If you’re reading this you’ve probably 1) heard about the Haunting of Hill House season 2 (opens in new tab) finally being confirmed with a different title, and 2) might be wondering what The Haunting of Bly House story is going to be about. Wave goodbye to the Crains, because …
Read More »Could the Star Wars Special Edition have actually been good?
Writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez had a good rule for creating masterpieces like Of Love and Other Demons and 100 Years of Solitude: don’t ever look back on a work you’ve declared finished or you’ll go insane. The idea, according to Marquez, is that no creative work is ever truly finished, …
Read More »When is Spider-Man: Far From Home set – before or after Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame?
Watching the first trailer for Spider-Man: Far From Home (opens in new tab), I now understand how Aragon must have felt when Gandalf appears upon the hill at the battle of Helm’s Deep, having apparently cheated death at the hands of a very angry Balrog. Spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War …
Read More »SFX presents its top 20 TV episodes of 2018
The world’s gone crazy. Every day the news is full of the latest bizarre Brexit plot twist, or jawdropping revelation from Trump, or global warming apocalypse omens. You’d think TV scriptwriters would throw in the towel trying to keep up. Instead, TV’s new golden age of drama continued very healthily …
Read More »The 10 best Halloween Easter eggs and references that pay tribute to the original
The new Halloween (opens in new tab) movie strips away decades worth of horror canon from every film in the franchise past the first one, but you only need to watch a few minutes to see it still has plenty of reverence for what came before. Michael Myers’ latest return …
Read More »The Walking Dead season 9 spoiler-free premiere preview: “For the first time in a long time, Im hopeful again”
It’s no secret that The Walking Dead has been struggling to avoid the dramatic irony of its namesake for quite some time. The series has lurched from one identity crisis to the next with each new season, never quite able to liberate itself from the fetters of traipsed pacing, dramaturgic …
Read More »Matrix-level action and MCU charisma: Why Upgrade is the best sci-fi action movie of the year (that you’ve probably missed)
Don’t watch any of the trailers for Upgrade (opens in new tab). Just go and see it. I promise you that you’ll thank me later. This spoiler-free recommendation is my gift to you. Upgrade, you see, is definitely going to be the best sci-fi movie (opens in new tab) of …
Read More »11 big dumb shark movies to guarantee youll never go swimming again
There’s nothing quite like a guilty pleasure underwater horror movie – and more often than not, the monster lurking in the deep is a big, dumb shark! Whether it’s been given super intelligence by a group of well-meaning scientists, or grown to epic prehistoric proportions through some unknown means, we’ve …
Read More »Westworld season 2 showrunner explains the finale’s biggest mysteries and what’s next
So, that Westworld season 2 (opens in new tab) finale then? Wow. It was a bit of a doozy, right? You’re probably still reeling from the 90 minute WTF extravaganza, but no doubt you’ll have questions too – I know I did! So I asked the one person who was …
Read More »The Best Star Wars Quotes To Inappropriately Yell At People This Star Wars Day
It’s May the Fourth, aka Star Wars Day! D’you know what that means? It’s time to put on your favourite Star Wars t-shirt (opens in new tab) and bust out some of the best Star Wars quotes, ready for you to annoy your friends, families, and colleagues. It’s already one …
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