SciFind’s Reviews of Science Fiction DVD / Blu ray / Audio / Book Titles
Doctor Who: Destiny of the Daleks Narrated by Lalla Ward Published by AudioGo Odd releases, these TV soundtracks with linking narration. With a story like Destiny widely available on DVD, you wonder who wants to own the soundtrack only with linking narration? Visually impaired fans of the Doctor perhaps, but that would seem a limited …
2000AD – Prog 2013 Published by Rebellion This special Prog (out 12 December) is a bumper Christmas issue, with no fewer than 9 strips, all with fresh stories. It makes for an exhilarating read, as 2000AD stalwarts Bill Savage and Strontium Dog rub shoulders with newer characters like Aquila and Absalom. And Judge Dredd gets …
It is Sunday evening at 6pm, and for most of the afternoon I have been sitting uncomfortably in the Odeon Leicester Square in London watching a screening of Peter Jackson’s new LOTR movie, The Hobbit. Uncomfortably not just because the film is long (too long by far), and not just because the Odeon’s seats are …
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Judge Dredd Issue 1 Written by Duane Swierczynski Illustrated by Nelson Daniel, Paul Gulacy Published by IDW With all the buzz currently around 2000AD’s game-changing treatment of the tales of Judge Joseph Dredd, it would be a shame if this new US take on the world of Mega City One passed fans by. There have …
2000AD – Prog 1812 Published by Rebellion 1812. Tchaikovsky’s greatest overture. Now also to be remembered as the Prog (out today, 5th Dec) where 2000AD concluded its finest story arc for many years. Since Prog 1804, three ongoing strips have told tales of Judge Dredd, Dirty Frank and the Simping Detective in the Mega City …
Written by John Wagner and Alan Grant Illustrated by Simon Bisley, Cam Kennedy and more Published by DC Comics and Rebellion They could have been separated at birth, Batman and Judge Dredd. Both fighting for justice in cities of the future (mutated versions of New York), without superpowers but with a seemingly endless supply of …
Doctor Who: The Acheron Pulse Written by Rick Briggs Doctor Who: The Shadow Heart Written by Jonathan Morris Published by Big Finish Two very different audio dramas play out the latest Big Finish trilogy, which features the Igris as introduced in The Burning Prince. The Acheron Pulse opens with the Sixth Doctor on the planet …
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Zombies Of New York And Other Bloody Jottings is the collection of short stories by horror author Sam Stone. In the past 12 months Sam has continued to widen her profile and is now penning the movie screen play to her critically respected Zombies At Tiffanys novel. This is the first audio of her works …
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This seemingly one-off release features Professor George Litefoot and Henry Jago on a trip with the Sixth Doctor. The erstwhile Victorians (famed for an appearance in The Talons of Weng-Chiang and their own audio series) find themselves on Venus in the far future, where a variety of beasts are hunted by an all female race. …
The second Hi-Def helping from Studio Canal and Ghibli in November is not a Ghibli film at all, it is an earlier work, directed by Miyazaki-san called “The Castle of Caglisotro”, aka Lupin III. Made in 1979, it is Miyazaki’s first full-length anime film, and features Wolf (or Lupin in French), a character created by …
Published by Rebellion For the last few weeks, three of 2000AD’s strip slots have been taken up by tales from the universe of Mega City One. The ongoing Judge Dredd strip has continued to detail the aftermath of the devastating Chaos, while The Simping Detective followed undercover Wally Squad judge Jack Point in his private …
Once again the lovely folk at Studio Ghibli and StudioCanal spoil us rotten with new Bluray releases of classic Ghibli films this month. First up is my all-time favourite film (ever!)… “My Neighbour Totoro”. Ostensibly a children’s movie, but a film so magical, wonderful, intelligent and moving that anyone of any age can, and will …