30 July 2025
Alex Garland's tech company mystery is smart and compelling, though it can also be chilly and self-indulgent. Bethan Ackerley missed it in 2020, but after five strange years, she has decided to check it out
23 July 2025
Sierra Greer's novel about a female robot, Annie Bot, just won a prestigious sci-fi prize, the Arthur C Clarke award. But she is hardly the first of her kind, says Sophie Bushwick
23 July 2025
From R2D2 to the Terminator via Bender and Johnny-5, we choose our favourite robots from books, films and television series
18 June 2025
The infected are back, over two decades since they first appeared in 2002's 28 Days Later — and this film is the best of the three, says film columnist Simon Ings
18 June 2025
There are hundreds of TV apocalypses to choose from, but The Eternaut, a fresh and compelling adaptation of a classic Argentinian comic book series, is the one to pick, says Bethan Ackerley
4 June 2025
A new documentary sheds light on the extraordinary story of the US's first woman astronaut, Sally Ride, who defied all expectations in both her career and personal life
14 May 2025
In a luxury survival bunker, a rich family lie to each other as Earth's surface becomes unviable. But things change when a young woman stumbles on them in The End, a wonderful, end-of-the-world musical drama, says Simon Ings
9 April 2025
The books, TV, games and more that ×îÐÂÂ鶹ÊÓƵ staff have enjoyed this week
2 April 2025
Our hero Mickey accidentally breaks the rules when he's "reprinted", in a tired take on an old trope, finds film columnist Simon Ings
12 March 2025
The odds are stacked against an all-female robotics team in Rule Breakers, a fantastic film about teaching girls in Afghanistan
