Even before the massive and graphic werewolf-led terrorist attack that occurs in the early pages of Benjamin Percy’s Red Moon, there’s a palpable sense that something terrible is about to happen. A concrete slab of dread that weighs on top of your imagination, and it remains there long after you’ve drifted beyond the epilogue and relaxed your grip on the cover.
Authors Tara Bennett and Paul Terry deserve a great deal of credit for simply coming up with the idea of a book that exists within the reality of Fringe.
Now we’re finally in the month of bank holidays, some actual sun and the promise of long evenings and warm days, it’s about time you started planning for the summer spent indoors watching gloomy horror movies.
J. J. Abrams’ reboot of the Star Trek franchise was remarkable for not only providing a deliriously entertaining summer sci-fi blockbuster, but also for managing to do it (mostly) without upsetting one of the most notoriously volatile fan-groups in the world.
For many CultBox readers, Peter Cushing is instantly recognisable for a number of roles. For many he was Star Wars villain Grand Moff Tarkin, the ruthless Imperial Commander running the Death Star in the original movie who appeared to be Darth Vader’s boss. Like Sir Alec Guinness, he lent the film an air of credibility amid the laser bolts, droids and spiritual mumbo-jumbo.
We all love a bit of history, especially robot history, right? And there are few bits as fascinating as ‘The Turk’, an 18th century chess playing robot that amazed the folk of the time with its ability to beat a human at the game.
It was one of the first instances of man vs machine, and the concept of The Turk is something that writer Neil Gaiman clearly loves, for it’s embedded deep within ‘Nightmare in Silver’s’ programming.
‘Dreams of Empire’ is the second entry in BBC Books’ Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Collection. Written by Justin Richards, a long time contributor and creative consultant for the range, it features Patrick Troughton’s Doctor alongside companions Jamie and Victoria, pitching it in the earlier part of his tenure.
With the David Fincher/Kevin Spacey backed US version of House of Cards currently wowing critics and audiences alike on Netflix, now seems a perfect time as ever to revisit the classic BBC version on DVD and Blu-ray.
Lawks a mercy! That was a camp confection and no mistake!
As a writer, Mark Gatiss doesn’t so much wear his influences on his sleeve as parade them like a popinjay. So it should come as no surprise that he is singularly suited to assembling such a preposterous patchwork of period pastiche.
It’s difficult to say now how Spartacus will be remembered, but the members of its vocal fanbase are sure to keep recommending the show to anyone and everyone who’ll listen and it wouldn’t be surprising to see that legion of fans become something much larger as the series is exposed to a wider audience through DVDs.