Rod Roddenberry, son of Star Trek creator Gene, has made a documentary on the phenomenon of the final frontier, its global legion of fans and his complex relationship with a visionary father. Trek Nation makes its international debut at this year’s SCI-FI-LONDON, and here Rod speaks exclusively to SFX about …

(opens in new tab) This weekend Manga UK and SFX held a massive cosplay competition at the London MCM Expo, an event always overbrimming with the most brilliant and outlandish costumes. And now SFX .co.uk is proud to be hosting the voting for the shortlisted finalists. Over the next three …

After their teacher’s suicide, a grieving class gets an unlikely replacement in Algerian immigrant Bachir Lazhar (Mohamed Fellag). Philippe Falardeau’s intricate drama (a Best Foreign Language Film nominee) inverts ‘inspirational teacher’ clichés; Lazhar’s as troubled as his pupils but touchy-feely sentiment is actively thwarted by a ban on teacher/student contact. …

Winner: Fez Read the Fez review. The best puzzle games have the ability to make the player feel inversely smart and stupid. Fez takes this further than any game we’ve ever played, giving us the feeling of being both cackling genius and babbling idiot within minutes of each other. It’s …

Whether youre playing Super Monday Night Combat for the first time, or youre a seasoned warrior of this futuristic deathsport, youll have to acquaint yourself with the newcomers so you know what to expect when facing them. Weve put together some tips on how to play each Pro, from the …

When a game’s such a forgone conclusion that people are willing to pay money for it before it even officially exists, developers and retailers face a dilemma: maintain that tiny remaining patina of mystery, or start makin’ them dollars? And neither Activision nor Target got where they are today by …

(opens in new tab) As predicted, “sci-fi killer” network Fox has remained unusually loyal to Fringe , and commissioned a fifth and final, 13-episode season of the JJ Abrams-produced show. It’s the very definition of bittersweet news, isn’t it? “ Fringe is a remarkably creative series that has set the …

Django Unchained has released the first pair of images of its cast in full costume, with Christoph Waltz, Jamie Foxx and Leo DiCaprio all suiting up for Tarantino’s western. The first image shows Foxx and Waltz as Django and Dr. King Schultz respectively. The former is a freed slave who …

Meet Benjamin Travis, Powers Boothe, and Shannyn Sossamon – three of the fictional and living people set to lend their talents (and/or cadavers) to Hitman: Absolution. So who’s getting paid and who’s on the target list? Put your sleuthing skills to work in the first of Square Enix’s profile videos. …

The Amazing Spider-Man may not be in cinemas for another couple of months, but Sony aren’t resting on their laurels, as proven by the announcement that the sequel will go into production in early 2013. A first draft of the script had previously been written by James Vanderbilt, but the …