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Joss Whedon is bringing culture to the masses, assembling a bunch of fan-friendly old acting mates (Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker, Nathan Fillion among many others) for a new version of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing (which you can learn more about – and enter a competition to win free tickets …

Peter Cushing: Centenary Tribute. 26 May 2013 marks exactly 100 years since Peter Cushing – Hammer’s Van Helsing and Baron Frankenstein – was born, in Kenley in Surrey. To celebrate the fact, we’ve dug out this piece from the SFX archives: a back-page tribute to the great man. I’ve never …

Monster by Dave Zeltserman book review . In this riff on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein , we hear the eponymous entity’s story from his own perspective. Gentle Friedrich Hoffmann is set up by Victor Frankenstein for the murder of his beloved Johanna, waking as a set of memories inside the stitched-together …

About to graduate from Oxford, 21-year-old Shannon is already tipped to become the next big thing in sci-fi and fantasy. Serkis, who’s picked up the rights through his Imaginarium production outfit, calls the novel “truly, extraordinary and thrilling”. Set in 2059, it follows the life of 19-year-old Paige Maloney who …

Issue #1 Writer: J Michael Straczynski Artist: Ben Templesmith Letterer: Troy Peteri Publisher: Image Comics Joe Fitzgerald is a man you come to when you don’t have anyone else. A problem solver, Joe has a reputation hard-earned through his previous life as a mob enforcer and the horrific end to …

Grimm 2.18 “Volcanalis” TV REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 2.18 Writer: Jim Kouf and David Greenwalt Director: David Grossman THE ONE WHERE Hank goes on holiday leaving Nick, Monroe and Renard to team up to investigate a Wesen who targets people who steal volcanic rock. Meanwhile, Juliette is being …

The Vampire Diaries 4.21 “She’s Come Undone” TV REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 2.21 Writers: Michael Narducci, Rebecca Sonnenshine Director: Darnell Martin THE ONE WHERE Stefan and Damon bring in the big guns – aka, Katherine – to try to scare Off-Switch Elena into switching her humanity back on. …

Back in 1999 I did something that seems amazing to me now: I avoided every ounce of hype for Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace . All of it. Everything. Completely. (opens in new tab) If you were around in 1999, which I’m sure most of you were, you …

Game Of Thrones 3.05 “Kissed By Fire” TV REVIEW (opens in new tab) Episode 3.05 Writer: Bryan Cogman Director: Alex Graves (opens in new tab) THE ONE WHERE The Hound has his trial by combat, Jon breaks his vows, Robb has big decisions to make and Tywin puts his house …

More good news for telefantasty fans… well telefantasy fans who like a good dollop of relationship drama on the side: The CW has given a green light to The Vampire Diaries spin-off series The Originals , and has renewed Beauty And The Beast . (opens in new tab) The network …