First Contact

Hailing Frequencies Open!

Captain’s Log

© ALAMY As a child of the ’80s

Darkness Rising

A new big bad threatens the Stargirl universe in season two

Carry On Up The Amazon

Jaume Collet-Serra takes us on an epic Disney ride in Jungle Cruise

NEWS WARP

HIGH-SPEED INFORMATION

Holding Court

A fresh take on an iconic movie, Space Jam: A New Legacy has balls

Numbers Game

Richard James on adapting Gerry Anderson’s unmade space opus Five Star Five into a new novel

NEWS WARP

HIGH-SPEED INFORMATION

Avengers Re-Assembled

The MCU playground finally opens for recruits to assemble in Avengers Campus at Disney California Adventure Park

Rainbow Warriors

New LGBTQ+ heroes Somnus and the Captain America of the Railways are standing proud in the Marvel Universe

A Right Song And Dance

Schmigadoon! is the musical/comedy/parody/ mystery you never knew you wanted

FEMI FADUGBA

MEET THE FORMER INVESTMENT ASSOCIATE BEHIND YA SCI-FI THRILLER THE UPPER WORLD

M.O.M’s The Word

Emilia Clarke is breaking down barriers in her debut Image Comics series M.O.M

NED BEATTY 1937-2021

SFX salutes Superman’s unforgettable Otis

Lunar Cycles

It’s a fresh start for Moon Knight in his new comic series, ahead of the TV show

HEAVY MATTEL

KEVIN SMITH REVEALS THE DAY HE GOT HIS FABULOUS SECRET POWERS, AND WHY MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE: REVELATION IS A RITE OF PASSAGE

SQUADRO PHENIA

WAR! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? WE TALK TO DIRECTOR JAMES GUNN AND THE CAST OF THE SUICIDE SQUAD TO FIND OUT…

Christmas In July

WHAT THE MASEFIELD? THE BOX OF DELIGHTS IS NOW THE FESTIVE SOUNDTRACK TO SUMMER THANKS TO A NEW BIG FINISH ADAPTATION

WORLDS WAR II

MORE ACTION AND BIGGER MORAL QUESTIONS IN THE SECOND SEASON OF THE GRITTIEST (AND MOST UNRECOGNISABLE) VERSION OF WAR OF THE WORLDS YET SEEN

BEACH BODIES

WELCOME TO THE ULTIMATE TOURIST TRAP… M NIGHT SHYAMALAN CONFRONTS MORTALITY IN OLD

ARK LIFE

AS RAIDERSOFTHELOSTARK HITS 40,STARSKARENALLEN ANDPAULFREEMANEXCAVATEBLOCKBUSTERHISTORY

CHEYENNE JACKSON

The American Horror Story veteran talks about his new movie

THE HISTORY BOYS

TERRY GILLIAM REMAINS ONE OF CINEMA’S MOST RENOWNED AUTEURS. FORTY YEARS AGO, TIME BANDITS GRANTED THE AMBITIOUS DIRECTOR HIS FIRST SUCCESS, AND ENABLED AN ESCAPE FROM THE SHADOW OF MONTY PYTHON

GRADY HENDRIX

The horror author taking on the survivors of iconic slasher movies

BLACK WIDOW

From Russia With Grudge

REDS TAR BRIGADE

Four more superpowered Russians

THE FOREVER PURGE

Endless Night

THE CROODS 2: A NEW AGE

★★★☆☆ ►RELEASED 16 JULY U | 96 minutes

MOONBOUND

★★★☆☆ ►RELEASED 6 AUGUST TBC | 84 minutes

SCHMIGADOON! Season One

Do-Re-Mi-Farce-So-La-Ti-Do

TRESE Season One

★★★ ☆ ☆ UK/US Netflix, streaming now ►Showrunner

RESIDENT EVIL: INFINITE DARKNESS

Season One

KATLA Season One

Rising from the ashes

GODZILLA SINGULAR POINT Season One

★★★★☆UK/US Netflix, streaming now ►Showrunner Atsushi Takahashi ►Cast

THE TOMORROW WAR

Fight The Future

A CLASS APART

Five more teachers whose heroism deserves an apple

RADAR MEN FROM THE MOON

★★★☆☆ EXTRAS ☆☆☆☆☆ RELEASED OUT NOW! 1952 |

LUCA

Boys From The Blue Stuff

BAD HAIR

Tressed To Kill

WEREWOLVES WITHIN

A hairy situation

4K X FOUR

It’s a busy month for Ultra HD releases! Here are four highlights, all out now

LAPSIS

★★★☆ ☆ RELEASED OUT NOW! 2020 | PG

HELL NIGHT

Gored of the manor

THE DAIMAJIN TRILOGY

The Stone Rises

KILLING BITES

★★★☆☆ RELEASED 19 JULY 2018 | 18 |

SETTLERS

Dome On The Range

FEAR STREET Parts One & Two

Tales From The Shadyside

THE UNHOLY

There’s Something About Mary

THE DAY OF THE DOLPHIN

Trouble and squeak

ROUND UP

The latest take on the videogame franchise,

MY HEART CAN’T BEAT UNLESS YOU TELL IT TO

★★★ ★☆ RELEASED OUT NOW! 2021 | TBC

ARCHIVE

★★★ ★☆ EXTRAS ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ RELEASED

IREZUMI

★★★ ☆ ☆ EXTRAS ★★★ ☆ ☆ RELEASED

NOTES FROM THE BURNING AGE

Green chide monsters

THREE BULLETS

► RELEASED OUT NOW! 240 pages | Hardback/ebook

THE MOTHER FAULT

★★★☆☆ ► RELEASED OUT NOW! 368 pages |

TOMORROW

Life, the universe and everything

WHEN THE SPARROW FALLS

► RELEASED OUT NOW! 376 pages | Paperback/ebook

THE FINAL GIRL SUPPORT GROUP

Talk and slash

ASSASSIN’S ORBIT

★★☆☆☆ ► RELEASED 22 JULY 428 pages |

CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST 80 YEARS

A BOOK IN BULLET POINTS

THIS POISON HEART

★★☆☆☆ ► RELEASED OUT NOW! 400 pages |

SCORPION

★★★★☆ ► RELEASED OUT NOW! 326 pages |

THE 22 MURDERS OF MADISON MAY

► RELEASED OUT NOW! 336 pages | Hardback/ebook/

REISSUES

Pick of the paperbacks: THE CITY WE BECAME

SHE WHO BECAME THE SUN

★★★★☆ ► RELEASED 22 JULY 416 pages |

THE STRANDING

★★★★☆ ► RELEASED OUT NOW! 352 pages |

COME WITH ME

★★★★☆ ► RELEASED 20 JULY 400 pages |

ALSO OUT

Miles Cameron switches from fantasy to space opera

You might see the Malazan author down the pub…

THE WRITE STUFF THE SFX AUTHOR QUESTIONNAIRE CHRIS

HEROES REBORN

The other team

BRZRKR

RELEASED OUT NOW! Publisher BOOM! Studios Writer Keanu

THE INDESTRUCTIBLE MAN

RELEASED OUT NOW! Publisher Hibernia Books Writer Scott

GEIGER

Nuke kid on the block

THE MODERN FRANKENSTEIN

RELEASED OUT NOW! Publisher Magma Comix/ Heavy Metal

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: DARK ALLIANCE

Puttin’ On The Drizzt

WARHAMMER: AGE OF SIGMAR – DOMINION

RELEASED OUT NOW! Two players Publisher Games Workshop

DOCTOR WHO: TIME FRACTURE

Time waster

ALSO OUT

There’s loads of listenin’ stuff to tell you

SCARLET NEXUS

RELEASED OUT NOW! Format PlayStation 5 Also on

The Haunted Mansion

ZZ Top embarks on one last world tour.

MONTY PYTHON

And now for something completely different, as we test your knowledge of the Python team’s SF and fantasy connections