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Watch: First trailer for Netflix’s All The Bright Places adaptation
February 9, 2020 | David FarnorJennifer Niven’s novel All the Bright Places is heading to Netflix this February, and a new trailer gives us our first proper look at the adaptation.
Elle Fanning and Justice Smith star in the young adult drama, which is scripted … Read More
The best Oscar winners on Amazon Prime Video
February 9, 2020 | David FarnorIt’s always tough to work out which subscription VOD service is better: Netflix UK, Amazon Prime or NOW? One way to judge it is to look at how many award winners are on each. So, while we prepare to watch … Read More
The best Oscar winners available on Netflix UK
February 9, 2020 | David FarnorIt’s always tough to work out which subscription VOD service is better: Netflix UK, Amazon Prime or NOW? One way to judge it is to look at how many award winners are on each. So, while we prepare to watch … Read More
Netflix enters human science doc arena with Babies
February 8, 2020 | David FarnorUpdate: Part 2 premieres on Netflix UK on Friday 19th June.
Netflix has made rapid inroads into the nature documentary arena in recent years, with programmes such as Our Planet proving that it can rival the BBC for spectacle in … Read More
YouTube Premium and Music rack up 20 million subscribers
February 8, 2020 | David FarnorYouTube Premium and YouTube have more than 20 million subverts together, Google has revealed.
The video giant has been tight-lipped before now about the success of YouTube Premium, its subscription offering that was originally launched as YouTube Red. Initially positioned … Read More
BBC One bags A Winter’s Tale from Shaun the Sheep
February 8, 2020 | David FarnorBBC One will be welcoming Aardman back into the fold with A Winter’s Tale, a new animation starring the world’s favourite sheep.
In the half hour special, Shaun the Sheep’s seasonal excitement turns to dismay when a farmhouse raid to … Read More
ITV orders adaptation of Val McDermid’s The Distant Echo
February 8, 2020 | David FarnorITV is bringing Val McDermid’s The Distant Echo to the screen in a new cold case murder drama.
The drama, which has a working title of Karen Pirie, is based on McDermid’s series of cold case investigations and hails from … Read More
The MUBI Weekly Digest | 8th February 2020
February 8, 2020 | David FarnorWhat better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day than to show one of the most achingly romantic films ever made? Yes, MUBI is celebrating this week in yearning style with Wong Kar-wai’s masterful In the Mood for Love, with 2046 on … Read More
Justin Bieber: Seasons breaks YouTube original records
February 8, 2020 | David FarnorJustin Bieber: Seasons has broken YouTube records to become the most-watched YouTube original to date.
The docuseries, which premiered last month, sees the pop superstar pull back the curtain for the first time for a TV series to give fans … Read More
Netflix brings Broadway musical 13 to screen
February 7, 2020 | David FarnorNetflix is bringing Broadway musical 13 to the screen.
13 follows young Evan Goldman, as he grapples with his parents’ divorce following a move from New York City to small-town Indiana, prepares for his impending Bar Mitzvah, and navigates the … Read More