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The one film to watch before seeing Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day

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The one film to watch before seeing Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day

With Steven Spielberg’s new extraterrestrial film Disclosure Day just out, it’s the ideal time to watch Close Encounters of the Third Kind – perhaps the perfect UFO film, says film columnist Bethan Ackerley

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Backrooms A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.

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Sci-fi horror film Backrooms is a triumph for its 20-year-old director

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Everyone is Lying to You for Money is a must-watch exposé of crypto

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Everyone is Lying to You for Money is a must-watch exposé of crypto

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Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by 20thC.Fox/Everett/Shutterstock (1397228v) RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes - 2011

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This is the most underrated sci-fi film franchise of the 21st century

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The stunning physics of Project Hail Mary go back to ancient China

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Project Hail Mary is a spiritual sibling to The Martian - and it's fab

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Project Hail Mary is a spiritual sibling to The Martian - and it's fab

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4238_D045_00238_R Jessie Buckley stars as Agnes and Joe Alwyn as Bartholomew in director Chlo?? Zhao???s HAMNET, a Focus Features release. Credit: Agata Grzybowska / ?? 2025 FOCUS FEATURES LLC

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New ��ý recommends Hamnet, and its look at our links with nature

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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, Sony Pictures

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New ��ý recommends 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

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New ��ý recommends Avatar: Fire and Ash – especially the whale

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Alex Garland’s The Bone Temple is brutal, brilliant - and mind-blowing

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Alex Garland’s The Bone Temple is brutal, brilliant - and mind-blowing

This follow-up to the influential 28 Days Later continues to take the zombie movie franchise in a surprising and thought-provoking direction

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The science-fiction films to look forward to in 2026

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We reveal our favourite 33 books, films, games and TV to escape with

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The two standout science-fiction films of 2025

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New ��ý recommends the cult film Hackers – 30 years late

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