We talk to The Orville’s Kaylon science officer about Season Two, special guest stars and staying hopeful, Your essential, trustworthy and unrivalled guide to the latest genre happenings.

DOCTOR WHO
We head on set to talk to Chris Chibnall and the cast about what’s in store for 13 and the gang in their second series.

2020 PREVIEW
From Picard to Candyman, from Wonder Woman 1984 to Birds Of Prey, from Avenue 5 to Devs, we take a look at everything you need to be excited about coming up next year.

WEATHERING WITH YOU
The writer-director behind Your Name is back with another visually stunning love story..

STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER
It’s time. We talk to the cast and crew of the Star Wars fi nal chapter to talk about bringing the trilogy to a close and their epic journey.

CREEPSHOW
An old favourite in new packaging as Shudder brings the spooky stories back to life.

FOLIO SOCIETY GALLERY
Inside the new editions of Howl’s Moving Castle, The Dispossessed, A Hero Born and Phantom Of The Opera.

TERMINATOR: DARK FATE
Sarah Connor is back, and if you need more reasons to watch
the new Terminator movie, the stars are here to tell you why
this is the sequel to save the franchise, HIS DARK MATERIALS
The long-awaited TV adaptation of Philip Pullman’s
masterpiece is fi nally here, but is this fi nally the one to do
the books justice?...

ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP The gang’s all here as the horror comedy cult classic returns
for a sequel a decade in the making, JOKER
Is this the most divisive comic book movie in
recent memory?...

ARROW
With the fi nal season coming soon, we pay tribute to Oliver
Queen and The CW’s trailblazing superhero show, DAVID KOEPP
We talk to the screenwriter of Jurassic Park and Spider-Man
about his gripping debut novel...

JIM HENSON’S BEST CREATIONS: From Hoggle to the Fraggle Rock gang via The Witches, here
are our favourite Henson creations, MEMORY: THE ORIGIN OF ALIEN: The new documentary that uncovers how a SF masterpiece was born...

MIDSOMMAR : Still rattled from Hereditary? Too bad, because Ari Aster is back with a terrifying folk horror that will get under your skin, JESSICA JONES : A fi nal season to remember for Netfl ix’s private investigator?...

ANNABELLE COMES HOME: The Conjuring’s devil doll is back to torment the Warrens as
the spin-off returns, SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME: Endgame is over, and Peter Parker is just trying to have a normal life for a bit. We’ll see how that goes...

STAR TREK: DISCOVERY: SEASON TWO Bigger, better and more Michelle Yeoh, CA FLETCHER: The author of A Boy And His Dog At The End Of The World
talks apocalypses and good dogs, PAPERHOUSE: Bernard Rose looks back at his inspired and much-imitated dark fairy tale...

AUTHORS ON AUTHORS: KK Perez writes about the magic of Tamora Pierce, ARKADY MARTINE: Meet the author of the dazzling A Memory Called Empire, THE OA SEASON TWO
Was the Original Angel’s return worth the wait?...

THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY A dysfunctional superhero family comes together to save the world.

CAPTAIN MARVEL Brie Larson, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck tell us why Carol Danvers is the hero we need right now. 40 AMERICAN GODS Gods be praised! The Neil Gaiman adaptation is back for a bigger, weirder Season Two.

88 Stephen Cox Talking fi rst contact and Sixties nostalgia with the author of Our Child Of The Stars.
90 Susan Dennard The Bloodwitch author on some of her favourite writers.
92 Alma Katsu We talk all things Donner Party with The Hunger author.

The House That Jack Built
We have a nice chat with the none-more-controversial Lars
von Trier about his provocative serial killer horror, Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina
A binge-worth treat or a disappointing trick?...

Mirai We talk to modern anime master Mamoru Hosoda about his beautiful new fantasy.

THE 150 GREATEST FILMS, TV SHOWS, BOOKS, COMICS AND GAMES OF OUR LIFETIME

Half The Picture Investigating the situation for women behind the camera of Hollywood’s biggest movies.

The Meg How do you fight a giant shark? Get Jason Statham! We talk to the director and cast of the year’s biggest creature feature.

The greatest movie team-ups It’s the battle of the buddies as we’ve lined up the very best in genre film double acts. 36 TV preview From summer smash hits to winter chills, here is your giant essential guide to every TV show you need to watch from here to Christmas and beyond.

Incredibles 2 They’re back! Find out what’s in store for the Parrs in the long, long-awaited sequel.
36 Preacher The creators talk getting closer to the comics and meeting the family in the full-on Season Three.

You can’t move for Eighties nostalgia right now, so what better time to go back and watch the movies that inspired all the references? At this year’s Edinburgh Film Festival, The American Nightmare strand will be
screening classics from the likes of John Carpenter, George A Romero, Tobe Hooper and Joe Dante. Programmer Niall Greig Fulton tells us why you can’t afford to miss it.

Rian Johnson
Talking fan reactions, Carrie Fisher and the upcoming Star
Wars trilogy with The Last Jedi writer-director, Avengers: Infi nity War
We go on set with the superheroes for the biggest Marvel movie
event of all time...

We all love a good rule in genre movies. You can’t get rid of The Babadook, don’t say Candyman’s name five times, don’t go in the water or Jaws will get you. A Quiet Place, the latest directorial effort from The Office star John Krasinski, has a doozy: if you talk, monsters will come for you.

Tomb Raider - How do you make Lara croft for 2018? Alicia Vikander, Daniel Wu and Roar Uthaug on getting gritty, Video game movies - From super Mario bros to warcraft, here's how hollywood has succeeded and failed with video game movies.

40 Cloverfield We attempt to put together all the clues from Bad Robot’s secretive monster franchise… 44 The X-Files Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny tease what’s next for Mulder and Scully as the iconic show returns with a bigger, better season. 50 The Maze Runner: The Death Cure The YA franchise that aims to go out with a bang.

Joe Hill The Strange Weather author talks real-world fears and the joy of lean, mean thrillers. 92 Charles Stross
We talk to the author of Dark State about the latest chapter in his Merchant Princes saga.

The Greatest Sequels Ever Made From Superman II to Wrath of Khan… who said sequels were bad?, Black Mirror Charlie Brooker tells us what nightmares we can expect from Season Four of Black Mirror, Jumanji We decide to roll the dice, trust The Rock and head into the star-studded sequel.

30 Professor Marston And The Wonder Women The untold story of the creation of Wonder Woman. 32 Stranger Things
On set and upside down for the second season of the Netflix phenomenon. 40 The Killing Of A Sacred Deer Find out why Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman’s latest is shocking audiences.

Thor: Ragnarok We go on-set to talk to Taika Waititi, Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston about bringing the fun to the god of Thunder, Blade Runner 2049 Is this the riskiest sequel of the year? Denis Villeneuve talks us through bringing Deckard and the replicants back.

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