Review: Star Wars: The Force Awakens @ AMC, Manchester
Let’s not beat about the bush – The Force Awakens is a straight up triumph in every aspect any fan could wish.
One for the stars: Manchester kickstarter raises thousands for city-based indie sci-fi film
A local Kickstarter has raised thousands of pounds to help produce a Manchester based indie sci-fi film set in the stars.
Clinching world premiere of sci-fi DxM a ‘massive step’ for Manchester’s Grimmfest
Manchester will host the world premiere of highly anticipated film DxM on Sunday October 4 as part of the annual horror, cult, fantasy and sci-fi extravaganza, Grimmfest, that kicks off today.
‘There’s no cartoonists in Wigan’: ‘Poorest kid on the block’ needs YOUR help to realise graphic novel dream
A Wigan-born writer, artist and all-round creative is appealing for your help to get his crime thriller meets gritty reality graphic novel, featuring Sir Ian McKellen and Sir Roger Moore, off the ground.
Last Man on Earth: Cancer research sci-fi needs funding to film in Manchester
Pre-apocalypse sci-fi thriller The Last Man on Earth, which features former Doctor Who star Colin Baker, is shooting in Manchester next month.
‘Isolated, outcast and bullied’: Manchester director reveals inspiration for feminist sci-fi film The Last of Her Blood
Feminist science-fiction film The Last of Her Blood that follows a young woman’s fight for survival in a post-apocalyptic reality and is based in Manchester is set for release on June 12.
Young computer games designer appeals for help to launch ‘old-school’ project
A Lancashire-based game designer has taken to Kickstarter in an attempt to help get his video game off the ground.
‘Something my son can be proud of’: Grief-stricken, Oldham single dad pens sci-fi kids’ book after cancer scare
A single father from Oldham has battled back from a cancer scare to pen his very first children’s novel which is due for release this summer.
Orgasmatron, anyone? Drag star’s show asks Manchester audiences on stage to be ‘publicly pleasured’
Orgasmatron challengers wanted! Peaches Christ invites you to Bearbarella, the extremely risqué stage-show parody that will be hitting Manchester next month.
Battlestar Cash-lactica! FilmHub North West lands £50,000 funding payday for Manchester sci-fi season
Film Hub North West has secured a massive £51,100 grant from the British Film Institute (BFI) to take part in Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder season this autumn.
The extras strike back: Star Wars bit-part actors reveal how the Force is still strong… even in a galaxy far, far away
MM caught with some of the extras, make-up artists and prosthetics masters who attended the Star Wars Galactic Gala at The Printworks earlier this month.