The new HBO horror series is brimming with references from buried historical events, wacky and cosmic Lovecraft monsters, and pop-culture from ’50s Americana. In 1950s Jim Crow America, three black Americans embark on a road trip to uncover Atticus’ (Jonathan Majors) secret birthright. With the Green Book: A Black Travellers’ Guide to Jim Crow America […]Read More
Jamie Foxx and Teyonah Parris have joined Star Wars actor John Boyega in the cast for an upcoming Netflix sci-fi caper. It was reported last week that the two actors were set to star in They Cloned Tyrone. It will be the directorial debut of Creed 2 writer Juel Taylor. The film is described as […]Read More
With humanity looking as though we are on the brink of another era of space exploration, it seems more timely than ever that Netflix is releasing a drama series focusing on the trials and tribulations of being part of a long-term space mission. Whilst it seems like space exploration is all about incredible feats of […]Read More
Jamie Foxx and Joseph Gordon-Levitt star in a super-powered sci-fi film coming to Netflix next month. In a concept similar to the 2011 film Limitless, the premise of action thriller Project Power hinges upon a drug that grants its user a random superpower for five minutes. Foxx, who previously played supervillain Electro in The Amazing […]Read More
Arguably, Dune is one of the best science fiction books ever written, given a plethora of awards including the Hugo and Nebula Awards. The plot and setting have influenced many films and franchises, the most notable being Star Wars. First, a brief summary of the seminal sci-fi novel, first in the trilogy. Within a feudal […]Read More
With a history of mixed reviews, repetitive plotlines and a disowned adaptation, the upcoming Dune and Star Wars films could breathe new life into these sci-fi universes. Dune and Star Wars are some of the most adored stories of all time, with Dune often hailed as the most iconic science fiction novel and Star Wars […]Read More
With the acclaimed satire anthology’s much anticipated fourth season out now on Netflix, we thought we’d look at some of the Indiependent writers’ favourite episodes so far, including some of those from this latest series. Here are five of the best according to the Indiependent: Hang the DJ Black Mirror, a show about the […]Read More
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt Synopsis: After a space merchant vessel perceives an unknown transmission as a distress call, their landing on the source moon finds one of the crew attacked by a mysterious life-form, and soon realise that its life cycle has merely begun. Alongside Star Wars and The Godfather, Alien is one […]Read More
DC Comics, partnered with America’s CW network, have been hugely successful with their current TV series Arrow and The Flash; the two shows recently resumed their 4th and 2nd series respectively, after a short break over the Christmas holidays. The two shows are extremely clever in the sense that they run alongside each other, with the occasional merging of plots. Now, the series are fully integrated […]Read More
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