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Ridley Scott’s Best Sci-Fi Movie in Years Is Officially Dominating Prime Video Ahead of ‘Blade Runner’ Sequel
Alien: Romulus, Fede Álvarez’s 2024 instalment in the long-running sci-fi franchise, is enjoying a resurgence in streaming popularity as it appears in Prime Video’s top rankings in Poland and streams on Hulu in the United States. The film’s success comes as the franchise, originally conceived by Ridley Scott in the 1970s, continues to rebound after…
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In 1988, Blue Oyster Cult made the weirdest album of a very weird career and nearly sank the band: “I know that the aliens lived underwater”
Blue Öyster Cult’s 1988 album Imaginos was the culmination of a concept decades in the making, based on a mythology about an alien race shaping human history that founder and producer Sandy Pearlman had been developing since the mid-1960s. The band had drawn on Pearlman’s poetry for lyrics on earlier records, including 1974’s Secret Treaties,…
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Ridley Scott’s Most Divisive Alien Movie Officially Dominates Streaming Ahead of Sci-Fi Return
Ridley Scott’s 2017 sequel Alien: Covenant has surged into the VOD top 10 on Prime Video and Google in several countries, despite lacking a US streaming home, just as the director prepares to return to sci-fi with his new film The Dog Stars. The renewed interest highlights lingering fan engagement with Scott’s divisive Alien prequel…
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The never-before-seen pictures of Liam Payne’s last hours: Haunted and prowling a Buenos Aires hotel, begging call girls to help him make crack, the Mail shares the startling revelations inside explosive police files
The article reports on previously unpublished images and police-file material concerning Liam Payne’s final hours at a Buenos Aires hotel. It describes allegations that he appeared distressed, moved around the hotel and sought help obtaining or making drugs; these claims matter because they are presented as part of the investigation into his death. The supplied…
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Every 2026 Prime Video Movie, Ranked Worst to Best
Collider ranks Prime Video’s 2026 original films from worst to best, arguing that the platform’s varied slate has included both disappointing releases and unexpected successes. – ‘Relationship Goals’ is placed seventh, criticised for feeling like an extended promotion for Michael Todd’s self-help book rather than a convincing romantic comedy. – ‘Balls Up’ is sixth; it…
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Bill Maher’s Joke About Ariana Grande’s Weight Draws Groans From ‘Real Time’ Audience
Bill Maher drew groans from the live audience on “Real Time” after making a joke about Ariana Grande’s weight during a monologue about newly released UFO files. The incident matters because it came shortly after Grande announced plans to reduce her public visibility, citing persistent public scrutiny. Maher first compared a supposed stick-like alien figure…
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Atlanta-Based Liaison Pictures Joins France’s Because the Night Productions on Locarno Match Me! Title ‘Behemoth Ann Holds a Seance’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Atlanta-based Liaison Pictures has joined France’s Because the Night Productions on documentary feature “Behemoth Ann Holds a Seance”, which is participating in Locarno’s Match Me! networking platform. The film follows filmmaker Isidore Bethel and his mother Vicki as they seek to honour the work of Isidore’s late father, artist Arthur Douglas Thayer, by staging an…
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This superyacht makes a splash! £220m mega-vessel with giant swimming pool on board for its ‘keen swimmer’ owner moors up off South Coast
A £220 million superyacht fitted with a large swimming pool has moored off England’s South Coast. Its arrival has attracted attention because of the vessel’s scale and the unusual prominence of its onboard pool, reportedly included for its owner, described as a keen swimmer. The report identifies the yacht as a mega-vessel and places it…
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10 Near-Perfect New Sci-fi Books for Star Wars and Dune Fans
Polygon recommends ten modern space operas for readers seeking Star Wars- and Dune-style stories of interstellar conflict, political intrigue and ambitious world-building. – Pandora’s Star — Peter F. Hamilton: cosmic mystery, AI and an unleashed alien threat. – Leviathan Wakes — James S. A. Corey: solar-system rivalry escalates after alien technology is discovered. – 2312…
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Deborah Ann Woll Says Tales from Woodcreek Season 2 Is ‘Clue at the Overlook Hotel’
Deborah Ann Woll and filmmaker Ed Gass-Donnelly are developing a second season of the Dungeons & Dragons actual-play series Tales from Woodcreek, shifting from season one’s haunted colonial village to a 1920s–30s mansion. Woll describes the concept as “Clue at the Overlook Hotel”, suggesting a murder-mystery campaign built around a large, eerie location with hidden…