Science Fiction, Fantasy and Historical. Movies, television, theatre, events, books, comics, humans, toys, Things, mathoms and oojahs! Rob Jan with Megan McKeough. The intro and outro theme is Soft Illusion and was generously provided by Andras. https://andras.bandcamp.com/track/soft-illusion

We loop around Nicholas Clifford's time travel comedy ONE MORE SHOT (STAN), enter the anime warzone of 86: EIGHTY SIX (CRUNCHYROLL), wonder at MARVEL'S WONDERMAN trailer, and more!

Today we pet Takashi Miike's horror/comedy anime NYAIGHT OF THE LIVING CATS (Streaming on CRUNCHYROLL) and descend into the inner circle of the much anticipated video game sequel HADES II (SUPERGIANT)

We pop over to Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans' spectacular animated mystical musical, KPOP DEMON HUNTERS (NETFLIX), and stalk Bryan Andres and Zeb Wells' re-animated horror series MARVEL ZOMBIES (DISNEY+).

This week we take pains with Dan Berk and Robert Olsen's NOVOCAINE, give a heads up on the ACMI exhibition GAMESWORLD and the t.v show IT: WELCOME TO DERRY, open the door on NEOLUDIC GAME'S TINY BOOKSHOP game, and more!

Our final 2025 Radiothon Special, plus we farewell actor Robert Redford, flyby STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS SEASON 5 (Paramount +) and clap hand for WEDNESDAY SEASON 2 (NETFLIX).

Seat of the EVA suit pants space adventure with Andy Weir's PROJECT HAIL MARY novel (PENGUIN 2021) and we go down to the woods with Alex Scharfman's science fantasy movie DEATH OF A UNICORN (Streaming APPLE TV+, PRIME)

Composer and arranger Nicholas Buc picks up the conductor's baton with the infinity Gauntlet for Marvel's Infinity Saga Concert Experience with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in October at the Hamer Hall.

We cast fossil eyes over Gareth Edwards' JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH (Cinema and PRIME, for rent/buy), the seventh live action film in the JURASSIC PARK franchise, vote for Ilya Naishuller's streaming buddy adventure movie HEADS OF STATE (Prime), and welcome aboard more 2025 3RRR FM Radiothon subscriptions!

Today, we find out what's ALIEN: EARTH in Noah Hawley's sick new television entry in the longrunning ALIENS franchise (DISNEY +), and find our how many humans it takes to change a Sun in Stephen Baxter's epic Science Fiction novel, GALAXIAS (2021 GOLLANZ).

In the first of our 2025 3RRR Radiothon Specials we dig deeper to celebrate subscriber pledges with notional giveaways of genre potty plants and subteRRRanean tours.

We go MIFFing again with our second infiltration of this Year's genre goodness from the 2025 Melbourne International Film Festival, including the films: CHAIN REACTIONS, LESBIAN SPACE PRINCESS, THE GOLDEN SPURTLE, WE BURY THE DEAD, and TRAINS.

Our 31st look at the Melbourne International Film Festival; all the genre! (Obviously that's THIS year's festival. 'Cos it would be whimsical if we'd been looking at the 1994 festival for 31 years, y'know?)

We go Fourth with the 37th MCU movie, Director Matt Shakman's THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS and dog the first steps of Director James Gunn's new DCU SUPERMAN motion picture.

Catching up with the genre frannies: Director Danny Boyle's 28 YEARS LATER (in cinema), BLACK MIRROR SEASON 7 (NETFLIX) and STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS SEASON 3 (PARAMOUNT+)

We Wesolve to look at Mr Anderson's new movie THE PHOENECIAN SCHEME and take an armoured fly-by of Marvel's IRONHEART: SEASON ONE (DISNEY+).

Yakking about Seijun Suzuki's Yakuza films as well as some classic Japanese Horror films with guest programmers from two mini-festivals: Guests - Adrian Danks (President and Co-Curator, Melbourne Cinematheque) Alex Williams (Film and Annotations Coordinator, Melbourne Cinematheque) APPETITE FOR DECONSTRUCTION: SEIJUN SUZUKI (MELBOURNE CINEMATHEQUE- 16 July to 30 July, ACMI at Federation Square, Melbourne) and Guests - Spiro Economopoulos (Guest Curator for ACMI) FOCUS ON JAPANESE HORROR (ACMI 12th July to 3rd August, ACMI at Federation Square, Melbourne)

On today's show we chat with Meena Shamaly, host of ABC Classic's Game Show, about the art of composing Video Game soundtracks and VICTORIA ORCHESTRA'S INDIE SYMPHONY II game music concert, which he's also hosting. (Thursday 3 July & Friday 4 July 2025, 8pm Hamer Hall, Melbourne)

Today we warm to Tim Winton's Australian Climate Science Fiction novel JUICE (PENGUIN- HAMISH HAMILTON hardback) and scream at Matt Palmer's new entry in the FEAR STREET movie franchise, PROM QUEEN (NETFLIX)

We hunt PREDATOR: KILLER OF KILLERS (DISNEY +) and FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH (APPLE T.V+)We hunt Daniel Trachtenberg's new animated Science Fiction/Horror movie PREDATOR: KILLER OR KILLERS (DISNEY+) and seek Guy Ritchie's new Fantasy movie FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH (APPLE TV+)

Today we're having a yarn with U.S American film, t.v and video game score composer Bear McCreary, who will be here in Australia in July in concert, touring his iconic genre music alongside his Science Fiction concept album, THE SINGULARITY.

We vworp by Ncuti Gatwa's second season in the TARDIS with DOCTOR WHO (DISNEY + STREAMING), flip a mansion in the video game BLUE PRINCE (Published by RAW FURY), and farewell U.S American "Writer Of Genre Stuff" Peter David

Has Marvel caught lightning in a battle with director Jacob Schreier's new movie, THUNDERBOLTS*?

Eurovision, (SBS ON DEMAND), DR WHO: INTERSTELLAR SONG CONTEST (DISNEY+), and POKER FACE: SEASON 2 (IRONHEART TRAILER (DISNEY+)

This week we sink our fangs into Ryan Coogler's new movie SINNERS, and vworp over the latest DOCTOR WHO episodes (DISNEY+).

Piloting MECHAFEST: AN ANIME CELEBRATION at the Australian Centre for The Moving Image (8th to May, Federation Square) with ACMI Programmer Arieh Offman, and STAR WARS: ANDOR - SEASON 2 (DISNEY+)

Returning to THE WELL with the latest Doctor Who episode (DIsney+), marvel at Season One of DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN (Disney +) and briefly fly-by STAR WARS: ANDOR Season Two (Disney+)

We clock the final season of MYTHIC QUEST and its spin-off anthology series SIDE QUEST (Apple + TV), screen DOCTOR WHO: LUX (DISNEY +) and farewell British actress/producer/writer Jean Marsh.

Inneslloyd (David Innes & Rob Lloyd) vworp in with their Melbourne International Comedy Festival Whovian improv show TIME LORD, plus we review the new Doctor Who episode THE ROBOT REVOLUTION (DISNEY +) and farewell MISS FISHER author Kerry Greenwood.

Megan orchestrates a musical riff through genre gems out, about and coming soon!

This week, Melbourne International Comedy Festival picks, catwalk with the animated movie FLOW, play the video game EXPELLED!, and we farewell actor Richard Chamberlain.

Today we take a shift on THE RIG: SEASON 2 (Streaming PRIME VIDEO), dig the classic 1950s Science Fiction movie, THE MONOLITH MONSTERS (Streaming TUBI), and chill out post-ap with EARTH ABIDES (Streaming STAN).

We clone around with Bong Joon Ho's latest Science Fiction movie, MICKEY 17, and row, row, robot gently down the Streaming with the Russo Brothers VERY expensive NETFLIX feature, THE ELECTRIC STATE.

We check out the genre Oscars, go clubbing with DAREDEVIL: REBORN (DISNEY+) and farewell actor Gene Hackman.

We visit the Chris O'Dowd/Christina Hendricks Sci-Fi sitcom SMALL TOWN, BIG STORY (Streaming BINGE), get post apocalyptic with STATION ELEVEN (Streaming STAN and APPLE TV+), and farewell actress Michelle Trachtenberg.

So much genre! Today's helping of it: ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM #1 (MARVEL COMICS), GRAND THEFT HAMLET (Streaming MUBI), THE GORGE (Streaming Apple TV+) and STAR WARS: SKELETON CREW (Streaming Disney+)

We get the swoop on the first new Marvel movie of the year, CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD, the 35th big screen entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Today we look at what's coming to screens this month, review the role playing video game CITIZEN SLEEPER 2: STARWARD VECTOR, and huzzah Season 4 of MYTHIC QUEST (Streaming APPLE T.V+)

On today's show we chat with Adrian Danks (Co-curator and President) and Alex Williams (Committee Member) from The Melbourne Cinematheque, about the upcoming film festival, BALLETIC SWORDFIGHTS, FLYING HEROINES AND BAMBOO FORESTS: KING HU, MASTER OF WUXIA, screening at the ACMI, February 1th to 25th. https://www.melbournecinematheque.org

The second part of our musical tribute to David Lynch and his works, and we beam up the latest entry in the Trekverse, STAR TREK: SECTION 31 (Streaming on PARAMOUNT+)

We check out gardening SIM / oddball horror indie game GRUNN (PC and Mac); and Part One of a musical tribute through the surreal, unparalleled filmography of the late, great DAVID LYNCH.

Under the guise of opening the lid on Robert Egger's new adaptation of NOSEFERATU we disinter previous versions, including F.W Murnau's 'original' 1922 classic movie.

Marking the Starship Zero-G's 30th Anniversary year since launch, we're still defying 'Mavity' as we get WICKED, the hit movie based on the hit stage-show based on the hit novel spun off from another hit-movie based on another hit novel....whew!