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(opens in new tab) You’ve probably noticed that Princess Merida, star of Pixar’s new animated adventure, Brave , has red hair. Lots and lots of red hair. In fact, if you consider that fewer than 4% of the world’s population has ginger hair, we reckon she’s somehow made off with …

It’s been a sad week in Twitsville. The outporing of emotion since the death of director Tony Scott ( The Hunger , Déjà vu ) on Sunday has been genuinely moving with seemingly all of Hollywood’s Twitterati coming out to pay their respects. We’re not going to dwell on it …

Jayne Nelson recalls how ’90s space opera Babylon 5 gripped her and millions of other SF fans. (opens in new tab) It was the space opera to beat all space operas. Often compared to (or pitted against) Deep Space Nine – unfairly, as they were both entirely different beasts – …

This feature was originally published in 2010 Let’s face it: sound effects aren’t sexy. We don’t often watch a TV show and announce afterwards, “I really loved what they did with the birdsong in the background.” Or walk out of the cinema saying, “Hey, weren’t the gunshots realistic?” Sound effects …

Burn Gorman Impression Of The Week (opens in new tab) Roman gives Steve Newlin some help with his “Owen From Torchwood ” impression in True Blood . Pissed Teacher Of The Week (opens in new tab) Algebra’s even worse with some werewolf teacher who’s been overdosing on wine gums, as …

We can’t help but empathise with Damon Lindelof. He’s an immensely talented writer responsible (in part) for the successes of Lost and JJ Abrams’ Star Trek reboot. But ever since Lost ’s finale laser-targeted the internet’s self-perpetuating ball of hate directly at him, Lindelof hasn’t had a particularly successful streak. …

The SFX Factor ROUND 12 (opens in new tab) AND THEN THERE WERE THREE The latest round of voting is over and we’d love to say it was close again, but, in fact, three of the last five shows raced ahead, leaving two covered in dust, straggling well behind. And …

They’ve been going Twitter-tastic on the set of Doctor Who ’s New York episode (opens in new tab) over the past week. Not only has Arthur Darvill been pegging people left, right and centre*, but Karen Gillan finally took the plunge, embraced the spambots and entered the Twittersphere. This means …

A guide to following the right people on Twitter, a Robot Chicken DC funeral and which SF director is addicted to Skyrim? Find out in this week’s tweets Twitter can be a great place to laugh, learn and while away the minutes/hours… but only if you’re following the right people. …

It was an obvious idea. For eight movies SFX was invited onto the sets of each successive Harry Potter film, and they were always among the most enjoyable set visits we had the pleasure to go on. Because set visits, as exciting as they may sound, can be a bit …