“This is the first day of your freedom, kid.” His voice was tender, warm even. The layer of humour softened the blow that this was the end of an era and the start of another. But an icy surface covered the heartfelt, blithe sentiment. The words were familiar. Not in a homely sense, but rather…
Film
The Man Who Fell to Earth… rather intentionally
The Man Who Fell to Earth poses one of the most terrifying thoughts: despite being one of the most advanced species, having fixed things from cancer to clean power, you can’t stop your planet from dying. It’s up there with immortality, which in some sense is the same thing. The Man Who Fell to Earth…
TV
Stranger Things returns
It’s been 469 days, or 67 weeks, or over Eleven thousand hours since Stranger Things graced Netflix, and they’ve been some incredibly tense hours. But now, the moment countless fan theories and frantic re-watches have lead to is here: the hugely anticipated release of Season 2. This Halloween, Stranger Things returns with its much anticipated second…
TV
Humans heads into second season
Another year, another attempt at sci-fi. This month, the hit Channel 4 programme Humans celebrates the launch of its second season. Although the whole robots coming to take over the planet idea has been regurgitated and reused constantly throughout the sci-fi corner of the media world, I’ve personally never seen it done in a way…
TV, Venue
Class: The New Doctor Who spin-off
When I first heard about Class, the newest Doctor Who spin-off adventure, I was sceptical, primarily because I thought it would be a rip off of the Sarah Jane Adventures. For one, it is set in a school, Coal Hill School to be exact. An institution that featured in the first episode ‘An Unearthly Child’…
OldVenue, TV
Doctor Who – a Gimmick Too Far?
Like many of Peter Capaldi’s previous episodes, the premise of The Magician’s Apprentice and The Witch’s Familiar sound fantastic on paper, but the results are very so-so. The notion of the Master teaming up with the Doctor and Clara to defeat the Daleks has a very classic Doctor Who vibe, and acts as a nice…
Film, OldVenue
Review: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
From director Matt Reeves (Cloverfield) comes the much-anticipated sequel to 2011’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes, a re-boot of the classic film saga depicting a world in which intelligent simians have become the dominant species of the planet. Set ten years after the events of Rise, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes…
Science, Science and Tech
Age of augmented reality
Ian Roberts comments on the reality of sci-fi skeletons and super-strength.
Music
The science fiction and fantasy soundtrack
Ayoola Solarin takes a look at the importance of music in science fiction and fantasy film and television.
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