See some real magic in this new trailer for The House With A Clock In Its Walls By Poppy-Jay Palmer 29-06-18 673 You can read the synopsis for The House With A Clock In Its Walls here: In the tradition of Amblin classics where fantastical events occur in the most unexpected places, Jack Black and two-time
Month: June 2018
“There are two ideas that are considered American that we grow up with,” Aaron Moorhead tells us. “That we are raised to be kind of anti-authoritarian for the most part, we’re supposed to be, at least. We idolise that, even if a lot of people are followers. But simultaneously there’s the arrogant idea that everyone
Roving cities go to war in a new featurette for Peter Jackson’s Mortal Engines By Jonathan Hatfull 29-06-18 49 A new featurette has arrived for the Peter Jackson-penned fantasy epic Mortal Engines and it’s pretty damn eye-catching. “Thousands of years after civilisation was destroyed by a cataclysmic event, humankind has adapted and a new
The incredibly talented, prolific and outspoken writer Harlan Ellison has passed away at the age of 84. The news was broken by Christine Valada, who tweeted: Susan Ellison has asked me to announce the passing of writer Harlan Ellison, in his sleep, earlier today. “For a brief time I was here, and for a brief
SciFiNow is delighted to launch the cover today for Splinter, the final book in Joshua Winning’s compelling, critically acclaimed dark fantasy series, The Sentinel Trilogy. This cover was designed by Scott James, a designer at Peridot Press, and holds a number of clues about what we can expect from the book. We asked the author
The trailer for Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement’s mockumentary series Wellington Paranormal is here By Poppy-Jay Palmer 29-06-18 5,483 We’ve all been waiting for it: the first trailer for Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement’s What We Do In The Shadows follow-up series Wellington Paranormal is here, and it looks amazing. Check it out: The series is
If you’re still bitter about Futurama ending, take a look at Matt Groening’s new animated series Disenchantment with this short but exciting new teaser trailer: You can read the synopsis for the series here: In Disenchantment, viewers will be whisked away to the crumbling medieval kingdom of Dreamland, where they will follow the misadventures of hard-drinking young
Update (29/06/18): Mike Flanagan tweeted that Rebecca Ferguson will be playing Rose The Hat, the film’s terrifying antagonist. Rose 🎩 https://t.co/7aPes36D9E — Mike Flanagan (@flanaganfilm) June 28, 2018 Rose and her band target children with psychic abilities and drain them of their shine, prolonging their lifespan. Original story: Ewan McGregor is no longer Doctor Sleep‘s sole cast
The pool of Scottish film musicals is small but notable – there’s Sunshine On Leith, a jukebox musical of The Proclaimers’ hits; Stuart Murdoch’s God Help The Girl; and culturally insensitive Gene Kelly vehicle Brigadoon. They can step aside for the new baby in the family, and this one’s got some bite. Anna And The
All the Colours of the Dark: Arrow Video FrightFest 2018 Horror comes in many colours and flavours. There’s Universal horror, classical horror, drive-in horror, fleapit horror, mainstream horror, alt horror, trash horror, elevated horror, ‘real horror’ and ‘not really horror’. Horror takes up residence in the castle, the woods, the laboratory, the graveyard, the hospital,
What would you do if you met yourself? What would you think? Would you see the best parts of you, or the worst? In Natasha Kermani’s superb debut Imitation Girl, a mysterious young woman (played by genre favourite Lauren Ashley Carter) arrives in the desert, appearing to discover the earth and humanity for the very
Nic Cage goes hunting for pure evil in the beautiful and bizarre first trailer for Mandy By Jonathan Hatfull 27-06-18 5 We’ve been hearing amazing things about Panos Cosmatos’ Mandy, and the first trailer looks stunning, frankly. Just watch it. It’s really, really good. The film stars Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache, Bill
Two brothers return to the cult they escaped from as teenagers and find more than they bargained for in The Endless By Jonathan Hatfull 27-06-18 1,892 Released: 29 June 2018 Certificate: 15 Director: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead Writer: Justin Benson Cast: Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead, Callie Hernandez, Tate Ellington, James Jordan Distributor: Arrow Films If
Vivieno Calsinelli’s suicide cult comedy, starring Kate Micucci, Dan Harmon and Taika Waititi, has been hard at the bath salts By Anton Bitel 27-06-18 10 Released: TBA Certificate: TBC Director: Vivieno Caldinelli Writer: Christopher Hewitson, Clayton Hewitson, Justin Jones Cast: Kate Micucci, Sam Huntington, Rhea Seehorn, Dan Harmon, Taika Waititi If you like this, try…
Shane Black’s The Predator gets a bigger, better second trailer By Jonathan Hatfull 26-06-18 265 We cannot wait to see what Shane Black has come up with for his return to the Predator franchise, and a new trailer has arrived with a lot more of the good stuff (we’re not just talking about Sterling K
Genre fiction has many explorations of romantic love between an immortal being and a human protagonist – vampire stories are especially good for it. What’s less common is a focus on familial love between someone who’s fated to live forever, or at least several centuries more than most, and a human who won’t be alive
After a slow and frustrating first half of Season 2, Westworld has seriously picked up the pace in the last few episodes, leading to a finale filled with indiscriminate slaughter, more answers than you ever thought the show would give us, and a couple of massive brand new questions – because this is Westworld, after
When we left Jesse, Tulip and Cassidy at the end of Preacher Season Two, our heroes weren’t in the best shape, their search for God was derailed, and they were heading straight to the last place on Earth the Preacher wants to go…Angelville. Season Three of the ultraviolent, blasphemous and wonderfully weird cult comic adaptation
WARNING – SPOILERS FOR ALL OF LUKE CAGE SEASON 2 FOLLOW. Well. We can’t imagine many people saw that coming. His disagreements with Claire at the start of Season 2 should have tipped us off – it turns out Luke Cage DOES want to be king after all, and he ends the season in charge
Joko Anwar radically reimagines a classic of Eighties Indonesian diabolism By Anton Bitel 23-06-18 332 Released: TBA Certificate: TBC Director: Joko Anwar Writer: Joko Anwar Cast: Tara Basro, Bront Palarae, Endy Arfian, Nasar Anuz, Muhammad Adhiyat, Ayu Laksmi, Elly D Luthan Distributor: Rapi Films, CJ Entertainment If you like this, try… Ritual Joko Anwar’s twisty
A family receives sinister orders during a nightmare Christmas in the sharp, twisted Await Further Instructions By Anton Bitel 23-06-18 1,236 Released: TBA Certificate: TBA Director: Johnny Kervorkian Writer: Gavin Williams Cast: Sam Gittins, Neerja Naik, Grant Masters, David Bradley, Abigail Cruttenden, Holly Weston, Kris Saddler Distributor: Goldfinch Studios, Shudder Films If you like this,
Sad news for fans of NBC’s time travel drama Timeless, as the network has decided not to give Shawn Ryan and Eric Kripke’s show a third season. EW reports that weeks of negotiations to attempt to find a way to continue the show have failed, and that stars Abigail Spencer, Matt Lanter and Malcolm Barrett
AMC’s Arctic horror The Terror has been getting incredible buzz so it’s not too surprising that the company has given the go-ahead for a second season. What’s interesting, however, is that it’s heading somewhere completely different. Obviously, the first season was based on Dan Simmons’ novel, and sending another naval expedition to the Arctic doesn’t
Just in case you thought all the IT: Chapter 2 casting excitement had ended with the final Losers’ Club line-up, there’s another name joining the film that’s a bit of an exciting surprise. Deadline reports that Canadian filmmaker and actor Xavier Dolan (Tom At The Farm, Heartbeats, I Killed My Mother) has been cast in
To an easily outraged portion of the population, Preacher is the show that depicted Jesus as a philandering dude-bro and his descendant as the inbred simpleton Humperdoo. But those who actually watch and love Preacher know that, frankly, that’s barely scratching the surface of how crazy this show is. One person who fully understands the
Check out this cool new family poster for Incredibles 2 By Poppy-Jay Palmer 22-06-18 7,531 Click here to see full size. You can read the full synopsis for Incredibles 2 here: Everyone’s favorite family of superheroes is back in Incredibles 2 – but this time Helen (voice of Holly Hunter) is in the spotlight, leaving Bob (voice of Craig
Crime writer and horror aficionado Martyn Waites charts his Top Five folk horror films, as his new book, The Old Religion, set in the dark heart of Cornwall, is published with the Summer Solstice… My Top Five Folk Horror Films by Martyn Waites 5. Kill List Most people in mentioning folk horror cinema delve into
Logan Marshall-Green goes on the rampage in the new trailer for Leigh Whannell’s Upgrade By Jonathan Hatfull 21-06-18 6,874 After getting a very positive reaction from US audiences and critics, Leigh Whannell’s (writer of Insidious and Saw, and director of Insidious: Chapter III) sci-fi revenge movie Upgrade is heading to the UK at the end of August
Hope van Dyne is ready to kick some butts in this new Ant-Man And The Wasp poster By Poppy-Jay Palmer 21-06-18 8,324 Click here to see full size. You can read the plot synopsis for Ant-Man And The Wasp here: From the Marvel Cinematic Universe comes Ant-Man and The Wasp, a new chapter featuring heroes with the astonishing
The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman has secured himself a new series with Amazon Studios. The news comes a little under a year after Kirkman moved his overall deal from AMC to Amazon. The series in question will be an animated drama based on his Invincible comics. The project was originally set to be a feature film