Alastair JR Ball is a London based science fiction and politics writer. When not writing he can usually be found in a pub, art gallery or a lecture
Dark is not an easy show to follow. It doesn’t go out of its way to be deliberately confusing, like some shows, but the scope and complexity of its plot makes it a challenge to…
Are you feeling worried about the present? It’s rubbish right now, isn’t it? We can’t go outside because a killer virus is on the loose. We’re trapped and powerless to do anything about it. This…
A year ago, I finished my summary of film in 2018 by saying that I had a feeling that the cinematic landscape will change because it has been the same for a while and nothing…
Alien is one of the greatest horror movies ever made. It slowly and suspensefully builds to moments of sheer terror. The first act of the film is an uneventful character study of people working in…
We all know what tropes are and we all know one when we see it. It could be a vampire being destroyed by sunlight, a dragon hoarding gold or a militaristic alien race with an…
Many of Stephen King’s books have been turned into films of varying quality. For every bonechiller, there is a film that leaves me cold. To make sure you only watch the scariest Stephen King adaptations,…
This could be sci-fi’s big moment. Denis Villeneuve is working on a star studded adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic science fiction novel Dune, and Netflix recently dropped a sci-fi anthology show from David Fincher called…
The Punisher TV show appears to be a gritty and realistic portrayal of urban vigilantism, but scratch the surface and it is as much a fantasy as Doctor Strange. No one can do what Frank…
The most surprising thing about film this year was how unsurprising it was. The domination of the superhero leviathans continued and their reign as the most powerful force in mainstream cinema doesn’t appear to be…
Alastair finds out live on air that Luke Cage has been cancelled. This leads to a discussion of the future of the Marvel, Netflix TV shows and what Disney has planned for their own streaming service.
You can hear our review of the most recent and last series of Luke Cage here.
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