Joe Dante has long been one of the leading directors in the sci-fi/horror genre, having expertly leapt between low budget terror (1978’s Roger Corman-produced Piranha), classic creature features (including 1981’s The Howling and 1984’s Gremlins) and more innocent fantasy romps (such as 1985’s Explorers and 2003’s Looney Tunes: Back In Action).

If you had to describe Paul Verhoeven in just one word, ‘enthusiastic’ would be the perfect choice. Critics, however, have labelled him a closet fascist, a director with a taste for sex and violence and a penchant for making crass mass-market fiction…

SciFiNow speaks to Eric Brown, the author of Bengal Station, about his new novel, Helix.

We caught up with James Callis at the annual SF Ball to talk to him about Battlestar Galactica, his luck with the ladies, and Tricia Helfer…

SciFiNow talks the veteran comics scribe about the upcoming videogame DC Universe Online, as well as his thoughts on the industry’s past, present and future…

We’ve got an exclusive extract from the new Star Trek 1-6 box set