Sci-fi

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Cinema 

In this latest film from Jordan Peele, Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer star as sibling ranchers whose land is suddenly invaded by a whirring UFO

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Netflix 

The hit Netflix sci-fi horror series Stranger Things comes back for another season in May. Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Winona Ryder and David Harbour are all set to return

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Cinema 

Denis Villeneuve is back with his most ambitious project yet: adapting Frank Herbert's famously complex sci-fi novel. Stars Timothée Chalamet, Oscar Isaac, Zendaya and Stellan Skarsgård

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Cinema 

The new film from Brandon Cronenberg, David Cronenberg's son, follows an assassin with the ability to change bodies to facilitate untraceable murder. Sean Bean and Christopher Abbott star

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An immersive event at the London Library, The Time Machine, is taking audiences on a journey through a labyrinth of parallel universes

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Cinema 

Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac – the three galaxy-travelling musketeers gear up one last time for JJ Abrams' conclusive Star Wars film

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TV 

This three-part BBC adaptation of HG Wells' novel retains the original setting in Surrey, which will be set ablaze by Martian heat-rays. Rafe Spall and Eleanor Tomlinson star

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TV 

Steven Knight's new post-apocalyptic sci-fi drama for Apple TV+ might become the new Game of Thrones. Jason Momoa and Alfre Woodard star

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Cinema 

Brad Pitt's new sci-fi film sees the actor play a lonely engineer searching for his dad, Tommy Lee Jones, in space - while also saving the world in the process

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Cinema 

In High Life, Claire Denis' English-language debut, Robert Pattinson plays one in group of death row convicts sent to space to find black holes. What could possibly go wrong?

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Cinema 

A powerhouse trio of Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling star in A Wrinkle in Time – Ava DuVernay's unbelievably sugary sci-fi fantasy

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Best of 

The most anticipated superhero movie of all time, Black Panther, cast with up-and-coming and established black actors, manages to perfect the Marvel movie mould as well as reinvent it

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Cinema 

Here are our predictions for what will win big at the Academy Awards...and what deserves to

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Cinema 

Spielberg's government-bashing biopic starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, Wes Anderson' animated Asian adventure and Daniel Day-Lewis' swan song: the best films coming out in 2018 feature some serious gems

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Cinema 

The ships are bigger, the creatures are cuter and the obstacles are even more insurmountable than usual in Star Wars: the Last Jedi

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Cinema 

The Brick and Looper director knows how to spin a ridiculously good yarn, so The Last Jedi could be a bona fide sci-fi masterpiece

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Cinema 

The festive season is here which means heartwarming family-friendly flicks. From a remake of Jumanji to the latest instalment of Star Wars, here are the best films out this Christmas

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Cinema 

Matt Damon stars in Downsizing, a whimsical though largely disappointing sci-fi comedy by writer-director Alexander Payne

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Cinema 

Blade Runner 2049 is a seriously stunning sci-fi film that picks up where Ridley Scott’s neon-lit neo-noir cult classic left off – and might just take home the gold

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Cinema 

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets boasts imaginative visuals and four of the most distinguished eyebrows in the galaxy, but also a convoluted plot and leaden dialogue

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Cinema 

Transformers: The Last Knight is more fun than critics would have you believe

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From Anne Hathaway's drunken Godzilla to surreal Finnish comedy, the best films out in May are a varied bunch

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Cinema 

Scarlett Johansson is part-human once more in Ghost in the Shell, 2017's remake of the anime classic by Mamoru Oshii

Features

The original Ghost in the Shell is one of the best anime movies of all time – but should you watch the live-action remake starring Scarlett Johansson?

Features

From Felicity Jones and Mads Mikkelsen to the Death Star and Darth Vader – Rogue One, and what you need to know about the big Christmas film

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Cinema 

Smarter than most alien-invasion films is Arrival, Amy Adams' new film, also starring Jeremy Renner and Forest Whitaker

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Cinema 

With Jake Gyllenhaal's new Life movie, 2017 gets its moody tale of a doomed space voyage in the vein of Sunshine or Inception

Features

As the weather cools the cinema schedule is heating up with some surprisingly good films out later this year: here we select the upcoming film releases that shouldn't be missed

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Cinema 

Have a fresh look at David Bowie, space oddity, as the Starman's alien film is re-released in cinemas

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Cinema 

Star Trek Beyond depends on its cast - Chris Pine, Karl Urban, and Zachary Quinto - for its watchability

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Cinema 

Tom Hiddleston & Sienna Miller star in J.G. Ballard's sci-fi classic adapted for the big screen

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Kids 

Experience something out of this world: Ridley Scott new sci-fi movie The Martian sees Matt Damon battling out to survive on Mars.