Posts By David Farnor
Watch: New trailer for Homecoming Season 2
April 30, 2020 | David FarnorAmazon’s Homecoming returns for its second season this May with a fresh new mystery and a new star: Janelle Monáe (Moonlight).
Her character wakes in a rowboat adrift a lake, with no memory of how she got there — … Read More
Trailer: Penny Dreadful: City of Angels set for July UK air date
April 30, 2020 | David Farnor“We’re looking at a damn race war…” That’s the sound of Penny Dreadful returning to our screens in a whole new guise.
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels is set in 1930s LA, rooted in a time and place deeply … Read More
Cineworld joins Odeon in Trolls: World Tour PVOD backlash
April 29, 2020 | David FarnorCineworld has joined AMC, the owner of Odeon cinemas, in criticising Universal for releasing Trolls: World Tour online.
It’s only been a few weeks since Universal dropped the animated sequel on digital platforms, with a Premium VOD price tag of … Read More
What’s coming soon to Shudder UK in May 2020?
April 29, 2020 | David FarnorIf going outside wasn’t nerve-wracking enough, AMC’s subscription service dedicated to horror is here to keep you hiding behind you sofa, with a month that boasts four exclusives – including the latest from Brad T. Gottfred and Brandon Christensen – … Read More
What’s coming soon to BritBox UK in May 2020?
April 29, 2020 | David FarnorBritBox, the streaming service created by BBC and ITV, has officially gone live in the UK, as the public service broadcasters team up to take on Netflix.
The subscription VOD platform is slowly but surely adding more titles to its … Read More
What’s coming soon to Amazon Prime Video UK in May 2020?
April 29, 2020 | David FarnorOne of Amazon’s most acclaimed original series returns this month, with Homecoming back for a second season – with a brand new lead star in the form of Janelle Monae. It joins another sci-fi series, Upload, the new comedy from … Read More
UKTV Play bags streaming rights to The Bill
April 28, 2020 | David FarnorUKTV’s video-on-demand service UKTV Play has secured the exclusive rights to The Bill following a deal with Fremantle.
The police procedural drama, which ran for 26 years from 1984 to August 2010,followed the lives of policemen and women working … Read More
Universal plans to continue digital releases after Trolls: World Tour success
April 28, 2020 | David FarnorUniversal has said that it plans to continue releasing films digitally alongside their theatrical releases, after enjoying success with its straight-to-digital release of Trolls: World Tour.
The animated sequel, starring Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick, debuted online earlier this month … Read More
What’s coming soon to Netflix UK in May 2020?
April 28, 2020 | David FarnorThe majority of the UK might not be going anywhere for several more weeks, but Netflix’s horizons have rarely seemed wider, as the streaming giant goes to space and back in May, while stopping off in LA, Paris, Finland and … Read More
Sky Arts streams free shows online including Portrait Artist Live
April 28, 2020 | David FarnorSky Arts is taking some of its programming online for free during the coronavirus lockdown – including a weekly series of live Portrait Artist sessions.
The weekly format, based on Portrait Artist of the Year, sees celebrity sitters pose live … Read More