Month: December 2013

The very first appearance of a facility serving some of the functions of stellar cartography was in September 1967’s classic episode The Changeling, where the Nomad probe was

As originally conceived, Doctor Who was as much about the past as it was about the future, but in this year of celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of

For over seventy five years, The Hobbit has been one of the most beloved books of children’s literature, a quest across a fantastical land populated by trolls, goblins,

Even in the eclectic resume of John Carpenter which runs from the science fiction stoner comedy of his 1974 debut Dark Star through the western influenced police station

When a big film arrives, it’s impossible to miss it: billboards, newspaper adverts, television spots, promotional tie-ins, marketing campaigns which guarantee a huge opening weekend while swallowing as

With its name taken from the Latin for shadows and darkness and with characters who specifically address the enduring hold the Catholic Church maintains over the country in

Directed by Doug Liman from a screenplay which lists Dante W Harper, Joby Harold (Awake), Steve Kloves (Harry Potter), Christopher McQuarrie (Jack the Giant Slayer), Tim Kring (Heroes),

2013 was a year of grim dystopia in science fiction cinema, with Oblivion, After Earth, Elysium and Ender’s Game all showing less than cosy futures for the planet

In Hollywood, nothing succeeds like excess. Following the success of Sam Raimi’s trio of films released between 2002 and 2007, which collectively grossed almost two and a half

Never one to shy away from the darker tendencies of human nature, Matt Haig is a writer who approaches those subjects in novel ways, from a retelling of