Taika Waititi’s Star Wars film is the latest to hit the buffers. At some point Lucasfilm is going to have to actually make a movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/23/taika-waititi-star-wars-lucasfilm #Film #StarWars #TaikaWaititi #RianJohnson #StarWarsTheMandalorianAndGrogu #FilmIndustry #Culture #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms
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Taika Waititi’s Star Wars film is the latest to hit the buffers. At some point Lucasfilm is going to have to actually make a movie
By Ben ChildWaititi joins a long list of movie-makers who were expected to bring a new direction to the franchise, before the studio appeared to get cold feet
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/23/taika-waititi-star-wars-lucasfilm
#Film #StarWars #TaikaWaititi #RianJohnson #StarWarsTheMandalorianandGrogu #Filmindustry #Culture #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #TheGuardian #BenChild
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‘I’d consider replacing one of my children’: Taika Waititi on robot kids, his cheese-o-meter and Klara and the Sun https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/22/taika-waititi-kazuo-ishiguro-robot-friend-klara-and-the-sun #Film #TaikaWaititi #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #AiArtificialIntelligence #KazuoIshiguro #FilmAdaptations #Books #Computing #Culture #Technology #Robots
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‘I’d consider replacing one of my children’: Taika Waititi on robot kids, his cheese-o-meter and Klara and the Sun
By Xan BrooksThe director has turned Kazuo Ishiguro’s acclaimed novel about an ailing adolescent and her glitchy robot friend into a thought-provoking film. What do the pair think this story says about tech, love and grief?
#Film #TaikaWaititi #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #AIartificialintelligence #KazuoIshiguro #Filmadaptations #Books #Computing #Culture #Technology #Robots #TheGuardian #XanBrooks
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Ghosts: The Possession of Button House review – new levels of giddiness unleashed in spooky spin-off
By Cath ClarkePicking up not long after the events of the final episode of the BBC’s haunted house comedy, this glorious new film is every bit as warm and comforting as the TV sitcom
#Film #Comedyfilms #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #BBC #TVcomedy #Comedy #Culture #Media #Television #Televisionradio #LollyAdefope #MathewBaynton #JimHowick #TheGuardian #CathClarke
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Explosive births, talking foxes and the devil in a trenchcoat – the Sitges fantastic film festival in all its creepy glory
By Anne BillsonOlivia Colman goes vulpine, Rupert Grint’s newborn is a monster and Joko Anwar makes a warmhearted violent ghost story set in an Indonesian prison
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/20/international-fantastic-film-festival-sitges
#Film #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Horrorfilms #Thrillers #Culture #Spain #Europe #Worldnews #OliviaColman #TheGuardian #AnneBillson
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Spielberg’s War of the Worlds forced Americans to look in the mirror – and see the real monster
By Tim ByrneStarring a smooth-sprinting Tom Cruise at the top of his game, Steven Spielberg’s sci-fi thriller shows the scales falling from his own country’s eyes
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/oct/21/spielberg-tom-cruise-war-of-the-worlds-film-review
#WaroftheWorlds #StevenSpielberg #Culture #Film #TomCruise #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Thrillers #Actionandadventurefilms #TheGuardian #TimByrne
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‘A beautiful dismantling of cynicism’: why Galaxy Quest is my feelgood movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/19/galaxy-quest-feelgood-movie #ComedyFilms #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #SigourneyWeaver #Comedy #AlanRickman #Culture #Film
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‘A beautiful dismantling of cynicism’: why Galaxy Quest is my feelgood movie
By Rachael SigeeThe latest in our series of writers detailing their most easily rewatched comfort films is an appreciation of a smart, funny and tender ode to fan culture
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/19/galaxy-quest-feelgood-movie
#Comedyfilms #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #SigourneyWeaver #Comedy #AlanRickman #Culture #Film #TheGuardian #RachaelSigee
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Klara and the Sun review – Taika Waititi’s manic pixie dream robot sci-fi is a sentimental mess https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/15/klara-and-the-sun-review-taika-waititi-kazuo-ishiguro #Film #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #TaikaWaititi #JennaOrtega #LondonFilmFestival #Robots #Culture #FilmAdaptations #KazuoIshiguro #AmyAdams #Books
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Klara and the Sun review – Taika Waititi’s manic pixie dream robot sci-fi is a sentimental mess
By Peter BradshawThe director of Hunt for the Wilderpeople and Jojo Rabbit turns Kazuo Ishiguro’s AI fable into a twee, tiresome tale of love and grief
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/15/klara-and-the-sun-review-taika-waititi-kazuo-ishiguro
#Film #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #TaikaWaititi #JennaOrtega #Londonfilmfestival #Robots #Culture #Filmadaptations #KazuoIshiguro #AmyAdams #Books #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw
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Wildwood review – Laika’s pleasingly old fashioned stop-motion magic-forest odyssey
By Peter BradshawThe makers of Coraline return with their distinctive animation style in a magical tale of a secret world of strange beasts, talking animals and evil governesses
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/11/wildwood-review-carey-mulligan-laika
#Film #Animationinfilm #Filmadaptations #TheDecemberists #Actionandadventurefilms #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Familyfilms #Portland #CareyMulligan #MahershalaAli #Books #Culture #Music #USnews #Worldnews #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw
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Ray Gunn review – Brad Bird’s animated film-noir sci-fi caper is an old-school family classic
By Peter BradshawSam Rockwell voices the gumshoe who becomes embroiled with Scarlett Johansson’s femme fatale in this big-hearted and beautifully designed fantasy spectacular
#Film #Animationinfilm #Familyfilms #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Crimefilms #Thrillers #BradBird #SamRockwell #ScarlettJohansson #TomWaits #MattBerry #Culture #Music #Televisionradio #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw
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Lightsaber Darth Vader used in ‘I am your father’ Star Wars duel up for auction https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/09/lightsaber-darth-vader-star-wars-auction #StarWars #StarWarsTheEmpireStrikesBack #Film #Culture #Collecting #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #UsNews
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Lightsaber Darth Vader used in ‘I am your father’ Star Wars duel up for auction
By Associated PressSaber is expected to fetch at least $1m and is one of more than two dozen props that will be up for sale
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/09/lightsaber-darth-vader-star-wars-auction
#StarWars #StarWarsTheEmpireStrikesBack #Film #Culture #Collecting #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #USnews #TheGuardian #AssociatedPress
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A new Skywalker trilogy for Star Wars? Going back to the same family-saga well is a waste of time https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/02/new-skywalker-trilogy-star-wars-jon-watts #Film #StarWars #SpidermanNoWayHome #Culture #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #StarWarsTheRiseOfSkywalker
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A new Skywalker trilogy for Star Wars? Going back to the same family-saga well is a waste of time
By Ben ChildReports that Jon Watts could make a new trilogy about a clan who have already saved and destroyed the galaxy several times over leaves you wishing for a newer world
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oct/02/new-skywalker-trilogy-star-wars-jon-watts
#Film #StarWars #SpiderManNoWayHome #Culture #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #StarWarsTheRiseofSkywalker #TheGuardian #BenChild
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April X review – Connor Storrie searches for missing twin in dystopian dream-tech sci-fi thriller https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/29/april-x-review-connor-storrie-lilly-krug #Film #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Thrillers #Culture
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April X review – Connor Storrie searches for missing twin in dystopian dream-tech sci-fi thriller
By Leslie FelperinThe star of Heated Rivalry does his best in this in this human-trafficking yarn, which gets progressively ickier and more exploitative
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/29/april-x-review-connor-storrie-lilly-krug
#Film #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Thrillers #Culture #TheGuardian #LeslieFelperin
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Forgotten Island review – best friends forever trapped in frantic DreamWorks animation https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/24/forgotten-island-review-best-friends-forever-trapped-in-soulless-animation-dreamworks #Film #AnimationInFilm #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Her #Philippines #AsiaPacific #Culture #WorldNews #Music
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Forgotten Island review – best friends forever trapped in frantic DreamWorks animation
By Peter BradshawThis over-controlled adventure never takes a breath or a moment to let its characters come to life
#Film #Animationinfilm #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #HER #Philippines #AsiaPacific #Culture #Worldnews #Music #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw
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Post your questions for Miranda Richardson https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/22/post-your-questions-for-miranda-richardson #Film #MirandaRichardson #Culture #TelevisionRadio #HarryPotter #AwardsAndPrizes #Acting #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Stage
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Dunesday: will this be Barbenheimer on steroids – the biggest weekend of cinema ever?
By Guardian StaffSince the mammoth success of the films Barbie and Oppenheimer in 2023, Hollywood has taken to jointly marketing movies released on the same day – and December’s matchup of Dune: Part Three and Avengers: Doomsday could break all records
#Film #Marvel #Culture #Imax #Superheromovies #Actionandadventurefilms #Filmcriticism #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Dune #DunePartTwo #AvengersDoomsday #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff
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Legend of the White Dragon review – Power Rangers alumni back for more in low-budget superhero retread
By Phil HoadSimple but emphatic martial arts and a couple of classy cameos are all that give this blandly modern action film a fighting chance
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/21/legend-of-the-white-dragon-review
#Film #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Superheromovies #MichaelMadsen #Culture #Actionandadventurefilms #TheGuardian #PhilHoad
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‘I thank God for killing me and bringing me back’: Nicolas Winding Refn on the heart surgery that inspired his new sci-fi horror https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/17/nicolas-winding-refn-cheating-death-new-sci-fi-horror-her-private-hell #Film #Culture #NicolasWindingRefn #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Thrillers #Drive #Bronson #TheNeonDemon #HorrorFilms
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‘I thank God for killing me and bringing me back’: Nicolas Winding Refn on the emergency op that inspired his new sci-fi horror
By Tim JonzeNotorious for ultra-violent movies like Drive and The Neon Demon, the Dane had lost the will to direct until ‘the Tom Cruise of surgeons’ saved his life – and triggered an astonishing creative rebirth
#Film #Culture #NicolasWindingRefn #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Thrillers #Drive #Bronson #TheNeonDemon #Horrorfilms #TheGuardian #TimJonze
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Resident Evil review – Zach Cregger’s rebooted action horror is a wild rollercoaster ride https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/16/resident-evil-reboot-movie-review #HorrorFilms #Film #ResidentEvil #Culture #ActionAndAdventureFilms #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Thrillers #Games
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Resident Evil review – Zach Cregger’s rebooted action horror is a wild rollercoaster ride
By Jesse HassengerThe Weapons director delivers a seat-edge thriller with a standout lead performance from Austin Abrams as an everyman navigating chaos
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/sep/16/resident-evil-reboot-movie-review
#Horrorfilms #Film #ResidentEvil #Culture #Actionandadventurefilms #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Thrillers #Games #TheGuardian #JesseHassenger
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Unidentified Murder review – playful sendup of alien abduction and true crime influencers in Hong Kong
By Phuong LeChildhood friends claim to have witnessed the disappearance of a schoolkid in this low-budget comedy caper that pushes limits of storytelling
#Film #HongKong #Comedyfilms #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Crimefilms #AsiaPacific #Comedy #Culture #Worldnews #TheGuardian #PhuongLe
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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home review – Kirk, Spock and co on semi-intentionally hilarious save-the-whale mission
By Peter BradshawOur heroes travel back through time to San Francisco in 1986 so they can commune with aliens threatening future Earth – it’s preposterously good fun
#Film #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #StarTrek #WilliamShatner #LeonardNimoy #UStelevision #Television #Televisionradio #Culture #TheGuardian #PeterBradshaw
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Memo to Ridley Scott: no one needs more Alien: Covenant movies – get the franchise back to stalk’n’slash https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/28/ridley-scott-alien-covenant-follow-up #Film #Alien #RidleyScott #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #HorrorFilms #Television #Culture #TelevisionRadio #MichaelFassbender
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‘He could arch both eyebrows and curl his lips in every direction all at once’: Tim Curry’s five best screen roles https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/27/tim-curry-five-best-screen-roles-rocky-horror-picture-show #Film #TimCurry #Culture #TheMuppets #HorrorFilms #Musicals #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #ComedyFilms #Comedy #StephenKing #Books
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The Dog Stars review – Ridley Scott’s lethargic postapocalyptic drama is a misfire https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/25/the-dog-stars-ridley-scott-review #RidleyScott #ActionAndAdventureFilms #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #DramaFilms #JacobElordi #JoshBrolin #GuyPearce #AllisonJanney #MargaretQualley #Film #Culture
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‘I’ve always been fond of hairy creatures!’ Visual effects maestro Rick Baker on a monstrously good career https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/18/rick-baker-interview-visual-effects-makeup-gremlins-thriller #Film #FilmIndustry #Culture #TheExorcist #HorrorFilms #AwardsAndPrizes #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Business #KingKong
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Chris Carter is mistaken if he thinks more gore will bring The X-Files: I Want to Believe back to life https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/17/chris-carter-x-files-i-want-to-believe-directors-cut-critique-spoilers #Film #Culture #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #HorrorFilms #DavidDuchovny #GillianAnderson
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Imelda Staunton: ‘Umbridge’s giggle needed to be short and sharp. So I just did a boom, boom’ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/13/imelda-staunton-interview-umbridge-harry-potter #Film #ImeldaStaunton #BillNighy #HarryPotter #Stage #Television #Culture #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #TelevisionRadio #FilmAdaptations #Books
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The End of Oak Street review – suburban dino-survival romp is more turkey than T-rex https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/12/the-end-of-oak-street-review-suburban-dino-survival-romp-is-more-turkey-than-t-rex #Film #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #AnneHathaway #EwanMcgregor #JjAbrams #Culture #ActionAndAdventureFilms
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Sam Neill filmed role in Legend of Zelda film adaptation before his death https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/07/sam-neill-legend-of-zelda-film-video-game-before-death #Film #SamNeill #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Culture #TheLegendOfZelda #Nintendo #Games
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Out of the blue: James Cameron’s surprise departure would be good for Avatar https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/07/james-cameron-avatar-trilogy-quit-as-director #JamesCameron #Film #Culture #Avatar #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms
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The Last House review – post-Covid apocalyptic lockdown thriller is a solid night in https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/07/the-last-house-review-thriller-movie #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Netflix #HorrorFilms #Film #Culture
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Star Wars dubbed into Welsh for first time for S4C broadcast https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/04/star-wars-dubbed-welsh-s4c #Wales #S4c #StarWars #RhysIfans #UkNews #Film #Culture #Media #Television #TelevisionRadio #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms
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Ryan Gosling is entering the Marvel Cinematic Universe – on a motorbike, in flames, wearing a leather jacket. What could go wrong? https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/31/ryan-gosling-ghost-rider-marvel-week-in-geek #Film #SuperheroMovies #RyanGosling #GhostRiderSpiritOfVengeance #Marvel #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Culture
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‘I was hyperventilating and sobbing’: Tomi Adeyemi says Children of Blood and Bone film ‘the worst thing I’ve ever lived through’ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/30/tomi-adeyemi-children-of-blood-and-bone-film-adaptation-worst-thing-ive-ever-lived-through-hyperventilating-sobbing #Film #Culture #Books #YoungAdult #ActionAndAdventureFilms #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms
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If Deadpool wants to be a true Marvel superhero, is it time he grew up and stopped joking around? https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/jul/24/deadpool-marvel-avengers-doomsday-time-he-grew-up-week-in-geek #Film #Culture #Deadpool #AvengersDoomsday #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #ComicsAndGraphicNovels
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The Hunt for Gollum is being criticised for its all-white cast. Blaming Tolkien is the wrong answer https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/17/hunt-for-gollum-criticised-white-cast-blaming-tolkien-wrong-answer-andy-serkis #Film #AndySerkis #Race #JrrTolkien #LordOfTheRings #Books #Culture #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #WorldNews
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The Hunt for Gollum is being criticised for its all-white cast. Blaming Tolkien is the wrong answer
By Ben ChildThe Lord of the Rings author’s debt to Norse mythology is simply irrelevant when it comes to the appearance of hobbits and elves on screen today
#Film #AndySerkis #Race #JRRTolkien #LordoftheRings #Books #Culture #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Worldnews #TheGuardian #BenChild
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‘You want to reach out and touch everything’: why Labyrinth is my feelgood movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/13/labyrinth-feelgood-movie #DavidBowie #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #ActionAndAdventureFilms #Film #Culture
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Sunshine: Danny Boyle’s space slasher plays out like an atheist’s worst nightmare https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/jul/08/sunshine-danny-boyle-science-fiction-space-film #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #DannyBoyle #Film #Culture #CillianMurphy #ChrisEvans #Thrillers
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Disclosure Day is great. But Spielberg overestimates our capacity for empathy https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/17/disclosure-day-aliens-spielberg-emily-blunt-and-josh-o-connor #DisclosureDay #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Film #Culture #StevenSpielberg #AlienLife #Science #AnimalExperimentation
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The Mandalorian and Grogu has lowest box office opening for a Star Wars film in Disney era https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/25/the-mandalorian-and-grogu-has-lowest-box-office-opening-for-a-star-wars-film-in-disney-era #StarWars #TheMandalorian #Film #UsNews #Culture #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms
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The hill I will die on: If Hollywood blockbusters must dabble in science, can’t they get the small stuff right? | Helen Pilcher https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/may/24/hill-i-will-die-on-hollywood-blockbusters-science #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Science #StarWars #JurassicPark #Film #Physics #Culture #UkNews
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The return of Westworld is perfect timing for the flattery-oriented age of AI https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/18/the-return-of-westworld-is-perfect-timing-for-the-flattery-oriented-age-of-ai #Film #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Westworld #AiArtificialIntelligence #Computing #Culture #Technology #TelevisionRadio
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War, inheritance and…a baby? First Dune: Part Three trailer is here https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/17/dune-part-three-trailer-chalamet-villeneuve #Film #TimotheChalamet #DenisVilleneuve #Culture #Zendaya #FlorencePugh #RobertPattinson #JasonMomoa #AnyaTaylorjoy #ActionAndAdventureFilms #UsNews #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms
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The Game of Thrones movie is coming – but how are they going to make audiences root for the baddies? https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/06/game-of-thrones-movie-george-rr-martin-targaryens-a-song-of-ice-and-fire #Film #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #GameOfThrones #GeorgeRrMartin #StarWars #Books #Culture #TelevisionRadio
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Game of Thrones film adaptation is in the works at Warner Bros https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/mar/03/game-of-thrones-film-warner-bros #GameOfThrones #Film #Television #Culture #TelevisionRadio #KitHarington #GeorgeRrMartin #Books #UsNews #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #WarnerBros
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Is surprise box-office hit Iron Lung the future of ‘video game films’? https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/feb/11/pushing-buttons-hit-film-iron-lung-youtube-markiplier #Games #Culture #Youtube #Film #FilmAdaptations #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms
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Iron Lung review – YouTuber Markiplier crash lands with big-screen sci-fi horror https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/02/iron-lung-review-youtuber-markiplier-crash-lands-with-big-screen-sci-fi-horror-mark-fischbach #Film #HorrorFilms #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Games #Youtube #Culture #Technology
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‘We used a beachball as an alien!’ John Carpenter on his gloriously shonky sci-fi comedy Dark Star https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/nov/24/john-carpenter-brian-narelle-interview-dark-star-alien-sci-fi-comedy #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #JohnCarpenter #Comedyfilms #Culture #Film
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Tinseltown takeover: how Harry Potter fanfic has become Hollywood’s hottest property https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/sep/15/tinseltown-takeover-how-harry-potter-fanfic-has-become-hollywoods-hottest-property #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #FiftyShadesofGrey #FiftyShadesofGrey #HarryPotter #HarryPotter #HarryStyles #Technology #StarWars #Culture #Fiction #Tumblr #Books #Music #Film
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Tinseltown takeover: how Harry Potter fanfic has become Hollywood’s hottest property https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/sep/15/tinseltown-takeover-how-harry-potter-fanfic-has-become-hollywoods-hottest-property #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #FiftyShadesofGrey #FiftyShadesofGrey #HarryPotter #HarryPotter #HarryStyles #Technology #StarWars #Culture #Fiction #Tumblr #Books #Music #Film