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Llama God, email Eternals as a whole is definitely an interesting beast. Like the ultimate actions of the main characters in the film, it’s hard to tell whether this film is a success or a disaster that will have negative consequences. It’s certainly

Kang debuted in 1963’s Fantastic Four #19 (as Rama-Tut), and first faced Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in 1964’s Avengers #8. AFTER JONATHAN MAJORS’S star turn as the Scarlet Centurion in Loki, time-travelling supervillain Kang the Conqueror is now taking

EVER BEEN INVITED round to see a friend’s new-born and, confronted by a scowling potato, struggled to coo, “Why, they’re beautiful!” Such social anxiety is nothing compared to the chap in Icelandic film Lamb who visits his brother and sister-in-law,

THE EARTH IS UNDER attack. Alien parasites – transmitted by insects – are possessing an unwitting populace at an alarming rate. Decorated US marine Malik Khan (Riz Ahmed) is one of the chosen few who know about the invasion, and he may just be humani

Four of the Resident Evil movies were shot in Ontario, Canada. SOMEBODY PINCH Tom Hopper. Best known as Luther Hargreeves in The Umbrella Academy, the towering 6’ 5” British actor has saved the day from apocalypticsized threats twice. But it’s his ro

Buffy creator Joss Whedon explored the Buffyverse’s far future in 2001 Dark Horse Comics miniseries Fray. WITH WRITER CASEY GILLY describing it as “apocalypse lite,” Buffy The Last Vampire Slayer is set in a dystopian future that’s very familiar exce

Season four will reveal what the Mosasaurus was doing before it was out there with the surfers in Fallen Kingdom. IF YOU THOUGHT THE KIDS were finally home free in the third season finale of Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, think again. Darius (Paul-

Tell us about your protagonists. → The book follows four royal siblings who must work together to find the Ivory Key. Vira needs it to protect her citizens. Riya wants to prove her loyalty to the rebels she joined. Ronak plans to sell it to escape a

Jock has worked as a concept artist on numerous films, including Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins. AN ATTEMPT TO explore “what Monday night in Batman’s world is like compared to ours,” artist-turned-writer Jock’s new miniseries One Dark Knight chron

Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbor Totoro was originally distributed in the USA by infamous schlock-horror company Troma. EVEN THOUGH growly Welsh-born actor Christian Bale voiced the central wizard in the English dub of Studio Ghibli’s Howl’s Moving Castle

Bill Bailey guest stars in “Calliope Jane”, playing the owner of a travelling fair. WHEN RED ALERT catches up with actor Mackenzie Crook, he’s on the last lap of post-production work on a bumper crop of Worzel Gummidge specials, which he’s once again

K-9 was originally named Pluto, though Baker suspected Disney’s lawyers would never allow it. Bob Baker was never surprised by the popularity of K-9, the enduring Doctor Who icon he co-created with Dave Martin: “He’s a decent, trustworthy, very likea

THERE’S NO ESCAPING YOUR destiny. No one knows that better than Geralt of Rivia, as portrayed by Henry Cavill. The titular warrior from the Netflix show The Witcher spent most of season one on the road and monster-hunting, despite being told that his

Ciri was on her own a lot in season one. How do you feel she grew during that time? She saw and experienced things that she had never experienced before. Ciri had quite a sheltered life because she was a princess. When Ciri was suddenly put into this

Author Andrzej Sapkowski originally wanted to create a female character that defies fantasy stereotypes. In what ways does Yennefer break that mould? Because we were able to delve into her backstory, we’ve been able to challenge all the stereotypes o

ZACK ESTRIN IS blaming his children. The producer and writer was looking forward to a year off when the opportunity to revisit a beloved sci-fi franchise presented itself via Legendary and Netflix. “I was like, ‘I don’t know, that cheesy 1965 series,

Season three feels like there’s more at stake for Will… Something that me and the writers and producers, specifically Zack Estrin and the two creators Burk [Sharpless] and Matt [Sazama], talked about and made sure from the beginning of season one was

SOME NEW TV shows land in the schedules without fanfare, while others announce their existence via a news story in the trade press. Some get the song and dance of a swanky, Apple-style keynote presentation, but there’s arguably never been a series th

DENIS VILLENEUVE’S DUNE HAS ALREADY TOPPED $300 million at the box office, with a sequel and prequel TV series now green-lit. But the journey to Villeneuve’s vision is just as fascinating as Paul Atreides’s path to self-discovery. In the lavish, 248-

THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE on Foundation was the number of sets that had to be designed in a very short time. I think I had about 170 sets to design in roughly three months. Because this show is not like any other TV show I’ve ever done. Basically the ent

I’m always quoting “I must be firm!” – it’s a middle-aged man’s dilemma! And also Robert Hardy says, “I increasingly shrink from the dark evenings,” and I know that feeling so well. Not because I’m being haunted but just because I can’t bear it these

OVER HER 40-YEAR CAREER, Elvira, Mistress of the Dark has certainly had her knockers. Never one to let things get in the way, her outstanding contributions to horror and pop culture are celebrated in the new autobiography, Yours Cruelly, Elvira by my

ALL OF MARK GATISS’S Christmases have come at once. “It’s a three-pronged attack from me this year,” he beams, as he prepares to unleash a spooky trinity of new projects. “I feel like Santa must do when he’s making his toys in the middle of July. It’

SHOWRUNNER NAREN Shankar describes The Expanse’s sixth – and final – outing as a “powder keg”. And for good reason: the stakes have never been higher in the show. The fifth season of the series (based on the books by Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck) cul

Marvel comics have always been partial to a good superteam, but the Eternals may just be the most powerful of the lot. Created by the legendary Jack Kirby, these extraterrestrial beings were dispatched to Earth thousands of years ago to protect it fr

THEY TOOK MANHATTAN AND restored our festive spirit – but it wasn’t until the mid-’90s that the Muppets set sail on the high seas for their most ambitious adventure to date. Inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson’s coming-of-age tale, Muppet Treasure Isl

▶ RELEASED OUT NOW! PG | 99 minutes ▶ Directors Jared Bush, Byron Howard ▶ Cast Stephanie Beatriz, Maria Cecilia Botero, John Leguizamo, Diane Guerrero, Jessica Darrow, Adassa Ever since Walt Disney first put Snow White together with her Seven Dwarfs

▶ RELEASED 17 DECEMBER TBC | 124 minutes ▶ Director Edson Oda ▶ Cast Winston Duke, Benedict Wong, Zazie Beetz, Bill Skarsgård Films that tackle spirituality often tend to look at the end of life. But with Pixar’s Soul and now Nine Days, we have two w

▶ RELEASED 10 DECEMBER 15 | 107 minutes ▶ Director Valdimar Jóhannsson ▶ Cast Noomi Rapace, Hilmir Snær Guðnason, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson Debutant director Valdimar Jóhannsson set himself a difficult task with this haunting,

UK/US Apple TV+, streaming now ▶ Showrunner David S Goyer ▶ Cast Lou Llobell, Leah Harvey, Jared Harris, Lee Pace, Laura Birn, Terrence Mann EPISODES 1.01-1.10 Many said Isaac Asimov’s Foundation stories are unfilmable. Some, no doubt, will point at

UK/US Amazon Prime, streaming now ▶ Showrunner Sara Goodman ▶ Cast Madison Iseman, Brianne Tju, Ezekiel Goodman, Bill Heck EPISODES 1.01-1.08 If you’re old enough to remember the ’90s version, you’re probably too old for this one. There’s no nostalgi

UK Disney+, streaming now US Hulu, finished ▶ Showrunner Eliza Clark ▶ Cast Diane Lane, Ashley Romans, Ben Schnetzer, Olivia Thirlby EPISODES 1.01-1.10 Brian K Vaughn and Pia Guerra’s Vertigo comic emerged not long before The Walking Dead, has simila

UK/US Netflix, streaming now ▶ Showrunner André Nemec ▶ Cast John Cho, Mustafa Shakir, Daniella Pineda, Alex Hassell EPISODES 1.01-1.10 The original 1998 anime series of Cowboy Bebop freshened up the medium with wit and style. It followed a loose ban

EXTRAS The main claim to fame of the latest mostly-missing classic Who to get the animated treatment is its gender balance: of the principle cast whom we actually see, five out of seven are women. The First Doctor, Steven and Vicki get caught up in a

UK/US Netflix, streaming now ▶ Showrunner Sang-ho Yeon ▶ Cast Yoo Ah-in, Ik-joon Yang, Kim Hyun-joo, Shin-rok Kim EPISODES 1.01-1.06 You’ve never seen angels like these before. In this mini-series by Train To Busan director Sang-ho Yeon, you can forg

EXTRAS ▶ RELEASED OUT NOW! 1960 | 15 | Blu-ray ▶ Director Giorgio Ferroni ▶ Cast Pierre Brice, Scilla Gabel, Wolfgang Preiss, Dany Carrel BLU-RAY DEBUT Outside of the Emu-verse the strangest work of fiction set in a windmill, this unjustly overlooked

▶ RELEASED 10 DECEMBER (also selected cinemas from 3 December) 2021 | TBC | SVOD ▶ Director Michael Pearce ▶ Cast Riz Ahmed, Octavia Spencer, Lucian-River Chauhan, Aditya Geddada PRIME The alien invasion genre gives you two options: the death-ray of

EXTRAS ▶ RELEASED OUT NOW! 2020-2021 | 15 | Blu-ray/DVD ▶ Showrunners Alex Kurtzman, Michelle Paradise ▶ Cast Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman A new 32nd century setting takes Discovery where no Trek has gone before, but i

▶ RELEASED OUT NOW! 2021 | 12 | SVOD ▶ Director Miguel Sapochnik ▶ Cast Tom Hanks, Caleb Landry Jones, Samira Wiley, Skeet Ulrich APPLE TV+ It’s no surprise that Tom Hanks would be the last embodiment of decency in a post-apocalyptic world. Some thin

EXTRAS ▶ RELEASED OUT NOW! 2021 | 12 | Blu-ray (4K/standard)/DVD/download ▶ Director Destin Daniel Cretton ▶ Cast Simu Liu, Awkwafina, Michelle Yeoh, Tony Leung Marvel’s first movie to topline an Asian superhero is a slick, fun outing that adds some

EXTRAS ▶ RELEASED OUT NOW! 2021 | 15 | Blu-ray (4K/standard)/DVD/download ▶ Director Nia DaCosta ▶ Cast Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Teyonah Parris, Colman Domingo, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett The enduring urban legend of the Candyman – a vengeful spirit summon

▶ RELEASED OUT NOW! 368 pages | Paperback/ebook/audiobook ▶ Author Ken MacLeod ▶ Publisher Orbit Is it an adequate description to call Ken MacLeod a science fiction writer? Sure, Beyond The Hallowed Sky has been trailed as the first volume in “a new

▶ RELEASED OUT NOW! 304 pages | Paperback/ebook ▶ Author Sean Egan ▶ Publisher BearManor Media “Warriors, come out to play-ay-ayyy…” If you’re a fan of apocalyptic near-future gang movie The Warriors, you’ve probably shouted that iconic line into aba

▶ RELEASED OUT NOW! 528 | Paperback/ebook ▶ Author Charlie Jane Anders ▶ Publisher Titan Books Charlie Jane Anders burns through ideas at a rate that almost makes you panic. You want to warn her to slow down in case she runs out. In truth this seems

Bryce Quinlan is hunting a demon that killed her best friend in the unmissable new fantasy series from multimillion and number one New York Times bestselling author Sarah J Maas. WHATEVER HAD KILLED them must have heard her coming and hidden inside t

▶ RELEASED OUT NOW! ▶ Publisher Image Comics ▶ Writers JH Williams III, W Haden Blackman ▶ Artist JH Williams III ISSUES 1-3 Print vs digital has been a big debate in the comics world for years, often coming down to a mix of convenience or personal t

▶ RELEASED OUT NOW! ▶ Publisher DC Comics ▶ Writer Sam Hamm ▶ Artist Joe Quinones ISSUES 1-3 There are plenty of “What if” questions in the history of superhero blockbusters, and one of the biggest centres on what could have happened if Tim Burton ha