Alastair Reynolds: An exclusive short story for New Scientist
13 December 2023
Lottie and the River is a moving vision of the future from astrophysicist turned award-winning science fiction author Alastair Reynolds
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The Creator review: A mishmash of science fiction ideas
4 October 2023
Set during a futuristic war between humans and artificial intelligence, The Creator is nothing if not spectacular. Shame it is cobbled together from the tropes of other science fiction movies, says Simon Ings
The Seaweed Revolution review: How to save the world with seaweed
19 April 2023
Marine algae could replace plastic, massively cut our carbon emissions and help feed billions of people healthily, according to an excellent new book by Vincent Doumeizel
Remote review: An architect in a future Kuala Lumpur comes adrift
26 October 2022
An exploration of the deep feeling under the surface of consumerist lives, this film follows Unoaku, who never leaves her flat, as she begins to notice oddities in her slick world, finds Simon Ings
Frozen Planet II review: David Attenborough's sequel dazzles
8 September 2022
The spectre of climate change hangs over David Attenborough’s follow-up to Frozen Planet, while two new nature documentary series, Epic Adventures With Bertie Gregory and Super/Natural, are no match for the veteran presenter
Top Gun: Maverick review: Thrilling nostalgia with superfast planes
8 June 2022
A high octane mix of war, techno thrills and sports movie, Top Gun: Maverick devotes itself to nostalgia in a well-told tale of misunderstanding and redemption – and superfast planes
Karmalink review: An intriguing mix of Buddhism and nanotech
15 September 2021
A young boy uses nanotechnology to decipher the clues in his dreams in Karmalink, an original sci-fi drama set in a near-future version of Cambodia
A New World Order review: A powerful sci-fi movie without dialogue
8 September 2021
A New World Order follows two people caught in a war against the machines. It has no dialogue and shows just how powerful silent films can be, says Simon Ings
Remote Control review: Fusing Ghanaian stories with a sci-fi thriller
20 January 2021
Nnedi Okorafor's Remote Control mixes West African folk tales with a sci-fi mystery in a futuristic version of Ghana, as a young girl finds a meteor and gains a deadly power
Watch Dogs: Legion review – The perfect antidote to lockdown
2 December 2020
In Watch Dogs: Legion you can play as or team up with any of the characters of the game, and strolling around its digital version of London is a real treat, says Jacob Aron
