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The Week In Sci-Fi

(opens in new tab) MONDAY 20 AUGUST Team SFX favourite Joe Gilgun stars in futuristic prison break-out Lockout , which is out on DVD and Blu-ray today (check out an interview with the ever-entertaining Mr Gilgun right here ). Angelina Jolie goes all action heroine on our asses in Lara …

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Doctor Who: The Science Of Time Travel Video

BBC America has released a clip from The Science Of Doctor Who , a one-hour special will air in the States later today. In this clip Steven Moffat and knowledgeable boffins debate the possibility of time travel using Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity and wormholes… Read the SFX analysis of …

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15 Sci-Fi Sports Wed Love To See In The Olympics

1 ROLLERBALL Rollerball (opens in new tab) Futuristic sports are often ultra-violent gladiatorial takes on American Football. For some reason no-one thinks a variant of crown green bowls is going to take the 23rd century by storm. Rollerball is the much-copied classic model. A cross between roller-derby and basketball, it …

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BOND 50 THE SPY WHO LOVED ME

2012 marks the 50th anniversary of James Bond on the big screen. To celebrate, SFX’s Nick Setchfield revisits each and every 007 adventure in a week by week countdown to Skyfall … MISSION 10: THE SPY WHO LOVED ME (1977) THINKING BIG The Spy Who Loved Me finds the Bond …

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Fans Create The Ultimate Comic Villain

(opens in new tab) Here’s a guy you wouldn’t want to meet in a dark alley – or a sun-drenched field for that matter – and that’s official. You’re looking at the ultimate comic villain, as voted for by over 3,500 fans. To mark the release of The Dark Knight …

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Slashs Top 10 Horror Movies: Video Interview

[VAMS bc=”1729665777001″ url=”slashs-top-10-horror-movies-a3s2Tge20QM68″] (opens in new tab) (opens in new tab) Here are some Slash films for you. Don’t panic – it’s not as bad as it sounds! Rock legend Slash has a new album out – Apocalyptic Love – and, since it turns out he has an appetite for …

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Spurious Awards Of The Week

Party Trick Of The Week (opens in new tab) Eric inflates his own hand in True Blood . Live Action Remake Of The Week http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LyhVCsad9A Poops all over The Flintstones . Expletive Of The Week (opens in new tab) For a moment there was a worried look in DJ Zane …

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Sci-Fi Bargains Of The Week

Hello and welcome to this week’s SFX Bargains Of The Week jamboree. Once again we’ve trawled the internet looking for stuff you might fancy, for prices you might think are pretty reasonable… Read on for films, TV shows, T-shirts, inflatable Daleks and other sci-fi goodies with low, low prices tags. …

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BOND 50 YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE

2012 marks the 50th anniversary of James Bond on the big screen. To celebrate, SFX’s Nick Setchfield revisits each and every 007 adventure in a week by week countdown to Skyfall … MISSION 5: YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE (1967) “BAD NEWS FROM OUTER SPACE!” There’s a simple, matchless excitement in …

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Spurious Awards Of The Week

Fan Commitment Of The Week (opens in new tab) True Blood ’s Lafayette mourns the passing of another Firefly fan whose hunger strike to get the show back on air has been in vain. Sports Stars Of The Week (opens in new tab) Transylvanian synchronised swimming team practice for the …

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