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Yesterday SFX was at a select video-conference with Marvel Movies boss Kevin Feige, the creative driving force between the shared universe of it superheroes that has enabled Avengers Assemble to happen. Jayne Nelson was there for SFX , and here’s how the conversation went… (opens in new tab) At what …

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First up, Rob Mayor of Millennium FX, the prosthetics specialists who’ve made a menagerie of monsters for Doctor Who… SFX: The werewolf transformations don’t take all that long on screen, but there must be much more work that goes into them. How long does the job take you? Because they …

(opens in new tab) “Jennifer’s power as an actress is just absolutely remarkable.” The Hunger Games is the equally-awaited movie adaptation of Suzanne Collins’s book of the same name. Directed by Gary ( Pleasantville , Seabuscuit ) Ross, it’s out in the UK on 23 March. Every year in the …

[UPDATE AT BOTTOM OF PAGE] RogueCyberman, TimeGirlKatie, CyberBabeChloe and friends: a cautionary tale for the Twitter age Investigative journalism isn’t SFX ’s usual beat, but when something smells fishy, we think it’s only right to address it – and right now there’s a very odd whiff emanating from one corner …

A little treat from the SFX archives to mark the 15th anniversary of the first episode of Buffy being broadcast Active noun (origin: Dollhouse) A brainwashed, empty human vessel awaiting the insertion of a new, much better, often kick-ass and usually sexy personality. See also: Prostitute. Bad guys (origin: Serenity) …

It’s St David’s Day. Hurrah! But Wales… it’s not exactly synonymous with sci-fi is it? More leeks and lava bread and vowel-deficiency. Come on, what have the citizens of Cymru ever done for sci-fi and fantasy? Well, there’s the pretty red dragon on their flag. Yeah, but apart from the …

Can you identify the famous sci-fi and fantasy houses in this week’s quiz? And we’re not actually asking you “who” lives in them, because that could become a little complicated when it comes to the answers in some cases – though feel free to award yourself bonus no-points for naming …

With The Woman In Black currently on release, Jayne Nelson looks back at some its haunted house predecessors