Events

Joe Abercrombie’s The Wisdom of Crowds is finally here and to celebrate we’re partnering on an exclusive huge, global virtual event with Joe and Steven Pacey, the beloved audiobook narrator of the Age of Madness series. Concluding the Age Of Madness trilogy, The Wisdom Of Crowds brings the series which is revolutionising fantasy to its stunning conclusion. Find out more about
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Released: Out now (Blu-ray, DVD & Digital) Director: Alex Noyer Writer: Alex Noyer Cast: Jasmin Savoy Brown, Lili Simmons, James Jagger Running Time: 94 mins After losing her hearing as a child, Alexis Reeves finds it suddenly, viscerally recovered during the violent murder of her family in Alex Noyer’s Sound Of Violence. Replete with a
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Suit up DC fans! DC FanDome is back for 2021 and if last year’s free virtual event is anything to go by, expect awesome interviews, exclusives and sneak peeks into DC’s feature films, live-action and animated television series, games, comics, home entertainment releases and more! Check out the trailer below… <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width:
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Fancy a film festival stuffed full of horror and fantasy? Well, you’re reading SciFiNow so of course you do! That’s what Arrow Video’s FrightFest is all about and it’s returning to London at Cineworld Leicester Square from Thurs August 26 – Monday 30 August, 2021. We announced the first wave of films last week, and the
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There’s music and murder aplenty in Sound Of Violence, which will be having its premiere at Arrow FrightFest next month. But you don’t have to wait until then to find out more about the thrilling new horror as we exclusively reveal the UK teaser trailer below… <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height:
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The Sundance Film Festival: London returns to the capital this summer and with it comes a whole slew of genre delights for us to marvel at! Taking place 29 July-1 August at Picturehouse Central, the festival has an eclectic mix of feature films, short movies and panel discussions to enjoy. All tickets are on sale
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Roll up, roll up for an exclusive event! We’re partnering up with our friends over at Gollancz to celebrate the upcoming release of This Fragile Earth by hosting a free virtual evening with author Susannah Wise in conversation with Love and Other Thought Experiments author Sophie Ward on 24 June. Not only that but signed
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Running from Wednesday 17 March and ending on Sunday 28 March, BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival is one of the world’s most significant and long-standing queer film events. This year, BFI Flare is going virtual, delivering festival premieres of the best new LGBTIQ+ cinema from around the world via BFI Player to UK-wide audiences.
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Director: Zoé Wittock Writer: Zoé Wittock Cast: Noémie Merlant, Emmanuelle Bercot, Bastien Bouillon Running Time: 93 mins Jumbo is a subtle and quirky indie romance that follows the painfully shy Jeanne (Noémie Merlant, Portrait of a Lady on Fire), who’s struggling with the tumultuous emotional rollercoaster of her first infatuation/crush. Except the kicker here is
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Running from 24 February -7 March 2021 the Glasgow Film Festival has gone digital this year and offers a plethora of amazing films and documentaries for a wide range of audiences. For us genre fans, GFF has plenty of thrills, chills and straight-up bonkers films for us to enjoy! See our run-down of genre films
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Director: Ben Wheatley Cast: Joel Fry, Ellora Torchia, Hayley Squires, Reece Shearsmith Running Time: 107 mins Written and shot during lockdown, In the Earth (Ben Wheatley’s follow up to his Rebecca adaptation) integrates a deadly pandemic into its plot. But rather than focus on the fear and death it produces, Wheatley uses instead the resulting
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Ready Player Two, Ernest Cline’s highly-anticipated sequel to Ready Player One, is finally here and there are a plethora of brilliant events to celebrate! Firstly, you can hear the first chapter from the sequel, which takes place just days after our hero, Wade Watts, wins OASIS Founder James Halliday’s contest, being read by none other than
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Inspired by Paul Kane’s short story ‘Men Of The Cloth’ (and shown at FrightFest this year), Sacrifice follows US-based Isaac and his pregnant wife Emma, who return to the Norwegian village on a remote island of his birth after receiving an unexpected inheritance following the death of his mother. There they find themselves caught in a waking
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Telling the tale of a heckle gone bad, er… Heckle follows comedian Joe Johnson as he and his friends decide to throw an Eighties Halloween party, complete with VHS and no mobile phones. However, when their joke of being part of their own Eighties slasher becomes a little too real, Joe has to find out who’s
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What better way to spend a spooky evening in October than with a night of carefully curated horror gems? Well, we have you covered on that front with our latest competition: five passes to Kim Newman’s Nightmare Night In! Find out more with the official trailer here… <span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden;
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Listen up horror fans! Arrow Video’s horror festival, FrightFest, will be going virtual for the second time in 2020, having taken the decision to cancel its planned physical event due to continuing COVID restrictions. The forty-five feature film line-up will merge the in-cinema selection with brand new titles to provide an online festival experience this
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It seems very fitting that The Horror Crowd is to be shown at Grimmfest this year; a horror film festival taking place as we head into the first week of October. This is the season that horror fans love. The nights are getting darker (all the more excuse to light those atmospheric candles!) and the
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The BFI London Film Festival (LFF) has always brought us an array of new and exciting films from all over the world, covering as many themes and movie genres you can think of. This year, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the festival will be taking place virtually from 7 to 18 October. This means the
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Director: Brea Grant Cast: Angela Bettis, Chloe Farnworth, David Arquette, Mick Foley Running Time: 86 mins Set in a Nineties Arkansas hospital, 12 Hour Shift focuses on Mandy, a foul-mouthed, drug-abusing nurse. In need of a little extra cash (as most nurses unfortunately are), Mandy also has a side job – prepping patients to have
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