Captain’s Log

The Boys are back, and it’s about f*ckin’ time. No,

THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN...

GUESS WHO JUST GOT BACK today? (Er, well, they’re back

In The South of Madness

THE CONUNDRUM OF HOW to deal with controversial artists is

2D TO BEAM UP

GIVEN THAT THE FRANCHISE has birthed eight television series and

Designing CURSED

CM When I first met Zetna [Fuentes], the director, we

BORN TO BE WYLD

BOWLING AVERAGES were supposed to be way up, mini-golf averages

DESINING STAR TREK: PICARD

Two weeks before we started shooting the second block of

REIGN OF FIRE

LUCIFER HAS BEEN TO HELL AND back. The supernatural TV

HEROES & INSPIRATION LAUREN BEUKES

SOMETIMES LIFE IS JUST weird. As she got set for

BILLY PORTER

When Billy Porter laughs, the whole room lights up. Except

COMPUTER DATING

I LOVE THIS MOVIE,” GUSHES ANTHONY Michael Hall, discussing the

MATT HAIG

EVEN CLOSE TO 20 YEARS INTO A CAREER that has

First Contact

Russell Guppy, email Just wanted to write in and say

PLASTIC FANTASTIC

Thom Whalen has adapted his 50th anniversary art of the

Flame On!

SCI-FACT! Negan Lives! includes the cryptic teaser “PS Clementine Lives!”,

You Don’t Know Jack

SCI-FACT! This is the third Samurai Jack videogame, but the

On The Pill

SCI-FACT! Joost and Schulman co-directed the third and fourth instalments

Penny Dreadful SFX’s high priestess of horror

Strange days continue, and it’s time to accept we’ll have

Wish Who Were Here

Fancy pretending you’ve paid a visit to fictional places from

CURSED Season One

Cast Katherine Langford, Gustaf Skarsgård, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Lily Newmark, Devon

THE LAST WAVE

EPISODES 1.01-1.06 “Magic isn’t real, there’s always a trick.” So

THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY Season Two

EPISODES 1.01-1.10 The kooky emo teen of the current batch

JU-ON: ORIGINS

EPISODES 1.01-1.06 At this point, trying to untangle the mythology

PINOCCHIO

If you were wondering, this isn’t the critically mauled 2002

THE VIGIL

Though Jewish-themed horror isn’t new, it’s not exactly a densely

AWAY

Like the French-made The Red Turtle, this is a wordless

THE SNOW QUEEN: MIRRORLANDS

The fourth in a series of Russian toons set in

DREAMBUILDERS

Riffing heavily on Inside Out, this Danish adventure adds nothing

100% WOLF

It’s bizarre that 100% Wolf, which is ostensibly about werewolves,

GAMERA The Complete Collection

BLU-RAY DEBUT Some box sets make star ratings near meaningless

BELA LUGOSI THREE UNIVERSAL PICTURES

Rated 3 out of 5 stars EXTRAS Rated 4 out

MR VAMPIRE

Rated 4 out of 5 stars EXTRES Rated 3 out

FLASH GORDON

Rated 5 out of 5 stars EXTRAS Rated 4 out

AROUND THE SUN

The notion of the multiverse has, over the years, provided

SCOOB!

AMAZON PRIME Robbed of a theatrical release as the pandemic

THE ASSENT

Rated 2 out of 5 stars EXTRAS Rated 0 out

HUNTER’S MOON

Three awful blokes torment three “teenage” girls in this terrible

ECHOES OF FEAR

It’s rarely a good sign when a horror movie only

JAPAN SINKS

NETFLIX Anime director Masaaki Yuasa often delights in whimsy, as

DEATHSTROKE: KNIGHTS & DRAGONS

Rated 3 out of 5 stars EXTRAS Rated 3 out

DOCTOR WHO: POWER OF THE DALEKS Special Edition

Rated 4 out of 5 stars EXTRAS Rated 5 out

AFTER LIFE

Rated 5 out of 5 stars EXTRAS Rated 3 out

THE WOMAN IN BLACK

Rated 4 out of 5 stars EXTRAS Rated 3 out

SPLIT SECOND

Rated 3 out of 5 stars EXTRAS Rated 4 out

PITCH BLACK

Rated 4 out of 5 stars EXTRAS Rated 4 out

ROUND UP

The work of the late Jóhann Jóhannsson, composer of the

THE DOORS OF EDEN

RELEASED 20 AUGUST 608 pages| Hardback/ebook/audiobook Author Adrian Tchaikovsky Publisher

RAYBEARER

RELEASED OUT NOW! 496 pages| Paperback/ebook/audiobook Author Jordan Ifueko Publisher

SEVEN DEVILS

Seven Devils began life as a dream one of its

WHY VISIT AMERICA

In the title story of Matthew Baker’s second short story

THE SPACE BETWEEN WORLDS

Fresh takes on sci-fi staples aren’t easy to find, but

YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN

People seek solace in technology, but often only end up

THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY

The idea that we could be richer, more successful, more

MY LITTLE OCCULT BOOK CLUB

•Admirers of the Scarfolk website or our very own “Retroactive”

BYSTANDER 27

Rated 3 out of 5 stars RELEASED OUT NOW! 400

NIGHT TRAIN

It seems safe to assume that Veep/The Thick Of It

THE HOME

The true horror of The Home is not the mysterious

REISSUES

This month’s big-deal paperback is THE TESTAMENTS ( Rated 3

XX

A Novel, Graphic is the somewhat irksome subtitle to designer

HOW TO RULE AN EMPIRE AND GET AWAY WITH IT

With How To Rule An Empire… KJ Parker (aka Tom

WORLD ENGINES: CREATOR

It’s no coincidence that Stephen Baxter is so often compared

ALSO OUT

There’s lots more books we couldn’t quite fit in. Stephenie

The Vanished Birds

Starship captain Nia Imani returns home to one of the

STRANGE ADVENTURES

ISSUES 1-3 Following up a comic series that’s been showered

THE LUDOCRATS

ISSUES 1-3 Chaotic, weird and unashamedly filthy, the latest sci-fi

OLD HAUNTS

ISSUES 1-3 Most mobsters have skeletons in their closets, but

GREEN LANTERN Season Two

ISSUES 1-5 Grant Morrison’s superhero comics come in one of

THE RESISTANCE

Rated 3 out of 5 stars RELEASED OUT NOW! Publisher

WARHAMMER 40,000: INDOMITUS

TABLETOP GAME Firstly, some clarification. Indomitus is the boxed edition

THE RUNNING MAN

SOUNDTRACK Harold Faltermeyer’s soundtrack for the middling Arnie actioner gets

OOBLETS

VIDEOGAME This life sim is oodles of fun, and not

DOCTOR WHO: OUT OF TIME

AUDIO DRAMA Multi-Doctor stories can be tricky things: for every

DESTROY ALL HUMANS!

VIDEOGAME This remake has come from 2005 to chew bubblegum

THE ROYAL FAMILY

Which real-life royal turned down an invitation to make a

Dungeons & Dragons

Forget Game Of Thrones (what do you mean, you already