Will sci-fi Under the Skin be the British film to beat at the BAFTAs?

“Very loosely inspired by Michel Faber‘s book of the same name, the film stars Scarlett Johansson as an unnamed alien in human form, prowling the streets of Glasgow in a van searching for hitchhikers. What she does with these unfortunate souls – lured in on the promise of casual sex – almost defies description, as indeed does the film as a whole.”

Daisy Lowe and former Doctor Who star Matt Smith victims of nude photo leak

” Former Doctor Who star Matt Smith and his ex-girlfriend Daisy Lowe appear to have become the latest victims of hackers who have leaked naked photographs of the pair online. They join a long list of stars including Avril Lavigne, Cat Deeley and Rihanna whose pictures were said to have been posted online. ”

Don’t blink, Doctor Who and a bevvy of baddies just landed in Minecraft

” The Doctor Who skin pack for Minecraft on Xbox 360 hit today bringing with it not just the twelfth Doctor and traveling companion Clara but a slew of creepy enemies like the Daleks, Silence and … Weeping Angels. While there’s no date mentioned, the video seems to indicate that the Doctor Who Skins Volume 1 pack is also coming to Xbox One. ”

Without sci-fi, there would be no cinema

“Do you know what’s hateful? The snobbery that film fans have to contend with. There’s the ‘it’s only a movie’ snobbery, by which cinema is suitable only for wastrels and dogs. And there’s the ‘if it ain’t Danish and silent, then it ain’t no good’ snobbery. Proponents of both should spend less time blowing conjecture through their Sobranie smoke, and more time watching the Hollywood films of John Ford, Nicholas Ray and William A. Wellman.”