• ‘Counterpart’ Deux: Howard’s Way continues to enthrall…

    Thirty years ago, a unique ‘bridge’ was discovered in East Germany  – an underground passageway that now linked to a completely parallel world that apparently replicated every person, every building, every moment of history… and from that point on, the two worlds began to divide, their events no longer...
  • Who went there? ‘Battle’ is over until 2020 (except NYD)…

    The Tardis receives nine distress-calls from the planet of Ranskoor Av Kolos and as everyone else seems to be avoiding the area, The Doctor feels compelled to investigate. However deep beneath the surface are not only a handful of survivors from a series of terrible battles, but a threat...
  • Short Treks continue to shine ‘Brightest’…

    On the planet Kalimar, the Kelpien society live quiet lives, working the land and coastline. Their existence is controlled by the unseen Ba’ul, a race from beyond their skies who come at regular intervals to ‘harvest’ the Kelpiens who sacrifice themselves willingly in a ritual ceremony, in the belief...
  • Nightflyers: SF and Horror, but no specific gravity….

    With the Earth in the grips of a spreading disease and resources starting to run low, scientist Karl D’Branin (Eoin Macken) manages to get enough support to fly a team on an a exploratory mission to the edges of the solar system and to see if he can make...
  • Mirror, Mirror, Off the Wall: Who’s life less Fjordinary…

    If the soil and plants – and their taste – are anything to go by, the Doctor is relieved that the Tardis has arrived back on Earth in contemporary times, even if it seems to have taken a diversion to Norway. When a seemingly deserted cottage attracts their attention,...
  • The Nun: Not with a bang but a wimple…

    The Conjuring franchise, the horror mythology loosely (sometimes very loosely) taking its cues from real people and events,  has had its ups and downs, including the main films, the Annabelle spin-off and now an origin story of sorts with The Nun. So far the franchise has been a mixture...
  • ‘Peppermint’ Passé : Revenge is less sweet, more sour…

    Riley North (Jennifer Garner) is a typical cash-strapped suburban mother, getting by as best she can. When the birthday party for her daughter Carly (Cailey Fleming) is sabotaged by a spiteful fellow school mom, Riley and husband Chris (Jeff Hephner) take Carly out for an evening at the local...
  • Who’s ‘Witchfinders’: Earthy questions, muddied mess…

    The Doctor and her friends find themselves in the Lancashire of the 1600s and in the grip of history and hysteria as they stumble onto the rigged trial of a local woman believed to be a witch. Furious at the cruelty, the Doctor interferes with proceedings but though the...
  • Grindelwald’s Crimes: more a magical misdemeanor…

    A year after his adventures in New York, circa late 1920s, Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne)’s brother Theseus (Callum Turner) hopes he can talk his sibling into formally joining the Ministry of Magic but Newt has no intention of taking sides in a climate that feels more like powerplay than...
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