If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! The 36th Annual Saturn Awards were presented on 24 June in Los Angeles by the Academy of Science Fiction Fantasy & Horror Films. James Cameron’s film Avatar was named Best Science Fiction Film. Avatar also garnered four acting awards [...]
It was obvious that some sort of second film would come from the success last year of District 9, after this is a film that came from virtually nowhere to become a surprise hit in the box office. So for director Neill Blomkamp the choice is a follow up or to give back story an [...]
It is not that often that independent films become box office hits, but last there were two and both were SFF, District 9 and Paranormal Activity both these films came from nowhere to the surprise of the mainstream industry professionals. It seems that the South African born Neill Blomkamp has been avoiding the question of [...]
Before the release of District 9, there was a long viral campaign that really fuelled the appetite for more information, so when the first trailers were released they matched anticipation and more. So what next for the innovative director Neill Blomkamp? It seems more science fiction is in the pipeline from the director and that [...]
There have been many talking points regarding the exciting new film District 9; we have aliens landing on earth, segregation and now for insulting the President of Nigeria. This is the reason for this is because in the sci fi film Nigerians have been portrayed as being gangsters and cannibals. But to make thing even [...]
By all accounts, the much publicised film of the century, District 9 is doing well since its release. Of course, we in the UK are still waiting to see the film although it is only a matter of days now before the UK science fiction fan can see what all the fuss is about. Back [...]
The much awaited film District 9 has got over the hurdle with weekend box office takings in the US topping $36.9 million, when compared to the over films in the genre such as GI Joe: The Rise of the Cobra and The Time Travellers Wife, these figures are very good. Yet according to the film’s [...]
With two days to go before the much anticipated science fiction film of the year is released, District 9 is already being hailed as the best film of the 21st century. The hype for the film has developed over the past few months with an excellent viral marketing campaign that uses the theme of the [...]
Man of Steel teaser trailer released
If you’re sick of comic-book adaptations and film remakes, the last thing you might expect to get excited about is a new Superman film. That’s right: there’s a new Superman film scheduled for release in 2013. However, before you run off groaning at the idea of yet another mediocre cash-in, this one comes with caveats. [...]
Penguin owner buys ASI self-publishing company
According to the BBC, Pearson, which owns Penguin books among other things, has bought Author Solutions Inc in a £74 million deal. The deal means that Pearson now has control of a self-publishing interest. The news has raised concerns among some writers that intellectual property (IP) rights for new writers may be at risk, especially [...]
The Winner of our April 300 Word Writing Challenge is writer John J Brady, (known on these forums as alchemist). He wins a £10 voucher to spend at Amazon or The Book Depository, our quarterly prize. As usual, the challenge our members faced was to write a story of no more than 300 words, inspired [...]
Forum member Teresa Edgerton is the winner of our January 300 Word Writing Challenge. She wins a £10 voucher to spend at The Book Depository, our quarterly prize. As usual, the challenge our members faced was to write a story of no more than 300 words, inspired by an image selected by our moderators. For [...]
All Zombies Must Die hits the Xbox
At the weekend, All Zombies Must Die was unleashed on Xbox Live. As you can probably guess from the title, this is a rather tongue in cheek game developed by Doublesix with a focus on multiplayer zombie slaying. Set in the town of Deadhill, All Zombies Must Die offers a huge variety of weapons (such [...]
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