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Matthew McConaughey in Interstellar

From Interstellar to Hidden Figures: 12 of the best space movies

3 August 2021

Interstellar, Moon, Proxima, Alien, Hidden Figures... From science fiction to biographical drama, does your favourite movie about space make our list?


Helen Mirren

Solos review: Star-studded sci-fi that is let down by the material

21 May 2021

Solos, Amazon Prime's latest sci-fi anthology series, boasts one of the most distinguished casts ever assembled for television, including Oscar-winners Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren and Anne Hathaway


(Left to right) Shamier Anderson, Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim and Toni Collette in Stowaway

Stowaway review: A claustrophobic and philosophical space thriller

22 April 2021

Netflix 's Stowaway, starring Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim, Shamier Anderson and Toni Collette, tells the story of a space crew who face an impossible choice when an unplanned passenger compromises the lives of everyone on board


Back view of woman with long red hair wearing black coat and heeled boots standing on hillside looking at sunset over valley of city lights

Klara and the Sun review: Ishiguro's thought-provoking future for AI

2 March 2021

Klara and the Sun by Nobel prizewinning author Kazuo Ishiguro is a fascinating tale about artificial intelligence, friendship and what it means to be human


George Clooney as Augustine and Caoilinn Springall as Iris

The Midnight Sky review: George Clooney in a moving sci-fi drama

16 December 2020

Netflix's The Midnight Sky, directed by and starring George Clooney, is set in 2049 following the story of a survivor of an apocalyptic event attempting to salvage what is left of humanity.


11 of the best sci-fi books that transport you to another world

11 of the best sci-fi books that transport you to another world

5 October 2020

All Systems Red by Martha Wells, Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson and The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin all make our list of best sci-fi escapism


What happens when a researcher tries to resurrect a loved one?

What happens when a researcher tries to resurrect a loved one?

8 July 2020

In the film Archive, George Almore attempts to put his late wife's memories into a machine. The project is far from a roaring success, finds Jon O'Brien


Code 8 review: A crime and sci-fi mash-up that's actually pretty good

Code 8 review: A crime and sci-fi mash-up that's actually pretty good

6 May 2020

Code 8, a film about people with special powers that have been shunned by the world, is both a cracking crime caper and a comment on society, says Simon Ings


Two characters in Tales from the Loop

Tales From The Loop review: Beautiful and sedate sci-fi escapism

27 March 2020

Inspired by a series of artworks, Tales From The Loop is an Amazon series about the strange goings-on in a town set atop an experimental physics research facility


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