Rants & Raves

Inside the SFX hive mind

Captain’s Log

“Wow. The Batman. Or is it just Batman?

It’s Panda-Monium!

Hormones, boy bands and red pandas collide in Turning Red, Pixar’s take on the Hulk

The Long Game

Russell T Davies’s long-lost Doctor Who script Mind Of The Hodiac has been dusted off for an audio drama

Rockin’ Back

Dance your cares away – furred rock from the Henson returns

Brain Freeze

Tech mystery Severance examines a very dodgy work/life balance

Kahless Talk

The Klingons take centre stage in the first of IDW’s new Star Trek aliens one-shots

Mr Holland’s Opus

American Mythology returns to the original source with a new Fright Night comic by Tom Holland

Working Class Hero

Jamie McKelvie on bringing Captain Carter up to date in a new Marvel series

Original Sinner

Brian Blessed trips the light fantastic as Omega in Cutaway Comics’ new audio drama

LUCY KISSICK

MEET THE NUCLEAR SCIENTIST BEHIND SF NOVEL PLUTOSHINE

JEAN-CLAUDE MÉZIÈRES 1938-2022

Remembering the visionary artist behind Valerian

CREATURE OF THE KNiGHT

THIS IS NOT JUST ANY OLD BATMAN, THIS IS THE BATMAN – MATT REEVES IS BREATHING NEW LIFE INTO THE DC CHARACTER AND ICONIC FILM FRANCHISE

THE MAN BEHiND THE BAT

ROBERT PATTINSON IS THE BATMAN – BUT EVEN HE CAN’T REALLY BELIEVE IT

LOST IN THE WOODS

A TOWN WITH NO EXIT SURROUNDED BY MONSTERS WITH NO MERCY – WELCOME TO FROM

“I SEE DEAD PEOPLE!”

COURTENEY COX PLAYS A MENOPAUSAL WOMAN HAUNTED BY HER PAST SINS IN SHINING VA LE

VILE BODIES

THE BOYS IS BACK, BUT IT LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. DIABOLICAL’S SHOWRUNNER SIMON R ACIOPPA TALKS GETTING ANIMATED

CAMP UFO

SILVERPOINT PRODUCER STEVEN ANDREW AND WRITER/CO- CREATOR LEE WA LTERS DISCUSS BRINGING SCI-FI BACK TO CBBC

LIGHT AT THE END

THE MIDDLE OF THE END BEGINS WITH EIGHT NEW EPISODES OF THE WALKING DEAD’S FINAL SEASON

CHAIN REACTION

HOLD ON TO YOUR LIMBS! LEATHER FACE REVS UP AGAIN IN GORE-SPLASHED SEQUEL TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE

DESIGNING DOCTOR WHO

IN THE SECOND HALF OF OUR TWO-PA RT FEATURE, PRODUCTION DESIGNER DAFYDD SHURMER TALKS US THROUGH HIS WORK ON FLUX

ALAN TUDYK

FACE TO FACE WITH THE BIGGEST STARS

SEVENTH HEAVEN

JERI RYAN ON WHAT TO EXPECT FROM SEVEN OF NINE IN SEASON TWO OF STAR TREK: PICARD

MARLON JAMES

X marks the spot: how a Booker winner found his way to fantasy

MOONFALL

Lunar rover

SATELLITE FANTASTIC

More peculiar takes on the Moon

A BANQUET

▶ RELEASED 11 MARCH 15 | 97 minutes

UNCHARTED

Going For Gold

HERE BEFORE

▶ RELEASED OUT NOW! 15 | 83 minutes

STATION ELEVEN

All their world’s a stage

WOLF LIKE ME

UK Prime Video, streaming now US Peacock,

ALL OF US ARE DEAD

Class struggle

CHOSEN Season One

UK/US Netflix, streaming now ▶ Creators Jannik Tai

YELLOWJACKETS Season One

Mountains Of Madness

FERIA: THE DARKEST LIGHT Season One

Digging up the past

THE ORBITAL CHILDREN

UK/US Netflix, streaming now ▶ Showrunner Mitsuo Iso

ARCHIVE 81 Season One

Plane Of The Tapes

THE EXPANSE Season Six

UK/US Prime Video, streaming now ▶ Showrunner Naren

DUNE

A right Herbert

GALAXY OF TERROR

RELEASED OUT NOW! 1982 | 18 | Blu-ray

TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE

Buzz kill

JUNGLE TRAP

RELEASED OUT NOW! 1990/2016 | 15 |

RESIDENT EVIL: WELCOME TO RACCOON CITY

RELEASED OUT NOW! 2021 | 15 | Blu-ray

ALL THE MOONS

RELEASED OUT NOW! 2020 | TBC | SVOD

ENCANTO

Saved by the Mirabel

CAT WOMAN: HUNTED

Mixed felines

LAGUNA AVENUE

RELEASED OUT NOW! 2022 | TBC | SVOD

SLAPFACE

▶ RELEASED OUT NOW! 2021 | TBC |

BITE ME

▶ RELEASED OUT NOW! 2019 | TBC |

CAVEAT

▶ RELEASED 28 FEBRUARY 2021 | 15

ETERNALS

The wows that Jack built

THE MCPHERSON TAPE

RELEASED OUT NOW! 1989 | 15 | Blu-ray

VOICES

RELEASED OUT NOW! 1973 | 15 | Blu-ray

LEGENDARY WEAPONS OF CHINA

RELEASED OUT NOW! 1982 | 15 | Blu-ray

SWEETIE, YOU WON’T BELIEVE IT

RELEASED OUT NOW! 2021 | 15 |

THE DEVIL’S MEN

RELEASED OUT NOW! 1976 | 15 |

BIGBUG

Inside jokes

NIGHT OF THE DEMON

Bigfoot Strikes Again

GHOSTBUSTERS ULTIMATE COLLECTION

The Reitman Stuff

ANTHEM

Kids In America

THE EMBROIDERED BOOK

RELEASED OUT NOW! 672 pages | Hardback/ebook/ audiobook

THE JUSTICE OF KINGS

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

THE BALLOON THIEF

RELEASED 3 MARCH 400 pages | Paperback/ebook ▶

THE SCHOOL FOR GOOD MOTHERS

RELEASED 3 MARCH 336 pages | Hardback/ebook/ audiobook

THE ART OF STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN SEASON TWO

▶ RELEASED OUT NOW! 256 pages | Hardback

PENNYBLADE

▶ RELEASED 15 MARCH 384 pages | Paperback/ebook

BLOOD, SWEAT & CHROME

Just deserts

THE LAST WOMAN IN THE WORLD

RELEASED 24 FEBRUARY 352 pages | Hardback/ebook/ audiobook

OFF TARGET

▶ RELEASED OUT NOW! 352 pages | Paperback/ebook/

SCORPICA

▶ RELEASED OUT NOW! 448 pages | Paperback/ebook/

THE GIRL WHO FELL BENEATH THE SEA

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

REISSUES

Pick of the paperbacks: Kazuo Ishiguro’s KLARA AND

MOON WITCH, SPIDER KING

SFX Loves ★★★★★ ▶ RELEASED 3 MARCH 656

ONLY A MONSTER

▶ RELEASED OUT NOW! 368 pages | Hardback/ebook/

THE HAUNTING OF LAS LÁGRIMAS

▶ RELEASED OUT NOW! 400 pages |

ALSO OUT

VE Schwab’s latest, GALLANT (1 March, Titan)

Adam Roberts

The award-winning author’s harshest critic is his own daughter…

DARK KNIGHTS OF STEEL

Faster than a speeding arrow

MAZEBOOK

▶ RELEASED OUT NOW! ▶ Publisher Dark Horse

WHAT’S THE FURTHEST PLACE FROM HERE?

▶ RELEASED OUT NOW! ▶ Publisher Image Comics

HULK

Running a fight ship

DEVIL’S REIGN

▶ RELEASED OUT NOW! ▶ Publisher Marvel Comics

DYING LIGHT 2: STAY HUMAN

The Pilgrim’s Progress

POKÉMON LEGENDS: ARCEUS

▶ RELEASED OUT NOW! ▶ Format Nintendo Switch

DOCTOR WHO: OLD FRIENDS

Brig Finish

DOCTOR WHO: SLEEPER AGENTS

▶ RELEASED 3 MARCH 79 minutes | CD/download

FRANKENSTEIN

Get zapped by the hot voltage of trivia as we test your knowledge of Mary Shelley’s creation

Max Headroom

Total Recall Personal recollections of cherished sci-fi