Gaming finally ousted movies as the primary driver for new TV features at CES 2021. The show, which normally takes place in Las Vegas, went virtual this year, so there was no opportunity to get touchy-feely with any of the screens, but there’s no doubt that all the major TV …
Read More »Finished Rebecca on Netflix? Then these are the Daphne du Maurier adaptations to watch next
Ben Wheatley’s Rebecca is available to stream now on Netflix, and it joins a long line of Daphne du Maurier big-screen adaptations. The British author is a giant of psychological thrillers – she wrote 17 novels, as well as an assortment of short stories, plays, and non-fiction. Her work has been …
Read More »How to make a D&D horror campaign according to the team behind Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden
Horror isn’t necessarily the first thing you think of when it comes to D&D, but Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden is an exception to that rule. Set in the far north of the Forgotten Realms (the same world as Baldur’s Gate 3), this campaign is the story of awful …
Read More »Final Fantasy 7 Remake co-director Naoki Hamaguchi on the changes that shaped the reimagining of a classic
Final Fantasy 7 Remake (opens in new tab) manages to deliver an experience that feels both familiar and entirely new at the same time. From a visual standpoint, it’s easy to see just how much more modernised Cloud’s adventure has become, but some of the changes to key elements in …
Read More »Headcrabs, Rhys Darby and Portals: The making of Half-Life: Alyx
Half-Life: Alyx (opens in new tab) is the latest release in a series that fans have been desperate to see more of. If that wasn’t enough pressure for the developers at Valve, the game has been created for virtual reality, a medium that is merciless when it comes to stability …
Read More »Take A Trip Into Space Ahead Of Interstellar
Embark on your very own mission to the stars with Interstellar (opens in new tab) Next week, Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster mission to the stars, Interstellar , blasts into UK cinemas. To celebrate the movie’s release, Warner Bros. Pictures have teamed up with the Slooh Community Space Observatory …
Read More »Wednesday Link-A-Mania
(opens in new tab) American Horror Story: Coven won two Emmys this weekend , with Jessica Lange taking Lead Actress In A Miniseries Or Movie and Kathy Bates taking Supporting Actress in the same. Otherwise, there was very little in ways of sci-fi this year – despite being the year’s …
Read More »Fembots In The Movies
They’re robots with an X chromosome! (Click on the image to embiggen) (opens in new tab) The Machine is in cinemas and VoD on 21 March, and DVD and Blu-ray from 31 March. www.themachinemovie.com (opens in new tab) Follow the movie on Twitter and Facebook . You can read an …
Read More »Matt Smith – Eleven Reasons He Rocked
To mark the fall of the Eleventh, SFX brings you eleven compelling reasons why we’ll miss this madman in a box. Goodbye, raggedy man! THAT FACE And what a face. Genetically engineered for internet GIF culture, a simple tilt of the head could transform it from hall of mirrors oddness …
Read More »Sacha Dhawan Talks The Tractate Middoth
This Christmas Mark Gatiss resurrects the BBC’s seasonal ghost story with an adaptation of MR James’ chilling tale “The Tractate Middoth”. Here’s our chat with star Sacha Dhawan, the man at the heart of some distinctly unholy doings in a library… Did the title The Tractate Middoth mean anything to …
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