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Hunter Prey, the low budget sci-fi thriller from Batman: Dead End director Sandy Collora, finally makes it on to DVD in the UK tomorrow.

And if the sleeve artwork looks like Star Wars bounty hunter Boba Fett meets Hellboy and Skeletor, that's strictly intentional if nothing to do with the plot.

A group of intergalactic commandos crashlands on a desolate and hostile planet while transporting a deadly alien prisoner, who promptly escapes.

In the game of cat and mouse that follows, the commandos are wiped out one by one as they try to capture the sinister hooded creature - until just one is left.

It turns into the ultimate battle of good vs evil between commando and alien ... or does it?

There's a terrific twist about a quarter of a way into the movie that turns all our assumptions on their head.

I won't tell you what that is, but it turns Hunter Prey from a Star Wars clone into a great movie.

And just as things are wrapping up, there's another turn in the tale that leaves the viewer with some big questions to answer about the nature of evil.

Click to the next page for the trailer, but be warned there is a spoiler in there! Then go rent the movie. Better still, buy one.

IT was the iconic fashion brand championed by Twiggy which helped England really swing during the 1960s.

The first Biba store opened in Abingdon Road, London, in 1964 and became hugely popular because it brought accessible fashion with attitude to women of all ages and shapes.

Now supermodel Daisy Lowe - girlfriend of Doctor Who Matt Smith - is following in the footsteps of Twiggy by fronting a new 2010 collection of the vintage range for House of Fraser in Birmingham.

Daisy, daughter of fashion designer Pearl Lowe, says: "I love all the pieces.

"They are representative of the brand's history and reputation - beautiful, simple and flattering cuts and luxury materials that make a woman feel great.

"I've got quite a few pieces me and my mum have found at vintage fairs over the years.

"We have a couple of amazing old Biba coats from the '70s and a beautiful button-down, long-sleeved black dress.

"I always remember it being the ultimate, amazingly cool brand with iconic style."

The new 2010 collection continues this theme and features lots of velvet, brocade and lurex in gold, black and bronze.

Biba Denim launches for the first time this season with a collection of smart and casual styles to fit all shapes, and there will be a limited edition collection of 10 maxi dresses.

Other highlights include a mid-length military jacket detailed with gold Biba buttons, a full-length leopard print coat and a backless velvet column dress in black or blood red.

Daisy, who is dating Midlands-born Matt, adds: "The long leopard coat looks great with denim shorts and a T-shirt or a mini-dress.

"And the blazer can be worn with anything to dress it up, jeans and a T-shirt or over a dress at night.

"And the black velvet backless dress... it's a really sexy show-stopping number!"

Movie director Ridley Scott says the two-part Alien prequel he's set to shoot will explore the dark side of the franchise.

The two films will trace the origin of the killer Alien species, and pose the question: were they created as biological weapons?

"The film will be really tough, really dark." he says.

"It's the dark side of the moon. We're talking about gods and engineers - engineers of space.

"Were the Aliens designed as a form of biological warfare? Or biology that would go in and cdlean up a planet?"

Scott is working with Lost producer Damon Lindelof on the script, so there's huge anticipation for his long-awaited return to the franchise he began.

It's being filmed in 3D and is set 30 years before the events of Alien, meaning that there's no place for Sigourney Weaver's Ripley.

Could we have just one, little, smoke monster, please?

Doctor Who star Karen Gillan said today she wanted to be in an episode of The Simpsons.

The 22-year-old, who plays Amy Pond in the Doctor Who series, said the chance of being part of the cartoon series programme would be "really cool".

The star was speaking as she signed boxes containing a five-inch version of her character along with posters for more than 200 fans at toy store Hamleys in Glasgow's St Enoch Centre.

Asked whether she had been approached about being in The Simpsons, she said: "I haven't. Maybe someone has. I don't know anything about it.

"That would be really cool. That's almost on a par with being a doll because being a Simpsons character, all yellow and stuff, would be really cool."

Gillan also said she wanted to see ginger wigs in shops as part of Doctor Who merchandise for her character Amy Pond.

Doctor Who star Karen Gillan said today she did not know whether she would be part of a third series of the show with co-star Matt Smith.

The 22-year-old, who plays Amy Pond in the Doctor Who series, said she was "excited" about filming the second series with the 11th incarnation of the Timelord.

The star was speaking as she signed boxes containing a five-inch version of her character along with posters for more than 200 fans at toy store Hamleys in Glasgow's St Enoch Centre.

When asked if a third series was ahead of her, she said: "Who knows? I'm just taking it series by series and I'm just having fun.

"So, I don't know. I have no idea."

Karen remained tight-lipped about the Christmas special and second series, which she is about to start filming.

The new Supernatural thriller, War Of The Sons, is published by Titan Books tomorrow - and Anorak City brings you an exclusive preview of the first chapter.

Co-written by Rebecca Dessertine, assistant to the show's creator Eric Kriple, and David Reed, Supernatural's script co-ordinator, it's a previously unseen adventure for the Winchester brothers.

Twenty-three years ago, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a demonic supernatural force.

Following the tragedy, their father taught the boys everything about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners of America and how to kill it.

On the hunt for Lucifer, the boys find themselves in a small town in South Dakota where they meet Don, an angel with a proposition.

How far will the boys go to uncover the secret Satan never wanted them to find out?

Click to the next page to read the first chapter!

Watch this space. It'll be worth the wait ...

Young Ones star Nigel Planer will be joining the cast for the big Doctor Who Live show at The NIA, Birmingham from October 18 to 20.

Planer will play the part of Vorgenson, a character exclusively adapted for the tour by the television programme's Executive Producer and Lead Writer Steven Moffat. 

The new character is described as an 'inter-galactic showman' who is the Doctor's biggest fan. 

Nigel says: "I'm incredibly excited to be joining Doctor Who Live. This role is something of a boyhood dream come true.

"My character Vorgenson, who has been developed specially for the show by Steven Moffat, is the Greatest Showman in the Galaxy.

"Using his incredible invention, 'The Minimiser', he can make any Doctor Who character appear on stage as part of his travelling show dedicated to his hero.

"This live tour brings all the magic of the TV show together with a host of incredible effects. I hope that I can survive visiting nine cities in October sharing a stage with eleven Doctor Who Monsters and a flying Dalek in tow!"

Avatar director James Cameron says that new footage added to the blockbuster is, well, rather blue.

Avatar: Special Edition, which opens in cinemas from August 27, will include eight minutes and 50 seconds of extra scenes.

And what will get the fans talking is a love scene between Sully (played by Sam Worthington) and Na'vi nymph Neytiri (Zoe Saldana).

"It's not like them ripping their gear off and getting to it," says Cameron. "It would more accurately be described as alien foreplay."

If you're going to a garage sale, you never know what you might take home.

But take extra care today if you're hunting for bargains at this house in Amityville.

Yes, it is indeed THE house made famous in movie The Amityville Horror.

The New York house has just been sold and the owner is having a clear out.

You never know what might have been up there in the attic ...

For a reminder of what you might be buying in to, head here.