The term “Game of the Year” is thrown around a lot these days. Some companies have even caught flak for publishing Game of the Year editions of titles that didn’t actually win any Game of the Year awards. However, 2022 gave us the gift of Elden Ring: a landmark game that ended up securing a
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Released: 13 January (in cinemas) Certificate: 15 Director: Gerard Johnstone Cast: Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Amie Donald M3GAN opens with an advertisement, and with a primal scene. The ad is for Funki’s latest toy product, robotic talking animals which, like Tamagotchi, require constant feeding and attention from their young owners. Young Cady (Violet McGraw) is
As we welcome in the new year, we figured what better time than now to pull together a list of some of the best SFF books to read this January. Susan Dennard 26 January 2023 – Daphne Press Susan Dennard, author of The Witchlands series (now in development for TV from the Jim Henson Company)
2023 is going to be a year of long-awaited drama treats on UK TV. There’s the Luther film finally arriving on Netflix in March, Unforgotten is back after that Series 4 finale in 2021, and we’re getting the second season of Good Omens that has had the shows’ many enthusiastic fans on the edge of
2022 was a great year for gaming, but many of that year’s best titles were smaller and somewhat unexpected. Well, the biggest new games of 2023 are just that. Big. We’ve spoken before about the very best years in video game history, and it’s not a stretch to suggest that 2023 could one day join
Netflix’s newest heist series Kaleidoscope boasts a unique take on the genre – the order you watch the episodes, aside from the finale, doesn’t matter. You can start with almost any episode and therefore have a different viewing experience than someone else who started with a different one. According to Netflix, the series is “loosely
Last year, Microsoft announced its plan to acquire Activision Blizzard. This proposal reignited a war between Microsoft and Sony that has since resulted in the airing of quite a bit of dirty laundry. Most recently, it was revealed that PlayStation’s massive war chest of exclusive titles may be bolstered by behind-the-scenes agreements with third-party studios.
With the new year upon us, it’s time to look ahead at the bounty of television offerings that are set to grace our screens this year. While this list is nowhere near exhaustive of every single series that could capture your heart and attention in 2023, we did our best to include as many notable
This The Simpsons review contains spoilers. The Simpsons Season 34 Episode 12 The Simpsons season 34 episode 12 “My Life as a Vlog,” highlights the family’s addiction to clickbait, which could be seen as a grasp for relevancy in an Instagram world, but is really a ratings grab because YouTube is easier to satirize and
You dream of scorched vistas. A mysterious voice resonates through your fitful dreams, ensuring you that you are being watched. Shortly after, you awake in the sodden guts of a prison ship carried across the sea to a foreign land for reasons unknown. Little do you realize the true nature of this strange land upon
Two full-cast audio dramatisations of bestselling stories by Neil Gaiman are now available on vinyl for the first time in the Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere Record Collection box set, which even includes exclusive print signed by Neil Gaiman limited to 500 copies! This awesome vinyl box set includes five discs in 140g black vinyl, a laser
This Yellowstone review contains spoilers. Yellowstone Season 5 Episode 8 Yellowstone season 5 can best, and favorably, be described as purposeful or deliberate. There have been a myriad of smaller character moments to build up an already impressive catalog of believable characters. There has been a spitoon filled to the brim with gobs of cowboy
Warning: contains spoilers for Happy Valley Series 3 Episode 1. It’s as if it never went away. After a six year wait, Happy Valley is back and it’s as strong as ever. The characters, the dialogue, the plot and the stakes in this exceptional drama are just as vibrant and entertaining as they were when Sgt Cawood
Disney+ is opening up the New Year just the way it likes to: with plenty of Star Wars. Disney+’s list of new releases for January 2023 is highlighted by a fresh season of Star Wars: The Bad Batch. Star Wars: The Bad Batch season 2 premieres its first two episodes on Wednesday, Jan. 4. New
We’ve spoken before about how…strange the current-gen console wars really are. In some ways, it feels like we’re still waiting for this generation of console gaming to properly begin. Of course, so long as most gamers need to choose between the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch, the debate about which console had
The Japanese word ‘tsundoku’, beloved by book nerds, refers to the pile of unread books next to your bed or by the sofa, which rises steadily with each new optimistic purchase. There must be an equivalent for the mental stack of TV and film titles we each carry around inside our heads, made longer with
Doctor Who was filled with surprises this year. First was the announcement that Russell T. Davies, the man most responsible for bringing Doctor Who back to television in 2005, would be returning as showrunner. Then came the special “The Power of the Doctor,” which saw Jodie Whittaker regenerate not into Ncuti Gatwa, slated to play
The end of the year is the traditional time to take stock, tally up and remember the highlights of what has been, at times, a very strange old run of it. It also happens to be the point of the year when a lot of us manage to down tools for a little bit and
With 2022 well and truly wrapped up we thought we’d take a look back at some of our favourite picks from the last 12 months here at SciFiNow. January TV Show Station Eleven, adapted from the novel of the same name by Emily St. John Mandel landed on Starz Play (now Lionsgate+) to tell a
MAJOR SPOILERS! This is for viewers who have already streamed all episodes of Without Sin on ITVX Full of twists, turns, and Vicky McClure’s seemingly endless wardrobe of excellent knitwear, ITVX’s exclusive new drama Without Sin is a triumph. From its first moments, this thriller left us with questions, and they only multiplied as the
Directed by Ron Howard, classic fantasy movie Willow pretty much immediately hit cult status when it was released back in 1988. Telling the story of aspiring magician Willow (Warwick Davis), whose children discover an infant girl in the river one day and ends up on a magical adventure to ensure her safety, the movie sits
Technically speaking, 2022 was a rough year for the television industry. The previously unshakeable Netflix posted intimidating earnings losses, leading some observers to question whether the streaming bubble had burst. Meanwhile the newly-formed Warner Bros. Discovery hit choppy waters with its own streaming situation, making a mess of HBO Max in the process. And let’s
CONTAINS MASSIVE SPOILERS FOR THE TRAITORS As all reality TV connaisseurs know, some of the best drama you can find on TV is not just in police procedurals, heists or Upside Downs; it is with real people living their lives (in front of the cameras) or real people in extraordinary situations (also in front of
Based on the best-selling novel by Neil Gaiman, the National Theatre’s critically acclaimed The Ocean at the End of the Lane, is now open at The Lowry in Salford and tours until 30 September 2023. Adapted by Joel Horwood and directed by Katy Rudd, this thrilling adventure of fantasy, myth and friendship is visiting 29
Warning: contains finale spoilers for His Dark Materials season 3. In the closing moments of Bad Wolf’s majestic adaptation of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, a caption on screen tells us what lies ahead for Lyra and Will. After freeing the ghosts from the Land of the Dead and returning healing Dust to the ailing multiverse, the teenagers
This article contains spoilers for The Witcher: Blood Origin and The Witcher While The Witcher: Blood Origin did what it set out to do – show what caused the Conjunction of the Spheres – this four episode miniseries ultimately left us with more questions than answers. Between Jaskier’s (Joey Batey) involvement in the Elves’ fight,
Author: Adrian Tchaikovsky Publisher: Head of Zeus, an Ad Astra book Price: £20 (hardback) The titular City of Last Chances is the city of Ilmar, a disparate and dangerous place where the local population are occupied by the Pallseen, a nation of serial invaders intent on unifying the world into conformity by insidiously replacing language
This article contains spoilers for The Witcher: Blood Origin. Set 1200 years before the events of The Witcher, The Witcher: Blood Origin tells the story of the Conjunction of the Spheres and how the Continent was changed forever. This four episode miniseries follows a band of warriors on their quest across the Continent as they
Warning: Contains spoilers for the Ghosts Christmas special Be warned: the opening scene of the Ghosts Christmas special might leave you slightly perturbed, wondering where all the Christmas is at, as there’s nary a whiff of festive cheer – just some scouts practising archery (without killing anyone this time) in the grounds of Button House
Not only did the Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special delight MCU fans but it brought back the slightly foggy memory of the original inspiration: the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special, a controversial TV oddity most fans of the galaxy far, far away would sooner like to forget. Yet, curiously, while The Star Wars Holiday
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