It’s not just Doctor Who and Sherlock that everyone’s been getting excited at Comic-Con in San Diego this week. Brand new footage from JJ Abrams’ upcoming Star Wars movie premiered during the franchise’s panel, featuring a look behind the scenes and interviews with the cast. Oh, and a certain Spaced actor. > Buy the complete … >
When it comes to the Star Wars franchise you probably have a mate who claims to be a ‘true fan’. You’ll be used to the knowing eye-roll when you pronounce a character’s name wrong or the fuming glance when you state that you didn’t really mind Jar Jar Binks that much. Or maybe this is … >
What would the Star Wars franchise be without John Williams? 83 years young, and he’s still the musical Force of the Star Wars cinematic process, surrounding and binding together the galaxy of acting, dialogue, effects both practical and special, in a grand orchestral sound inspired by Erich Korngold and the Golden Age of adventure cinema; … >
Silva Screen Records will release Music from the Star Wars Saga on Monday 4 May, celebrating May 4th Star Wars Day and the mounting excitement for the December release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. To celebrate, we’ve got albums to give away to four of our Twitter followers! > Read our review of the album. … >
From the author of the New York Times bestselling novel Star Wars: Crosscurrent comes an action-adventure featuring the two most feared and famous Sith Lords ever – Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine! Star Wars: Lord of the Sith, written by Paul S. Kemp, is published on Thursday 23 April by Century (£19.99). To celebrate, we’ve … >
Set in the Rebellion era between the events of Episode IV: A New Hope and Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, Kevin Hearne’s Star Wars: Heir to the Jedi is an action-packed stand-alone novel in which Luke Skywalker explores his burgeoning abilities with the Force. To celebrate the release on 26 February (priced £19.99), we’ve … >
IDW’s Doctor Who/Star Trek: The Next Generation crossover is a delight. However, I can’t help but wonder which other comic-book crossovers which would blow my mind? Ironically, Scanners is not anywhere amongst the answers… Godzilla meets Doctor Who’s Third Doctor in ‘Godzilla vs UNIT’ “You are just a man dressed for the opera driving … >
2015 is fast approaching, but what’s in store to keep UK screens flickering and our minds off the drudgery of everyday life? Let CultBox guide you through a year that’ll be packed with returning favourites, new dramas, fresh adaptations, super-heroes, super-spies and a whole lot of supernatural thrillers. It’s in alphabetical order as, to be … >
It’s hard to believe that 33 years ago today, television viewers tuned in for what would turn out to be the final episode of Blake’s 7, Dalek creator Terry Nation’s seminal science-fiction space opera. A definitive cult classic from the off, blending gritty pulp sci-fi with boys-own adventure and occasional moments of camp, the show … >
The BFI has announced the finalists vying to be named as the UK’s favourite sci-fi character of all time. The poll was launched in August as part of the BFI’s major nationwide celebration of sci-fi on screen. The two front runners have been revealed as the Alien‘s Ellen Ripley and Doctor Who‘s Doctor. The pair … >