving his characters in the sci-fi graveyard.