Tag Archives: SFX

The first teaser for Sony Pictures’ Venom movie is here, and fans are feeling a bit… well, underwhelmed. If you haven’t already, you should watch it right now so you can judge it for yourself. Done? Good. Now let’s dive into why this is a bit of a letdown and …

Mutant, dystopian revolutionary, inventor of a self-wringing mop and now super spy. Jennifer Lawrence is one of the most exciting actors working today, and it looks like Red Sparrow is only going to build on the reputation. In a recent interview with our sister magazine Total Film (opens in new …

Ready for some more Star Wars? Following hot on the heels of a brand-new movie series from the Game of Thrones creators (opens in new tab) comes this: multiple  TV shows – so when can we expect to see them? As reported by ABC correspondent Clayton Sandell, Disney CEO Bob …

Cable is here and he is so not ready to be Wade Wilson’s best friend in the newest trailer for Deadpool 2 (opens in new tab). This doesn’t mean Fox has finally settled down and made a normal trailer for a Deadpool movie; the meta-commentary continues as Deadpool complains that …

The upcoming Netflix movie Mute might fix one of the biggest problems with the future dystopias of many sci-fi flicks. At least personally speaking, one thing that’s always bothered me about such films is that their worlds are portrayed as so different from ours that they become difficult to believe …

Welp. Star Trek Discovery (opens in new tab) episode 13 was a wild ride. At the risk of sounding like a broken record every week: Watch. This. Show. Seriously. For those of you who haven’t caught up (or haven’t even boarded the Discovery yet, for shame!) then there are big …

The Walking Dead season 8 (opens in new tab) is going to be returning with a bumper episode. After the biting events of the mid-season finale, there’s going to be a lot of ground to cover. Not only is the episode going to deal with everything that happened with that …

Star Trek Discovery (opens in new tab) continues to be one of the most engaging shows going right now. The giant watercooler that is the internet keeps bubbling over with discussion, ‘Did you see that?’ moments and even some reactions that, if you aren’t watching already, will make you want …

“The first thing you’ll learn is that nothing is what it seems…” This is the opening line of the first episode of Altered Carbon and it couldn’t be more apt. Its true that given the popularity of sci-fi dystopian series and the trend for body-swapping stories, you might think you …

Election (opens in new tab), About Schmidt (opens in new tab), Sideways (opens in new tab), Nebraska (opens in new tab) – you might say that the films of Alexander Payne contain microscopic studies of masculinity, featuring men who try to find their own small place in the world… but …