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ALAN BOON DELVES INTO THE TELEVISION ARCHIVES TO UNEARTH ANOTHER LONG-FORGOTTEN CURIO...

THE FRIGHT OF YOUR LIFE!

We caught up with filmmaker DAN BROWNLIE to chat about his documentary UK HAUNTERS, which looks at the people behind the immersive scare trade…

THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE…

STARBURST reports from the set of SIMON PEGG and NICK FROST's upcoming paranormal TV show, TRUTH SEEKERS…

SHOW ME THE WAY TO GO HOME...

STARBURST talks with MIGUEL LLANSÓ, director of the fantastically surreal future cult classic, JESUS SHOWS YOU THE WAY TO THE HIGHWAY…

Paul Mount's - TV Zone

This issue, we mourn the premature passing of PENNY DREADFUL: CITY OF ANGELS, take refuge under THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY, leap aboard the COBRA KAI bandwagon, and belatedly remind you that you BETTER CALL SAUL…

THE CANDYMAN CAN

With the much-loved horror icon set to return to screens soon, we take a closer look at the character and legacy of CANDYMAN…

G-LOC AND LOAD

STARBURST goes on location to get the lowdown on sci-fi feature G-LOC. We caught up with director TOM PATON and the cast, including CASPER VAN DIEN, to find out what to expect…

DON'T GO DOWN...

This issue, the mercenary Martin Unsworth gets his head mashed by Tom Paton’s THE ASCENT…

EVERYONE'S ENTITLED TO ONE GOOD SCARE

With Samhain fast approaching, the STARBURST team have assembled around the campfire to share 31 of their personal favourite screen scares, one for every day of the Halloween season...

BECKY

RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 28TH

ROAD TO OTAKU

YOUR GATEWAY INTO THE WORLD OF ANIME......WITH YOUR NAVIGATOR, JAMES PERKINS ‘MAGIC PERKINS’

THE SOPHOMORE SEASON

With subversive superhero series the UMBRELLA ACADEMY returning to our screens, we went behind the scenes of SEASON 2 to talk with showrunner STEVE BLACKMAN and Luther himself, TOM HOPPER…

BILL, TED, AND AN EXCELLENT ADVENTURE 30 YEARS IN THE MAKING TIME TO FACE THE MUSIC

Hop back into the phone booth and join us for a far than bogus journey with the Wyld Stallyns as the pair ready their return to screens…

Paul Mount's TV ZONE

This issue, we’re DEAD SET on flying down to Rio to watch Netflix’s REALITY Z, battling more undead in BETAAL, sampling the curious charms of CURON, and getting caught up in the strange web of SPIDES…

CURSED WORDS

Legendary writer, director, producer, and artist FRANK MILLER talks CURSED, the latest of his celebrated works to be adapted for the screen…

COBRA KAI - SEASON 1 & 2

RELEASE DATE: OUT NOW

A Kingsman for all Seasons

Suited, booted, and obstructed, THE KING’S MAN is finally on the horizon; time to take a closer look at this much anticipated historical expansion of the series...

SPACE ODDITY

DOUG NAYLOR, co-creator of RED DWARF and member of the STARBURST Hall of Fame, receiving the honour at our festival in 2016, talks about the brand new ninety-minute episode and the history of the show…

REVIEWS: THE MANDALORIAN

REVIEWED: SEASON 1 (ALL EPISODES) • WHERE TO WATCH: DISNEY+

REVIEWS: THE HUNT

DVD, VOD • CERT: 15 • DIRECTOR: CRAIG ZOBEL • SCREENPLAY: NICK CUSE, DAMON LINDELOF • STARRING: BETTY GILPIN, HILARY SWANK, EMMA ROBERTS • RELEASE DATE: OUT NOW (DIGITAL RENTAL), JULY 6TH (HOME VIDEO)

PEOPLE ARE STRANGE

Writer TOM KING and artists MITCH GERADS & DOC SHANER Talk DC Comics’ breakthrough new book, STRANGE ADVENTURES…

NO GUTS NO FURY

With AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. entering its final season, we prepare to say goodbye with a look back over its six years in the line of duty...

JUST A NUMBERS GUY

THE MYSTERIOUS MARTIN UNSWORTH LOOKS BACK AT A GRUELLING NIGHTMARE OF A FILM THAT YOU MAY HAVE OVERLOOKED…

HORROR, MONSTER, SUPERHERO, APOCALYPSE: MOVIES IN TIMES OF CRISIS

Films usually serve as one of two things: a means of escape or a means of confronting fears and processing trauma. Often the two are not mutually exclusive, and instead work in tandem as a two-step healing process.

GOLDEN GIRL

GET YOUR LEG WARMERS AND PARACHUTE PANTS AT THE READY, THE HOTLY ANTICIPATED WONDER WOMAN SEQUEL IS TAKING US BACK TO THE ‘80S…

The Empire Strikes Back

After a three-year wait, The Star Wars sequel is finally in our cinemas. John Brosnan saw the film and asks, “will The Empire Strikes Back open up the way for further sequels or will it be the last in the series?”

Time's Up!

Starburst takes a look into the future at what to expect from Christopher Nolan’s latest, tenet...

QUANTUM OF COMICS

The release of No Time To Die will mark five years since James Bond was last seen on screen, but for fans of a different visual medium, the last five years have been a glorious time to follow Bond’s adventures. Dynamite Entertainment, formed in 2005 to publish comic books licensed from other media, launched an ongoing series as SPeCTRe hit theatres, and under the guidance of Warren Ellis and others, it has flourished ever since, opening up the world of Bond to the unlimited potential of the comic book world...

THE MUSIC OF BOND -FOR YOUR EARS ONLY

Great movies tend to come with great soundtracks.

THE TIME IS UPON US

We look ahead to JAMES BOND’s twenty-fifth feature-film adventure, NO TIME TO DIE, and play super-spy in search of the truth behind its development woes…