First Contact

Hailing Frequencies Open!

Captain’s Log

“I want chips.” © BBC Doctor Who has

Team Changes

With Captain America, Iron Man and Thor absent, a very different Earth’s Mightiest Heroes take centre stage in  Heroes Reborn

The Devil Inside

Neil Marshall’s back, bearing the mark of the witch in The Reckoning

This Woman’s Work

June is fighting back from the inside in season four of The Handmaid’s Tale –  Gilead beware…

Back With A Vengeance

Linda Thorson returns to The Avengers in Big Finish’s new audio drama. But who’s who?

Life And Breath

Alexandre Aja thinks inside the box in high-concept survival thriller Oxygen

On Target

There’s a new Hawkeye in town… Hailee Steinfeld is getting to grips with a bow and arrow for the latest MCU TV series

GENEVIEVE GORNICHEC

MEET THE WRITER REIMAGINING NORSE MYTH WITH THE WITCH’S HEART

Rick Rolling

Andrew Lincoln’s return to The Walking Dead could happen sooner than you think

Jeff Noon

The author of the John Nyquist books is a great admirer of Stephen King

Horror Hospital

Paul Cornell and Emma Vieceli’s The Modern Frankenstein updates Mary Shelley’s classic tale for the lockdown generation

The Tech Revolution

Michael Rianda welcomes our robot overlords in The Mitchells vs. The Machines

Never Have I Ever…

A fresh, lady-centric mash-up of X-Men and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Nevers explodes onto the scene

Solo Outing

Boba Fett toplines Star Wars comic book crossover War Of The Bounty Hunters – and manages to lose Han!

Golden Wonder

The DC Animated Universe slings the Flash back in time for new movie Justice Society: World War II

YAPHET KOTTO 1939-2021

A powerhouse performer in some genre greats

UTOPIAN VIVION

SFX GETS FACE-TO-CAPE ON SET FOR JUPITER’S LEGACY  AS MARK MILLAR’S UNIVERSE COMES TO NETFLIX

LIGHT SAVIOUR

SHADOW AND BONE IS THE LATEST FANTASY SERIES TO JUMP FROM PAGE TO SCREEN. SHOWRUNNER ERIC HEISSERER TELLS US ABOUT ITS JOURNEY

ARMY OF DARKNESS

Ben Barnes plays General Kirigan

NINE LIVES

THE NINTH DOCTOR OFFERS YOU THE GIFT OF AIR FROM HIS LUNGS AS CHRISTOPHER ECCLESTON RETURNS TO THE WORLD OF DOC TOR WHO IN A SERIES OF NEW AUDIO ADVENTURES

BORN TO BE BAD

HAVING MADE THEIR DEBUT IN THE CLONE WARS, THE UNCONVENTIONAL SOLDIERS OF THE BAD BATCH  ARE GETTING THEIR OWN SPIN-OFF SERIES. SFX GETS THE LOWDOWN ON THEIR MISSION

TRICIA HELFER

FACE TO FACE WITH THE BIGGEST STARS

BUNNY PECULIAR

THE HEAD-SPINNING BLEND OF HIGH SCHOOL MOVIE AND TEMPORAL PARADOX THAT IS CULT CLASSIC DONNIE DARKO MARKS ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR. WE HAVE A FRANK CONVERSATION ABOUT IT WITH DIRECTOR RICHARD KELLY

RIVERS SOLOMON

The American writer talks about living in opposition to the status quo

ROSE: A LOVE STORY

In sickness and in health

GODZILLA VS. KONG

Titanic failure

ADAM WINGARD

GETTY (1) What was your approach to Godzilla’s

ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE

A League Of His Own

JULES VERNE’S ROCKET TO THE MOON

★★★☆☆ EXTRAS ★★☆☆☆ RELEASED OUT NOW! 1967 | U

SHORT CIRCUIT 2

★★☆☆☆ EXTRAS ★★☆☆☆ RELEASED 26 APRIL 1988 |

PORTAL

★★★☆☆ EXTRAS ☆☆☆☆☆ RELEASED OUT NOW! 2021 |

AUGGIE

★★☆☆☆ RELEASED OUT NOW! 2020 | 12 |

LOVE AND MONSTERS

Walking Back To Happiness

SAFER AT HOME

★★☆☆☆ RELEASED 3 MAY 2021 | 15 |

CHAOS WALKING

Bring The Noise

THE POWER

Night Nurse

PLEDGE NIGHT

EXTRAS RELEASED 26 APRIL 1990 | 18 |

I BLAME SOCIETY

★★★☆☆ RELEASED OUT NOW! 2021 | 18 |

CLAPBOARD JUNGLE

★★ ★ ★ ☆ RELEASED OUT NOW! 2021

K ARLOFF AT COLOMBIA

Weird Science

MEATBALL MACHINE

BLU-RAY DEBUT How best to describe Meatball Machine?

RAW

She’s Lost Control

BATTLE ROYALE

Cutting class

SYNCHRONIC

★★★★☆ EXTRAS ★★★☆☆ RELEASED OUT NOW! 2020 |

VIOLET EVERGARDEN

★★★★☆ EXTRAS ★★★★ ☆ RELEASED 26 APRIL 2018

SOUL

“EastEnders theme in 9/8? Sure, no problem.” A

THE RECKONING

Amazing Grace

URBAN LEGEND

American Horror Stories

A GHOST WAITS

★★★★☆ EXTRAS ★★★ ☆ ☆ RELEASED 3 MAY

SPOOKIES

Too many cooks…

ROUND UP

If you bought Arrow’s 2016 Blu-ray, whether to

THEM

Hate Outta Compton

THE WALKING DEAD Season 10

The beginning of the end

WELLINGTON PARANORMAL

The truth is Down Under

SERVANT

Season Two ★★★☆☆ UK/US Apple TV+, streaming now

SNOWPIERCER Season Two

Track To The Future 2

AMERICAN GODS

Season Three ★★★☆☆ UK Prime Video, streaming now

PROJECT HAIL MARY

The dying of the light

THIS ONE SKY DAY

★★★★★ RELEASED OUT NOW! 468 pages | Hardback/ebook

LONELY CASTLE IN THE MIRROR

★★★☆☆ RELEASED 22 APRIL 357 pages | Paperback/ebook

VICTORIES GREATER THAN DEATH

Tina’s Arena

LYCANTHROPY AND OTHER CHRONIC ILLNESSES

★★★★★ RELEASED 27 APRIL 384 pages | Hardback/ebook

THE BEST OF WORLD SF

Around The World In 26 Tales

TERMINAL BOREDOM

★★★☆☆ RELEASED OUT NOW! 224 pages pages |

COMPOSITE CREATURES

★★☆☆☆ RELEASED OUT NOW! 400 pages | Paperback/ebook/

THE PRISON HEALER

★★★★☆ RELEASED OUT NOW! 416 pages | Hardback/ebook

WITCHES STEEPED IN GOLD

★★☆☆☆ RELEASED OUT NOW! 560 pages | Paperback/ebook/

REISSUES

Pick of the paperbacks this month? Perhaps veteran

SORROWLAND

★★★★☆ RELEASED 6 MAY 368 pages | Hardback/ebook

THE COTTINGLEY CUCKOO

★★☆☆☆ RELEASED OUT NOW! 368 pages | Paperback/ebook

SON OF THE STORM

★★★★☆ RELEASED 13 MAY 496 pages | Paperback/ebook

ALSO OUT

There’s plenty more titles we couldn’t squeeze in. Jeremy

THE SPIDER’S SYNDICATE OF CRIME

★★★★ ☆ RELEASED OUT NOW! Publisher Rebellion Writers

ETERNALS

God squad

MONSTER

★★★★★ RELEASED 29 APRIL Publisher Jonathan Cape Writer/artist

GIGA

★★★★ ☆ RELEASED OUT NOW! Publisher Vault Comics

THE OTHER HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE

Behind the masks

NIER: REPLICANT

ver.1.22474487139… ★★★★☆ RELEASED 23 APRIL Reviewed on PlayStation

DALEK UNIVERSE Volume One

United Kingdoms

DOCTOR WHO: ECHOES OF EXTINCTION

★★★ ☆ ☆ RELEASED OUT NOW! 60 minutes

DOCTOR WHO: THE LONELY ASSASSINS

★★★★☆ RELEASED OUT NOW! Format PC, iOS, Android

A BOOK IN BULLET POINTS

THE ART OF STAR WARS: GALAXY’S EDGE

RABBITS

In tribute to Donnie Darko’s Frank, this issue’s quiz is all about the Leporidae family! Pretty niche, huh?

Total Recall

EARTH 2

OUTRIDERS

Return Of The Space Cowboy