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Indiana Jones vs Lara Croft: Ranking the best fictional archaeologists

8 May 2025

From Raiders of the Lost Ark to Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, films about archaeologists have long captured the public imagination – but how accurately do these cinematic adventures reflect the real science?


The Terror - An accident at sea cripples a Royal Navy expedition, forcing its captains to make a dire choice.

Chilling news adds fresh meaning to 2018 Arctic horror drama

30 October 2024

A new study amplifies the horror of an excellent series about the doomed Franklin expedition. The Terror is a worthy tribute to the lost sailors, says Bethan Ackerley


Adam Driver stars in 65.

Don't Miss: 65, a sci-fi dinosaur thriller by writers of A Quiet Place

8 March 2023

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The Mandalorian Season 3

Don't Miss: The Mandalorian's third season, streaming on Disney+

1 March 2023

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A scene from NEXT EXIT, a Magnet release. Photo courtesy of Magnet Releasing.

Next Exit film review: New tale of the afterlife takes a wrong turn

22 February 2023

Two volunteers sign up for euthanasia to help a research project when evidence of consciousness after death emerges. The idea’s great, but the script could use a bit more life


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Hello Tomorrow! review: Selling holiday homes on the moon

15 February 2023

Apple TV+'s compelling new science-fiction offering is a retro-futurist piece, more 20th-century US social drama than technofest


Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Don't Miss: Marvel's Ant Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

8 February 2023

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Star Wars: The Bad Batch

Don’t Miss: Star Wars animation The Bad Batch is back with a vengeance

25 January 2023

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THE LAST OF US takes place 20 years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal and heartbreaking journey as they both must traverse the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.

The Last of Us review: An excellent example of fungal horror

18 January 2023

From Hannibal to Whitechapel and now this fine adaptation of a bestselling video game, why do fungi so often steal the show in TV thrillers, wonders Bethan Ackerley


Rapid Motion Through Space poster

Don’t Miss: A groundbreaking book on the evolution of meaning in life

18 January 2023

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