DVD & Blu-Ray Cure Blu-ray review: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s horror mystery will haunt you
A detective investigates a string of gruesome, motiveless murders in Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cure
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Cinema First Light film review: A close encounter between two teenagers – and aliens
Strange lights in the sky bring two teenagers close together in grounded and heartfelt SF First Light
DVD & Blu-Ray The Whispering Star Blu-ray review: Sion Sono’s artfully elegant spin on memory and mortality
Sion Sono delivers a leisurely look at memory, loss and loneliness in The Whispering Star
Cinema Big Fish & Begonia film review: a beautiful animation with visuals that sing
Long-awaited Chinese animation Big Fish & Begonia is a visual feast
Cinema Truth Or Dare film review: the latest Blumhouse horror wants to play a game
Play by the rules or die horribly…But do you really want to play Truth Or Dare?
Cinema Rampage film review: The Rock takes on giant mutant animals
Dwayne Johnson’s creature feature goes big but does it work?
DVD & Blu-Ray The Director And The Jedi film review: a behind the scenes look at Rian Johnson’s Star Wars
Disney’s feature length documentary appears on Blu-ray editions of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Is it worth a watch?
Cinema Wildling film review: Womanhood and werewolves in a world controlled by men
Bel Powley, Liv Tyler and Brad Dourif star in the sharp genre hybrid Wildling
Cinema I Kill Giants film review: Madison Wolfe shines in a moving adaptation of the graphic novel
A young girl escapes from reality and takes on monstrous foes in I Kill Giants
Cinema A Quiet Place film review: Emily Blunt and John Krasinski must stay silent to stay alive
Silence is survival in John Krasinski’s tense and frightening horror A Quiet Place
Books The Tangled Lands by Paolo Bacigalupi and Tobias S Buckell book review
Dive into a world ruined by magic in the fascinating The Tangled Lands
TV A Series Of Unfortunate Events Season 2 preview: does it top Season 1?
Here’s a spoiler-free review of the first six episodes of A Series Of Unfortunate Events Season 2
Books The Hollow Tree by James Brogden book review
There’s a world beyond with dark, angry forces waiting for revenge in James Brogden’s The Hollow Tree
Books The Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale book review
A toyshop fantasy is the backdrop for powerful journey in Robert Dinsdale’s The Toymakers
Cinema A Wrinkle In Time film review: Ava DuVernay brings a sci-fi classic to the big screen
A young girl searches for her father in the visually dazzling and uplifting fantasy A Wrinkle In Time
Cinema Ready Player One film review: Steven Spielberg takes on the joys and dangers of escapism
Can the master breathe life into Ernest Cline’s nostalgia bible?
Cinema Pacific Rim: Uprising film review: is the apocalypse cancelled?
Can the sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s love letter to mechs and kaiju live up to its predecessor?
Books Autonomous by Annalee Newitz book review
Annalee Newitz’s cyberpunk thriller Autonomous gets under the skin
Cinema Tomb Raider film review: Alicia Vikander takes on Lara Croft in this gritty reboot
Can the latest take on Tomb Raider break the videogame movie curse?
Cinema Prodigy film review: a claustrophobic and dangerous battle of wits
A dangerously empowered young girl keeps her emotions in check in SF thriller Prodigy
Books The Bitter Twins by Jen Williams book review
Giant bats, war beasts and dragons…Jen Williams returns to The Winnowing Flame trilogy with The Bitter Twins
Cinema Junk Head film review Glasgow Film Festival 2018: a truly unique stop motion dystopia
Japanese stop motion labour of love Junk Head is like Henry Selick meets Clive Barker
Cinema Mom And Dad film review: Nicolas Cage and Selma Blair are killer parents
Crank’s Brian Taylor goes for the throat in the gleefully unhinged horror comedy Mom And Dad
Cinema Annihilation film review: Alex Garland’s latest chills and challenges
A team of scientists head into the unknown in the fascinating Annihilation
TV The Orville Season One review: Is Seth MacFarlane’s Star Trek homage worth catching up on?
Seth MacFarlane takes on sci-fi comedy with The Orville but is it a must-see?
TV Attack On Titan Season 2 review: the battle continues and the anime keeps impressing
The long-awaited second season of Attack On Titan broadens its focus and keeps the thrills coming
Cinema The Lodgers Glasgow FrightFest film review: twins come of age in an old dark house
Brian O’Malley’s feature debut drips with Irish gothic
Cinema Mohawk film review: a gripping, gory chase movie with a message
A Native American woman fights for her life in Ted Geoghegan’s Mohawk
TV Jessica Jones Season 2 preview: back in business?
Here’s a spoiler-free review of the first 5 episodes of Jessica Jones Season 2
Cinema Isle Of Dogs film review: Wes Anderson’s stop-motion tale is full of charm and invention
A young boy sets out to retrieve his dog from dystopian banishment in the delightful Isle Of Dogs