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Features, articles and essays on video on-demand shows and movies, streaming services and the VOD industry.
Autumn 2016 TV preview: UK air dates and where to watch online
September 17, 2016 | David FarnorAutumn means one thing. Ok, it means many things. Red leaves. School. Chilly winds. Rainy nights. Halloween. But the most important thing? Television. This month marks the point at which all the good TV shows return – or, in some … Read More
London Film Festival 2016: Top 30 things to see
September 15, 2016 | David FarnorThe London Film Festival returns to – you guessed it – London this October and streaming services are all over Leicester Square and beyond.
Netflix is previewing new episodes of Black Mirror, Werner Herzog is beaming his new film live … Read More
Raindance 2016: Top 25 things to see
September 14, 2016 | David FarnorThe 2016 Raindance Film Festival kicks off one week today. With 108 feature films, 85 shorts and a whole heap of web series from around the world, Europea’s largest independent film festival is also one of the most surprising events … Read More
Westworld: A look back at the Michael Crichton movie
September 11, 2016 | Matthew TurnerIn 1973, Michael Crichton created Westworld, a sci-fi movie about a robotic theme park gone wrong. Now, with the HBO TV series based on the movie on our screens, here’s the low-down on Crichton’s original 1973 film:
So what’s Westworld … Read More
Top 11 episodes of Star Trek: The Original Series
September 9, 2016 | Mel KeableWith Star Trek: Discovery almost here, we continue our #BackTrek countdown through the best bits of the sci-fi series to date.
As of this week, Star Trek is now 50 years old. Created by Gene Roddenberry, the sci-fi series about … Read More
Stranger Things Season 2: Everything we know, from old friends to new characters
September 3, 2016 | David FarnorStranger Things Season 2 is officially a go – and while the Duffer brothers are keeping much of their sequel a secret, they’ve been spilling the beans on new characters, the return of old faces and the season’s episode titles.
Recap: Narcos Season 1 in under 9 minutes
September 2, 2016 | David FarnorNarcos Season 2 lands on Netflix today, taking us back into the violent, gripping world of the DEA, Pablo Escobar and all of his dealers and sicarios.
So far, Netflix has promised war and a manhunt, with Pablo on … Read More
All 4: Shorts coming soon to Channel 4’s VOD service in September 2016
August 30, 2016 | David FarnorShorts continue to be a central part of Channel’s VOD service, All 4. In September, All 4 has exclusive rights to popular series Seven Year Switch Australia, which sees four couples take a drastic step to save their faltering relationships. … Read More
RIP Gene Wilder (1933 – 2016)
August 30, 2016 | David FarnorGene Wilder was, quite simply, one of the funniest actors of all time. The brilliant thing was that he never seemed to know it.
Born Jerome Silberman in 1933, his wiry hair and bulging eyeballs meant that his serene face … Read More
11 times GBBO baker Selasi won our hearts
August 25, 2016 | David FarnorThe Great British Bake Off returned last night for a seventh season and there’s already a clear winner for our hearts: Selasi Gbormittah.
The 30-year-old finance sector worker from Ghana bowled the whole nation over in under an hour last … Read More