#sciencefictionandfantasyfilms — Public Fediverse posts

Sheep in the Box review – a bland, baffling tale of AI children from Hirokazu Kore-eda https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/20/sheep-in-the-box-review-a-bland-baffling-tale-of-ai-children-from-hirokazu-kore-eda #CannesFilmFestival #Festivals #Culture #Film #DramaFilms #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Japan #AsiaPacific #WorldNews

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu review – helmeted hero tangles with hateful Hutts in decent feature outing https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/19/star-wars-the-mandalorian-and-grogu-review-helmeted-hero-tangles-with-hateful-hutts-in-decent-feature-outing #StarWarsTheMandalorianAndGrogu #Film #StarWars #TheMandalorian #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Culture #Television #TelevisionRadio #PedroPascal #JonFavreau #MartinScorsese #JeremyAllenWhite #SigourneyWeaver

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu review – helmeted hero tangles with hateful Hutts in decent feature outing https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/19/star-wars-the-mandalorian-and-grogu-review-helmeted-hero-tangles-with-hateful-hutts-in-decent-feature-outing #StarWarsTheMandalorianAndGrogu #Film #StarWars #TheMandalorian #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Culture #Television #TelevisionRadio #PedroPascal #JonFavreau #MartinScorsese #JeremyAllenWhite #SigourneyWeaver

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu review – helmeted hero tangles with hateful Hutts in decent feature outing https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/19/star-wars-the-mandalorian-and-grogu-review-helmeted-hero-tangles-with-hateful-hutts-in-decent-feature-outing #StarWarsTheMandalorianAndGrogu #Film #StarWars #TheMandalorian #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Culture #Television #TelevisionRadio #PedroPascal #JonFavreau #MartinScorsese #JeremyAllenWhite #SigourneyWeaver

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu review – helmeted hero tangles with hateful Hutts in decent feature outing https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/19/star-wars-the-mandalorian-and-grogu-review-helmeted-hero-tangles-with-hateful-hutts-in-decent-feature-outing #StarWarsTheMandalorianAndGrogu #Film #StarWars #TheMandalorian #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Culture #Television #TelevisionRadio #PedroPascal #JonFavreau #MartinScorsese #JeremyAllenWhite #SigourneyWeaver

The Unknown review – Léa Seydoux gets invaded in uncanny and bizarre body-swap horror https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/18/the-unknown-review-lea-seydoux-arthur-harari #CannesFilmFestival #Film #HorrorFilms #LaSeydoux #DramaFilms #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #FilmAdaptations #ComicsAndGraphicNovels #Culture #Festivals

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

‘An antidote to all things stressful’: why Stardust is my feelgood movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/18/my-feelgood-movie-stardust #ClaireDanes #MichellePfeiffer #RobertDeNiro #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Culture #Film

Star Wars has to deliver a proper movie with The Mandalorian and Grogu – otherwise the franchise is dead https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/08/star-wars-has-to-deliver-a-proper-movie-with-the-mandalorian-and-grogu-otherwise-the-franchise-is-dead #Film #StarWars #TheMandalorian #JonFavreau #Culture #Television #TelevisionRadio #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms

Star Wars has to deliver a proper movie with The Mandalorian and Grogu – otherwise the franchise is dead https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/08/star-wars-has-to-deliver-a-proper-movie-with-the-mandalorian-and-grogu-otherwise-the-franchise-is-dead #Film #StarWars #TheMandalorian #JonFavreau #Culture #Television #TelevisionRadio #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms

Star Wars has to deliver a proper movie with The Mandalorian and Grogu – otherwise the franchise is dead https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/08/star-wars-has-to-deliver-a-proper-movie-with-the-mandalorian-and-grogu-otherwise-the-franchise-is-dead #Film #StarWars #TheMandalorian #JonFavreau #Culture #Television #TelevisionRadio #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms

Star Wars has to deliver a proper movie with The Mandalorian and Grogu – otherwise the franchise is dead https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/08/star-wars-has-to-deliver-a-proper-movie-with-the-mandalorian-and-grogu-otherwise-the-franchise-is-dead #Film #StarWars #TheMandalorian #JonFavreau #Culture #Television #TelevisionRadio #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms

‘As reassuring as a warm hug’: why Donnie Darko is my feelgood movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/04/donny-darko-feelgood-movie #JakeGyllenhaal #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #DramaFilms #DrewBarrymore #Culture #Film

‘As reassuring as a warm hug’: why Donnie Darko is my feelgood movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/04/donny-darko-feelgood-movie #JakeGyllenhaal #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #DramaFilms #DrewBarrymore #Culture #Film

‘As reassuring as a warm hug’: why Donnie Darko is my feelgood movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/04/donny-darko-feelgood-movie #JakeGyllenhaal #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #DramaFilms #DrewBarrymore #Culture #Film

‘As reassuring as a warm hug’: why Donnie Darko is my feelgood movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/04/donny-darko-feelgood-movie #JakeGyllenhaal #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #DramaFilms #DrewBarrymore #Culture #Film

Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice review – double the Vince Vaughn in middling time travel comedy https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/24/mike-nick-nick-alice-review-vince-vaughn-comedy #VinceVaughn #ComedyFilms #ActionAndAdventureFilms #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Comedy #Culture #Film

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

King Conan is Arnold Schwarzenegger’s chance for a late-period masterpiece, like Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/13/king-conan-schwarzenegger-late-period-masterpiece #Film #ArnoldSchwarzenegger #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Culture #TheTerminator #ClintEastwood #Unforgiven

King Conan is Arnold Schwarzenegger’s chance for a late-period masterpiece, like Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/13/king-conan-schwarzenegger-late-period-masterpiece #Film #ArnoldSchwarzenegger #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Culture #TheTerminator #ClintEastwood #Unforgiven

King Conan is Arnold Schwarzenegger’s chance for a late-period masterpiece, like Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/13/king-conan-schwarzenegger-late-period-masterpiece #Film #ArnoldSchwarzenegger #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Culture #TheTerminator #ClintEastwood #Unforgiven

King Conan is Arnold Schwarzenegger’s chance for a late-period masterpiece, like Clint Eastwood’s Unforgiven https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/13/king-conan-schwarzenegger-late-period-masterpiece #Film #ArnoldSchwarzenegger #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Culture #TheTerminator #ClintEastwood #Unforgiven

Project Hail Mary review – Ryan Gosling’s charm carries unserious last-ditch space mission https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/mar/10/project-hail-mary-review-ryan-goslings-charm-carries-unserious-last-ditch-space-mission #Film #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #ComedyFilms #RyanGosling #FilmAdaptations #TheMartian #Books #Comedy #Culture

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

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

Do plans for a new Mummy film signal the end for the multiverse blockbuster franchise? https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/16/new-mummy-signal-end-film-multiverse-blockbuster-franchise-hollywood #Film #BrendanFraser #RachelWeisz #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #UniversalPictures #HorrorFilms #Culture

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die review – AI is the bad guy in lively yet overstuffed caper https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/feb/12/good-luck-have-fun-dont-die-movie-review #SamRockwell #JunoTemple #Film #Culture #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #ComedyFilms #ActionAndAdventureFilms #Comedy

This isn’t the film you are looking for: the Star Wars franchise is hamstrung by a massive identity crisis https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/30/star-wars-franchise-identity-crisis-taika-waititi #Film #StarWars #TheMandalorian #TaikaWaititi #Culture #TelevisionRadio #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Television

This isn’t the film you are looking for: the Star Wars franchise is hamstrung by a massive identity crisis https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/30/star-wars-franchise-identity-crisis-taika-waititi #Film #StarWars #TheMandalorian #TaikaWaititi #Culture #TelevisionRadio #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Television

This isn’t the film you are looking for: the Star Wars franchise is hamstrung by a massive identity crisis https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/30/star-wars-franchise-identity-crisis-taika-waititi #Film #StarWars #TheMandalorian #TaikaWaititi #Culture #TelevisionRadio #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Television

This isn’t the film you are looking for: the Star Wars franchise is hamstrung by a massive identity crisis https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/30/star-wars-franchise-identity-crisis-taika-waititi #Film #StarWars #TheMandalorian #TaikaWaititi #Culture #TelevisionRadio #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Television

It’s already yesterday again: the 20 best time-loop movies – ranked! https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/22/best-time-loop-movies-ranked-groundhog-day-terminator-looper #Film #Culture #DramaFilms #ActionAndAdventureFilms #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #BillMurray

‘I’d come back to the UK – but I’m not playing a cop’: Oscar-tipped Wunmi Mosaku on sensational vampire smash Sinners https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/20/oscar-tipped-wunmi-mosaku-vampire-hit-sinners #Sinners #Film #Culture #Marvel #Oscars #PeriodAndHistoricalFilms #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #AwardsAndPrizes

New year, old warnings: what can films set in 2026 teach us? https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jan/02/films-set-in-2026-hollywood #Film #Culture #Marvel #ScienceFictionAndFantasyFilms #Metropolis #DawnOfThePlanetOfTheApes

Disclosure Day: first trailer for Steven Spielberg’s star-studded UFO movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/16/disclosure-day-trailer-steven-spielberg #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #StevenSpielberg #JoshO'Connor #EmilyBlunt #ColinFirth #Culture #USnews #Film

A Quiet Place: Day One review – noise-free alien-invasion prequel starts with a bang https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jun/27/a-quiet-place-day-one-film-review-lupita-nyongo-joseph-quinn #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #LupitaNyong'o #Horrorfilms #Thrillers #Culture #Film

A Quiet Place: Day One review – noise-free alien-invasion prequel starts with a bang https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jun/27/a-quiet-place-day-one-film-review-lupita-nyongo-joseph-quinn #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #LupitaNyong'o #Horrorfilms #Thrillers #Culture #Film

A Quiet Place: Day One review – noise-free alien-invasion prequel starts with a bang https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jun/27/a-quiet-place-day-one-film-review-lupita-nyongo-joseph-quinn #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #LupitaNyong'o #Horrorfilms #Thrillers #Culture #Film

A Quiet Place: Day One review – noise-free alien-invasion prequel starts with a bang https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jun/27/a-quiet-place-day-one-film-review-lupita-nyongo-joseph-quinn #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #LupitaNyong'o #Horrorfilms #Thrillers #Culture #Film

A Quiet Place: Day One review – noise-free alien-invasion prequel starts with a bang https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jun/27/a-quiet-place-day-one-film-review-lupita-nyongo-joseph-quinn #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #LupitaNyong'o #Horrorfilms #Thrillers #Culture #Film

Hanging around: how Planet of the Apes became Hollywood’s most resilient franchise https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/may/13/planet-apes-movie-franchise #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #DawnofthePlanetoftheApes #RiseofthePlanetoftheApes #WarforthePlanetoftheApes #Actionandadventurefilms #PlanetoftheApes #Culture #Film

Eternity review – it’s a charming afterlife in high-concept love triangle comedy https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/sep/11/eternity-movie-review #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Torontofilmfestival2025 #Torontofilmfestival #ElizabethOlsen #MilesTeller #Comedyfilms #Festivals #Culture #Comedy #Film

Inspired and emotional: why a drunk Ray Winstone was exactly what the Star Wars prequels needed https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/08/george-lucas-ray-winstone-star-wars-episode-ii-attack-of-the-clones #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #StarWars:AttackoftheClones #Filmindustry #RayWinstone #GeorgeLucas #StarWars #Culture #Film

The Legend of Ochi review – visually dazzling throwback kids movie https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/16/the-legend-of-ochi-movie-review #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Actionandadventurefilms #Familyfilms #WillemDafoe #EmilyWatson #Culture #Film

Avatar: Fire and Ash review – witchy new sex interest can’t save this gigantically dull hunk of nonsense https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/16/avatar-fire-and-ash-review-james-cameron #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Actionandadventurefilms #JamesCameron #ZoeSaldaña #EdieFalco #Culture #Avatar #Film

Donald Sutherland, Don’t Look Now and Hunger Games actor, dies aged 88 https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jun/20/actor-donald-sutherland-dies-hunger-games-dont-look-now #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #DonaldSutherland #Filmadaptations #TheHungerGames #JulieChristie #Don'tLookNow #Television #Dramafilms #Worldnews #Warfilms #Americas #Culture #Canada #Books #Film

‘I turned down $20m to do Terminator 3. I can’t be bought, dude’: Ridley Scott on directing, Daleks and ... cherry jam https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/28/i-turned-down-20m-to-do-terminator-3-i-cant-be-bought-dude-ridley-scott-on-directing-daleks-and-cherry-jam #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Television&radio #RidleyScott #BladeRunner #Television #DoctorWho #FantasyTV #Culture #Alien #Film

Aliens, artists and Abscam: Amy Adams’ 20 best performances – ranked! https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/aug/08/amy-adams-20-best-performances-ranked #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #Filmadaptations #ChristianBale #Lifeandstyle #Comedyfilms #MerylStreep #Dramafilms #Crimefilms #Worldnews #AmyAdams #JDVance #Arrival #TomFord #Culture #Fashion #Comedy #USnews #Books #Film

Post your questions for Fiona Shaw https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/sep/22/post-your-questions-for-fiona-shaw-petunia-dursley-harry-potter #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #WilliamShakespeare #Television&radio #HarryPotter #Dramafilms #KillingEve #FionaShaw #Fleabag #Culture #Andor #Stage #Film

‘I’m not a big CGI guy’: Guns N’ Roses axeman Slash on remaking trashy classic Deathstalker https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/19/guns-n-roses-axeman-slash-deathstalker #Sciencefictionandfantasyfilms #GunsN'Roses #Horrorfilms #Culture #Slash #Music #Film