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FILM REVIEW: The Haunting In Connecticut

 

Published 3/31/2009 by Ian Berriman at SFX

15 • 92 mins • 27 March Director: Peter Cornwell Cast: Virginia Madsen, Kyle Gallner, Elias Koteas, Erik J Berg, Amanda Crew Rating: Although it boasts a few genuinely disquieting images (especially if you're squeamish ...

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Doctor Who Trailer Tonight

 

Published 3/31/2009 by Dave Golder at SFX

A quick heads-up for those of you who haven't heard the rumour yet: BBC entertainment correspondent Lizo Mzimba has posted this on his Twitter feed : “Psst. Didn't hear this from me... I can't wait for1st Dr Who Easter ep trailer. I'll be watching ...

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Spider-Man Musical Sneak Preview

 

Published 3/31/2009 by Dave Golder at SFX

The New York Times reporter Micahel Riedal managed to finagle a ticket to a preview for the Spider-Man musical intended for representatives from ticket sales outlets and is impressed by the scale of what he saw: “The sets, drawings of which were on ...

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Paul Bettany Is Post Apocalyptic Priest

 

Published 3/31/2009 by Dave Golder at SFX

While we wait to see if Sam Mendes will ever actually direct a movie version of Garth Ennis’s Preacher, a Manga comic about another ass-kicking man of the cloth is well on its way to the big screen. According to The Hollywood Reporter Paul (A ...

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Drag Me To Hell Poster

 

Published 3/31/2009 by Dave Golder at SFX

According to Shock Till You Drop director Sam Raimi’s return to the horror fold has been worth the wait: “When it comes to horror, this film proves Raimi has not lost his touch. Drag Me to Hell is an achievement in the fact that it's PG-13 and scary ...

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Paramount Orders a Star Trek XII Script

 

Published 3/31/2009 by Dave Golder at SFX

Paramount must be pretty certain it has a hit on its hands with JJ Abrams’s big screen revamp of Star Trek, because the company has already commissioned a script for a sequel. Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof have already been hired ...

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BLOG In Defence of Dollhouse

 

Published 3/31/2009 by David Bradley at SFX

Joss Whedon and Eliza Dushku's new show Dollhouse has seen mixed reviews . Several episodes in, blogger Will Salmon discusses its merits: In Defence of Dollhouse A couple of weeks back Narin Bahar blogged on here about ...

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BLOG Andy Hallett RIP

 

Published 3/30/2009 by Dave Golder at SFX

SFX Blogger Narin Bahar has some very sad news. In Defence of Dollhouse Actor Andy Hallett, renowned for playing Lorne in Angel, has died aged just 33. Posting on his MySpace page , former Angel make up designer Dayne ...

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BLOG Hiro From Heroes

 

Published 3/30/2009 by David Bradley at SFX

Are you enjoying the current volume of Heroes? Blogger Jamie Starbuck looks back to season one and the point where Hiro turned it into a phenomenon: When Hiro Was Coolest There's a tree in Sherwood Forest called the Major ...

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FILM REVIEW: Monsters vs Aliens

 

Published 3/30/2009 by Ian Berriman at SFX

PG • 94 mins • 3 April Directors: Rob Letterman, Conrad Vernon Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett, Kiefer Sutherland Rating: The latest venture from the Dreamworks stable could be just the thing to ...

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DOWNLOAD Planet Of The Cliches board game art

 

Published 3/29/2009 by David Bradley at SFX

Reader! Your starship has crashed on a remote, forbidding world, ruled by the merciless might of creative mediocrity! Can you survive this hackneyed hell? With words by Nick Setchfield and art by Paul Cemmick , Planet Of The Clichés was printed ...

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New Harry Potter posters revealed

 

Published 3/28/2009 by David Bradley at SFX

Looking forward to the sixth Harry Potter film? Six new character posters were released yesterday. They're looking pretty dark and shadowy... It's Harry! Looking moody... and strangely young. Maybe it's the hair. It's Hermione! John ...

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BLOG Online Astronomy

 

Published 3/28/2009 by David Bradley at SFX

Got a keen amateur interest in astronomy? Blogger Alasdair Stuart discusses how researchers are using online photography to examine the stars: Astronomy Goes Web 2.0 The problem with space, as a very wise man once said, is ...

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Family Guy Star Trek Interview Part Two

 

Published 3/27/2009 by David Bradley at SFX

Yesterday we posted the first part of an interview with David Goodman , executive producer of Family Guy, about the forthcoming Star Trek-themed episode. Here is the second part! We revealed on Wednesday that the Family Guy team were planning an ...

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Simon Pegg in Ice Age 3

 

Published 3/27/2009 by David Bradley at SFX

Simon "Spaced" Pegg will join the cast of the third Ice Age instalment this year. He'll provide the voice of Buck, a swashbuckling, one-eyed weasel who helps Manny and the group navigate the world of the dinosaurs. Our old buddy Pegg - who ...

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The Best And Worst TV Episode Titles

 

Published 3/27/2009 by Dave Golder at SFX

The vast majority of telefantasy episode titles are functional, descriptive and workmanlike, littered with such oft-used phrases as 'The Return of…", “The Revenge Of…”, “Doomsday” and "The Escape". But occasionally shows come up with titles that fire ...

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Friday Link-A-Mania

 

Published 3/27/2009 by Dave Golder at SFX

It Is Pratchett, Surely? Various sites are reporting similar stories: that Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire) is working on the script for DreamWorks Animation's Truckers, but that, “nothing is known about the story line”. Erm, well, a certain ...

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Family Guy Star Trek Interview Part One

 

Published 3/26/2009 by David Bradley at SFX

With the approaching Star Trek very much on our mind at the moment - check out next issue of the mag - we revealed on Wednesday that the Family Guy team were planning an episode with The Next Generation crew . We love a bit of Family Guy, so when ...

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Ponyo US release date announced

 

Published 3/26/2009 by Leah Holmes at SFX

Walt Disney Pictures has announced that Ponyo, the latest film by legendary anime director Hayao Miyazaki, will hit the big screen in the US on 14 August. The film centres on the friendship between a young boy, Sosuke, and a magic goldfish named ...

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BLOG The Rhysling Awards

 

Published 3/26/2009 by David Bradley at SFX

Which SF awards do you follow? Blogger Stuart Hall discusses the overlooked Rhysling prize: The Rhysling Awards The Hugo, Nebula and Arthur C Clarke are all awards with which you will be familiar. But, I wonder how many have heard ...

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Thursday Link-A-Mania

 

Published 3/26/2009 by Dave Golder at SFX

Lovecraft Movie Nope, not the long-awaited for Call of Cthulhu adaptation, but a fanciful, Terry Gilliam-esque biopic of the seminal horror writer which combines elements of his real life with his monstrous creation. Universal studio has bought the ...

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BLOG Me and 2000 AD

 

Published 3/25/2009 by David Bradley at SFX

Are you familiar with Dredd, Strontium Dog, Rogue Trooper and chums? Blogger Stacey Whittle discusses how she only recently came to experience British comics stalwart 2000 AD: Me and 2000 AD I’m in love, I am. Newly and quite ...

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Robot Chicken Star Wars Episode II

 

Published 3/25/2009 by Dave Golder at SFX

Robot Chicken Star Wars Episode II will be released in UK on 27 July with an astounding 90 minutes of special features, and an extended version of the episode with an extra 15 minutes of unbroadcast footage. In case you haven't caught Robot ...

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War Of The Worlds goes live

 

Published 3/25/2009 by Nick Setchfield at SFX

Come on, Thunderchild! As the Martian groove machine prepares to enslave the nation once more, SFX caught up with War Of The Worlds musical supremo Jeff Wayne to talk about his new arena-conquering live show, how to survive in the age of Spotify and ...

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Wednesday Link-a-Mania

 

Published 3/25/2009 by Dave Golder at SFX

Next Gen Stars Reunite For Family Guy This coming Sunday’s episode of Family Guy in the States features a Next Generation reunion, when Stewie and co go to a Trek convention and meet Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Denise Crosby, Gates McFadden, ...

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Battlestar Galactica 4.20 "Daybreak: Parts Two and Three"

 

Published 3/24/2009 by Richard Edwards at SFX

Written by: Ronald D Moore Directed by: Michael Rymer Rating: THE ONE WHERE Galactica attacks the Cylon Colony, prophecies come to pass, they find (our) Earth, but most importantly it’s the end of the road for Galactica and her ...

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Play Rock Band 2 at Eastercon

 

Published 3/24/2009 by David Bradley at SFX

This could be your chance to play Rock Band 2 on PS3 before its EU release. And your chance to be musically victorious over the best and brightest of the SF community! Yes, Forbidden Planet, with the help of Sony and Harmonix Music, will be presenting ...

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We Screwed Up The Timeline, Admit Lost Bosses

 

Published 3/24/2009 by Dave Golder at SFX

Lost superemos Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse have admitted to Enterainment Weekly’s Mike Auiello that they were at fault by having a young Charlotte turn up in 1974… when the show previously stated she'd been born in 1979. They also apologised to ...

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Doctor Who TV BAFTA Award Nominated

 

Published 3/24/2009 by Dave Golder at SFX

Doctor Who is once again up for a BAFTA award for Best Drama Series, facing off against Spooks, Wallander and Shameless (which hasn't really had any real drama since series two). Merlin is the only other SFX show with a nomination (unless you count ...

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Tuesday Link-A-Mania

 

Published 3/24/2009 by Dave Golder at SFX

Where The Wild Things Are USA Today has new bunch of 12 pics from Spike Jonze’s Where The Wild Things Are – and they look stunningly faithful to the book. Disney’s Stoneheart According to The Hollywood Reporter Disney and ImageMovers (a ...

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BLOG Top five science errors in sci-fi

 

Published 3/23/2009 by David Bradley at SFX

For the sake of drama, SF stories sometimes overlook the boring practicalities of science. Blogger Stuart Hall discusses his top five niggles... That Ain't Right! If you are like me then there will be certain motifs in SF that ...

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Alice, Ringworld and The Phantom Set For Syfy

 

Published 3/23/2009 by Dave Golder at SFX

Syfy has ordered three new mini-series, all adaptations of classics, two of which are being seen as back-door pilots (in other words, if they're successful – and cheap – enough, we'll get a series). They are a retelling of Alice In Wonderland, a new ...

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An MA in sci-fi writing with former 2000 AD editor

 

Published 3/22/2009 by David Bradley at SFX

Are you an aspiring writer of science fiction, fantasy, graphic novels or even video games? Then there is a university course for you in Scotland. David Bishop, writer and former editor of 2000 AD, is helping to set up a new MA Creative Writing course ...

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MAJOR Doctor Who Spoiler

 

Published 3/21/2009 by Dave Golder at SFX

Okay, you have been warned. I seriously wish I hadn't seen this, as it would have been a GREAT surprise, but it's too late now. But you have the choice not to go on. So, still wanna know? Your last chance. Anyway, on this thread (you ...

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BLOG The autograph of David Prowse

 

Published 3/21/2009 by David Bradley at SFX

David Prowse, the man inside the Darth Vader suit and also (to UK viewers of a certain age) the Green Cross Code Man, recently announced that he has prostate cancer. Our blogger Laura McConnell is a fan of his, and remembers meeting him at a ...

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BLOG From SCI FI to Syfy

 

Published 3/20/2009 by David Bradley at SFX

Blogger Will Salmon discusses the rebranding of the SCI FI Channel, announced earlier this week: Meerkat Vengeance and Moths: The Terror From Beyond I was halfway through writing a nice, happy blog about how much I love Jeff Noon, ...

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Dollhouse and Knight Rider For Sci Fi UK

 

Published 3/20/2009 by Dave Golder at SFX

The UK Sci Fi channel has secured the first run UK pay-TV rights to Knight Rider, the pilot of which features Val Kilmer as the voice of KITT, and Dollhouse as part of its new spring schedule, reports . "We're dedicated to offering our audience ...

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10 Superhero Movies That Must Not Happen

 

Published 3/20/2009 by Dave Golder at SFX

Hollywood is running out of decent superheroes to give the big screen makeover. You can tell that when they start thinking that a Thor movie is a good idea. Let's just hope that producers don’t become desperate enough to ever makes films of the ...

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Splinter director interviewed

 

Published 3/20/2009 by Ian Berriman at SFX

It's not often we give a glowing review to a direct-to-video horror flick - a brutal kicking is usually the order of the day - but we've made an exception for Splinter (out on DVD on 30 March). This low-budget monster movie with shades of The Thing ...

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Friday Link-A-Mania

 

Published 3/20/2009 by Dave Golder at SFX

Caprica Preview Courtesy of Amazon’s Armchair Commentary . Robert Carlyle On The Next Stargate Sci Fi Wire has an interview with Trainspotting actor Robert Carlyle about his starring role in the upcoming Stargate Universe: "I ...

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Avatar Preview in Time Magazine

 

Published 3/20/2009 by Dave Golder at SFX

For an article on 3D movie-making for Time Magazine , writer Josh Quitter was lucky enough to see preview clips of James Cameron’s new SF blockbuster Avatar, to be released later this year. And he seems mightily impressed. “The film is set in the ...

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Hugo Awards Nominations Announced

 

Published 3/20/2009 by Dave Golder at SFX

The Hugos have been announced for 20087, and there are few major shocks, to be honest (unless you’re a Stargate fan). The awards are probably the most respected "SF" honours to win, and still champion that lifeblood of science fiction – the written ...

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BLOG Qapla To Sci Fi Bars

 

Published 3/19/2009 by Dave Golder at SFX

Anyone fancy a pint? SFX Blogger John Cooper does, and he like to spend it in the company of clapped-out Daleks, apparently... Qapla To Sci Fi Bars I'm sitting in a snug in a Manchester bar using the wacky new wireless internet ...

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Transformers 3 not for 2011 after all

 

Published 3/19/2009 by Leah Holmes at SFX

Earlier this week we said Paramount had announced a release date for Transformers 3 and set it as 1 July 2011. Surprising to all of us since the second one hasn't even hit the big screen yet, but apparently it was just as surprising to director ...

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Win a Blu-ray player and great Blu-ray movies!

 

Published 3/19/2009 by Leah Holmes at SFX

With the number of movies now available on Blu-ray passing the 1,000 mark on 9 March (Disney's Pinocchio, if you're curious), the British Video Association wants to celebrate by giving away a Blu-ray player and the ten best-selling Blu-ray titles to ...

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New Doctor Who Monster Not Quite Revealed

 

Published 3/19/2009 by Dave Golder at SFX

Could this be a glimpse of a Tritovore? It's about 30 seconds into the latest David Tennant video diary for the filming of "Planet of the Dead" (the next Who special, due to air at Easter) which can be found at the offical Doctor Who Website . Well, ...

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BLOG Being Human Unearthed

 

Published 3/19/2009 by Dave Golder at SFX

It may be a long wait until the next series of Being Human, the surprise smash hit BBC Three show about a house-sharing trio of ghost, vampire and werewolf, but SFX Blogger Narin Bahar has some good news that should help fill the gap:  ...

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Thursday Link-A-Mania

 

Published 3/19/2009 by Dave Golder at SFX

Green Lantern Director Martin (Casino Royale) Campbell’s take on DC superhero The Green Lantern will commence filming in Australia in September, reports Coming Soon . Merman Universal is to produce a romantic comedy called Merman, about a ...

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The best sci-fi Blu-ray disc

 

Published 3/18/2009 by David Bradley at SFX

You could win an LG player and 10 Blu-ray discs in a prize draw being run by the British Video Association! The association wants to know what you think was the best Blu-ray experience of last year. Check out the shortlist on this page and ...

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The Tripods Are Coming

 

Published 3/18/2009 by Dave Golder at SFX

While chatting to Dark City Alex Proyas about his latest film Knowing , we had the chance to ask him about his version of Tripods, which he’s currently developing. And the good news is that, unlike Spielberg’s War of the Worlds, he won’t be changing ...

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