Captain’s Log

“Music, Maestro, please!” I promise you, there are

Beauty And The Beast

Director Bertrand Bonello talks his vision of an artificial tomorrow in The Beast

Dino Noir

Scott Kreamer explains the major shifts in the darker, scarier Jurassic World: Chaos Theory series

NEWS WARP

Watch the skies! Steven Spielberg directing a UFO-themed

Eight-Legged Freak

The director of the Alien-influenced Sting talks about his spider horror

Two To Teleport

Blake’s 7 fans have surprises in store this month

Pride Of Place

Wedding bells ring for Mystique and Destiny in this year’s Marvel Voices: Pride

Bringing Up Baby Kai ju

Writer/director Shannon Tindle updates the Ultraman character for a new generation in his much-anticipated animated feature film Ultraman: Rising

Paint It Black

The Orphan Black story continues with Echoes, a new series set 30 years after the original

Brave New Worlds

IDW is having a Pride party with the first Star Trek: Celebrations anthology

Atlas Smith And J-Lo

Atlas director Brad Peyton on his intergalactic AI actioner

NEWS WARP

HIGH-SPEED INFORMATION

Children Of The Evolution

Nu-heroes assemble in Marvel’s brave new Ultimates universe

Demon Daze

Archie launches its first Premium Event as Judgment Day comes to Riverdale

Alien Resurrection

The Man Who Fell To Earth makes a new landing on Radio Four

SPACE AND TIME NEWS FROM THE WORLD OF DOCTOR WHO

The Doctor and Ruby in Roblox. Alex Kingston

THE FINAL FRONTIER

Remembering two pioneers of SF and comics

HELEN COMERFORD

MEET THE EX-STAGE MANAGER BEHIND YA SUPERHERO SATIRE THE LOVE INTEREST

STRIKE A POSE

MAY WE HAVE THIS DANCE? SFX TR AVELS BACK IN TIME FOR THE FILMING OF DOCTOR WHO EPISODE “ROGUE”

ROGUE TRADER

How are you finding being part of a

BEWARE THE DUCHESSI

“Awright duchess, how’s it going?” How has your

MONSOON SEASON

AWARD-WINNING STAGE ACTRESS, BROADWAY BOMBSHELL AND NEWEST DOCTOR WHO VILLAIN – JINKX MONSOON IS HITTING THE HIGH NOTES

THE DYING DAYS

RUSSELL T DAVIES, NCUTI GATWA AND MILLIE GIBSON LOOK AHEAD TO THE TWO-PART SEASON FINALE

JEDI SLAYER ONE

A STAR WARS MURDER MYSTERY FROM THE CREATOR OF RUSSIAN DOLL? SFX GOES BACK TO THE HIGH REPUBLIC ERA TO INVESTIGATE THE CASE OF THE ACOLYTE

PEDAL TO THE METAL

DIRECTOR GEORGE MILLER AND ACTRESS ANYA TO TELL IMPERATOR FURIOSA’S FULL STORY IN TAYLOR-JOY REVEAL THE ROAD THEY TRAVELLED

INTRUSIVE THOUGHTS

HORROR’S MOST UNWELCOME GUESTS RETURN IN THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 1. DIRECTOR RENNY HARLIN IS IN THE HOUSE

E.T. CONE HOME

AS CONEHEADS TURNS 30, COMEDY LEGEND DAN AYKROYD DISCUSSES ITS UNLIKELY RELEVANCE, AND TELLS US WHY BELDAR IS HIS ALL-TIME FAVOURITE ROLE

MANDA SCOTT

The acclaimed writer tells us why she writes “thrutopian” fiction

ABIGAIL

Dancing with death

STING

Flinch-y wince-y spider

THE BEAST

No Feelings

LA CHIMERA

★★★★ RELEASED OUT NOW! 15 | 131 minutes

IN FLAMES

★★★ RELEASED 23 MAY 15 | 97 minutes

ISS

★★ RELEASED OUT NOW! 15 | 96 minutes

SCARYGIRL

★★ RELEASED OUT NOW! PG | 91 minutes

DARK MATTER

Thinking inside the box

ORPHAN BLACK: ECHOES Season One

Not-so-fine print

DEAD BOY DETECTIVES Season One

Spirits of Mystery

FALLOUT Season One

Nuked Kids On The Block

STAR WARS: TALES OF THE EMPIRE

★★★★ UK/US Disney+, streaming now Creator Dave Filoni

CHASER

Run away!

THEM: THE SCARE

LAPD Story

PLANET OF THE VAMPIRES

Super Mario World

WILLIAM SHATNER: YOU CAN CALL ME BILL

★★★★ RELEASED 27 MAY 2024 | 12 |

REBEL MOON – PART TWO: THE SCARGIVER

Battle Between The Yawns

4K X FOUR

OLD MOVIES NOW AVAILABLE IN UHD

BUTCHER, BAKER, NIGHTMARE MAKER

Aunt Maniac

BREATHE

★★★ RELEASED 20 MAY 2024 | N/A |

MALUM

★★★ EXTRAS ★ RELEASED 27 MAY 2023 |

THE COFFEE TABLE

★★★ RELEASED 20 MAY 2024 | N/A |

HUNT HER KILL HER

★★ EXTRAS ★★ RELEASED 27 MAY 2024 |

SHOCK WAVES

SS Experiments, Damp

THE BODY STEALERS

Pie in the sky

YOU LIKE IT DARKER

He writes it shorter

THE MINISTRY OF TIME

★★★★ RELEASED 14 MAY 368 pages | Hardback/ebook/

KAVITHRI

★★★★ RELEASED 16 MAY 448 pages | Hardback/ebook/

THE FAMILY EXPERIMENT

The Parent Trap

THE DARK SIDE OF THE SKY

RELEASED OUT NOW! 368 pages | Paperback/ebook Author

STAR WARS: RETURN OF THE JEDI – A VISUAL ARCHIVE

★★★★ RELEASED OUT NOW! 304 pages | Hardback

SERVICE MODEL

The robot butler did it

STAR WARS: THE LIVING FORCE

★★ RELEASED OUT NOW! 432 pages | Hardback/ebook/audiobook

FIGHT ME

★★★ RELEASED 23 MAY 402 pages | Hardback/ebook/

SNOWBLOODED

★★★ RELEASED OUT NOW! 400 pages | Hardback

THE HOUSE THAT HORROR BUILT

★★★ RELEASED OUT NOW! 336 pages | Paperback/ebook/

REISSUES

Our paperback picks this month begin with Ann

THE THEATRE OF GLASS AND SHADOWS

★★★ RELEASED 23 MAY 386 pages | Hardback/ebook/

HOW TO BECOME THE DARK LORD AND DIE TRYING

★★ RELEASED 23 MAY 448 pages | Paperback/ebook/

THE DOCTOR WHO PRODUCTION DIARY: THE HARTNELL YEARS

★★★★ RELEASED OUT NOW! 668 pages | Paperback

ALSO OUT

There’s plenty more titles that we couldn’t fit

John Marrs

THE SFX AUTHOR QUESTIONNAIRE

ULTIMATE BLACK PANTHER

Small change

ROBOT ARCHIE AND THE TIME MACHINE

★★★ RELEASED 23 MAY Publisher Rebellion Writer Ted

BEWARE THE PLANET OF THE APES

★★★★ RELEASED OUT NOW! Publisher Marvel Comics Writers

THE ONE HAND/ THE SIX FINGERS

Gripping Yarns

BENEATH THE TREES WHERE NOBODY SEES

★★★★ RELEASED OUT NOW! Publisher IDW Publishing Writer/artist:

STELLAR BLADE

Nier Enough

THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH

★★★★ RELEASED OUT NOW! Running time 58 minutes

LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT

★★★ RELEASED OUT NOW! 56 minutes | Download/vinyl/CD

SAND LAND

Dune roamin’

HEROES: THE BRITISH INVASION OF AMERICAN COMICS

★★★★ RUNNING UNTIL 20 OCTOBER Venue The Cartoon

AFRICA

With Africa Day looming on 25 May, what better time is there to test your knowledge of depictions of the continent in sci-fi and fantasy?

Shock Theatre Cards

Personal recollections of cherished sci-fi and fantasy