Following the release of her new novel, dystopian political sci-fi VOX, we talk with author Christina Dalcher about her influences, her characters and more… Your protagonist Jean is in many ways quite a relatable one – she never took a huge interest in politics until it was too late, and often throughout VOX it feels like
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I blame it on The Neverending Story. Putting aside the years of counselling required to deal with the death of Artax the horse (who literally dies of sadness), it was this film and my obsession with Falkor the luckdragon that cemented my love of mythical creatures. Luckily for me (thanks, Falkor), mythical creatures are such
“Puppets, Maxine. You see, it’s the idea of being inside someone else’s skin and seeing what they see and feeling what they feel.” From Dead of Night to Puppet Master, marionettes have been used to explore humanity’s inner psyche in cinema since they could, well, walk. Why the fascination? What is it about them that
Ahead of the release of Tim Lebbon’s upcoming sci-fi novel Eden, we’re thrilled to be able to reveal the cover for the book as well as an exclusive extract. Here’s the book’s synopsis: From the bestselling author of The Silence comes a brand-new supernatural eco thriller. In large areas of the planet, nature is no longer
As Paramount’s remake of Pet Sematary makes it to DVD, Blu-ray and digital, we speak with cat trainer Melissa Millett, who worked with the cats that played Church in the film. She tells us how she trained the them, how they made them look like zombie cats, how to get started training your own cat, and loads
To mark both National Twin Day and the upcoming release of The Fowl Twins by Eoin Colfer (Artemis Fowl), we have an exclusive read of Colfer himself reading from the first book in his new series. The Fowl Twins by Eoin Colfer is publishing in hardback (RRP £14.99) and e-book (RRP £9.99) on 5 November 2019 from
David Cronenberg’s harrowing shocker The Brood is still the former body horror director’s most personal film. We take a look into the chilling manifestations of this now 40-year-old production… The Brood is the brainchild of writer- director David Cronenberg. Forty years on it arguably remains the former body horror director’s most personal movie. It concerns the
A spaceship goes off course in this exclusive new trailer for Swedish sci-fi film Aniara By Poppy-Jay Palmer 01-08-19 94 We’re excited to be able to present an exclusive new trailer for upcoming Swedish sci-fi film Aniara, co-directed by Pella Kågerman and Hugo Lilja. It stars Emelie Jonsson, Bianca Cruzeiro, Arvin Kananian and Anneli Martini. The film
Watch an exclusive and extremely creepy deleted scene from Pet Sematary By Poppy-Jay Palmer 30-07-19 173 To mark the home release of Pet Sematary, available to download and keep now and on Blu-ray and DVD from 12 August, we have an exclusive deleted scene to share. Rachel (Amy Seimetz), grief and fear stricken, hallucinates that Zelda is
TV series don’t come much more mind-bending than Legion, and the X-Men spin-off is not going to take things any easier on us in its final season. Noah Hawley and the stars take us inside the dojo… “You don’t wanna know everything,” deadpans Noah Hawley. “What I like about Legion is that I could tell
Here’s the cover of The Last Smile In Sunder City by actor Luke Arnold, the star of Black Sails By Poppy-Jay Palmer 23-07-19 3,606 We’ve teamed up with Orbit and are thrilled to be able to reveal the cover for upcoming fantasy novel The Last Smile In Sunder City, published 6 February 2020. It’s the debut
It’s been a little under six years since James Wan gave us The Conjuring and brought the case files of Lorraine and Ed Warren to the big screen. Since then the “Conjuringverse” has become one of the biggest and most profitable franchises going in any genre with sequels and spin-offs delivering hit after hit. But
After the gravitas of Avengers: Endgame, the stakes are lowered and things are looking up as Peter Parker takes on Europe and summer romance on a class trip. We speak to Spider-Man: Far From Home actor Zendaya to find out more… After everything the Marvel Cinematic Universe put is through over the last few years
StudioCanal has announced that the first ever 4K, Ultra High Definition restoration of Nicolas Roeg’s iconic thriller Don’t Look Now (1973) will open in UK cinemas on July 5, and we’re thrilled to be able to bring you this exclusive behind-the-scenes clip, which features cinematographer Tony Richmond talking about the restoration. © StudioCanal This version of the film will also
Time operates differently in the Men In Black universe. Or rather, it does as far and its production is concerned. There was already a bit of a gap between the first and second films in the franchise, which were released in 1997 and 2002 respectively. But all calendars were thrown out completely when MIB 3
The Light Years is the new sci-fi novel from debut author R. W. W. Greene. The book is set in a far future where arranged marriages have taken on a whole new life in an age of space travel. Before Hisako Saski is even born, her parents arrange a marriage contract for her. In exchange
I wrote the Steelhaven trilogy between 2012 and 2015. During that period there was a slew of other writers releasing fantasy novels, riding on the popularity of the Game Of Thrones TV show, which were labelled as “Grimdark”. Naturally, Steelhaven was clumped in with those, and having a cast at least partially consisting of amoral,
Britain’s bestselling science fiction author Peter F Hamilton goes behind the scenes on having his work adapted for screen. Why don’t you make this into a film? The question writers get asked almost as often as: Where do you get your ideas from? If only. Authors are not in charge of such things. This is where
Get a first look at the poster for acclaimed Swedish SF film Aniara By Jonathan Hatfull 12-06-19 1 Acclaimed Swedish sci-fi film Aniara is just over a week away from its UK premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival on 20 June, and now Arrow Films have set a release date for Pella Kågerman and Hugo Lilja’s
The bastards are back . . . Following the runaway success of The Grey Bastards — one of the biggest debut fantasy launches of the last five years – Jonathan French returns with the highly-anticipated sequel, The True Bastards, and we’re thrilled to reveal the amazing cover! Fetching was once the only female rider in the Lot Lands. Now
*WARNING: Spoilers for Season 5 ahead!* Something tells us that ‘Striking Vipers’ will be the Black Mirror Season 5 episode that gets talked about the most, thanks to one particularly brilliant line – and episode director Owen Harris isn’t surprised. “The line that sold me in the script was when he says ‘I even had
**SPOILERS for the Game Of Thrones Season 8 finale follow** We spoke to Isaac Hempstead Wright twice in the run up to Season 8 of Game Of Thrones. TWICE. Did he let slip during that time that Bran ended the show as the King of the Six (!) Kingdoms? No, he bloody didn’t. But we should have
WARNING: Major spoilers for The Society episode 3 below. Season 1 of Netflix’s latest teen series The Society premiered on the streaming service last week and it already has viewers hooked. Starting in the wealthy town of West Ham in New England, the show follows a group of teenagers as they are mysteriously transported to an exact replica
“Can we just start the interview by saying how amazing it is that astronomers have just captured the first image of a black hole ever, and it’s also the [American] release of High Life in the same week?” exclaims Mia Goth when we speak to her in early April. “I like to think that’s the
We are thrilled to be able to reveal the cover of Christopher Hinz’s new sci-fi novel Starship Alchemon, as well as the cover for the novella Hinz wrote with Angry Robot’s MD Etan Ilfeld, Duchamp Versus Einstein and an exclusive excerpt from the first chapter of Starship Alchemon. Check out the covers below: Read the exclusive excerpt from Starship Alchemon by
With the fifth and final season currently airing on Netflix UK and The CW, iZombie is on its last course. We talk to showrunners and writers Rob Thomas and Diane Ruggiero about what’s next for Liv and why the zom-com-rom-dram the happiest show in the world… Fans of The CW’s irreverent undead comedy-drama iZombie were
“We only barely finished it in time to make the Toronto film festival”, director Bernard Rose recalls when talking about the international premiere of his film Paperhouse in 1988. “I remember I hand-carried the print with me to Toronto. I flew over there for the screening…I literally had the print in my luggage. People were
Over the last 10 years or so Amy Seimetz as emerged as one of the most interesting actors and filmmakers out there. She made her mark on horror fans with a dazzling break-out turn in Adam Wingard’s A Horrible Way To Die, starred in Shane Carruth’s superb (and uncategorisable) Upstream Color and appeared in the
Anna And The Apocalypse, out 8 April, makes a zombie’s head explode with practical effects in this behind-the-scenes video By Poppy-Jay Palmer 05-04-19 2,925 Ever wondered how movie magic is used to make zombies’ heads explode? Find out how comedy musical Anna And The Apocalypse did it with this gruesome behind-the-scenes video. WARNING: do not watch if
Shazam! hits cinemas today and it’s an absolute delight (read our five-star review here). For anyone who’s missed the trailers, it’s the story of orphaned teenager Billy Batson (Asher Angel), who’s given the power to turn into a musclebound grown-up superhero (Zachary Levi) by saying the word “SHAZAM!” A blend of spectacular superheroics and Big-style
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