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The Weekly MUBI Digest | 5th May 2018
May 5, 2018 | David FarnorMUBI is heading to Cannes once again this year, with the world’s biggest film festival taking over the subscription service to offer a collection of Croisette favourites. Every year, the creme de la creme of the movie industry flock to … Read More
Netflix releases trailer for The Kissing Booth
May 5, 2018 | David FarnorMolly Ringwald is going back to high school in Netflix’s new original film, The Kissing Booth, and a new trailer gives us our first look at the comedy.
Based on Beth Reekles’ young adult novel, written when she just 15, … Read More
Keeping Faith extends BBC iPlayer run following record demand
May 4, 2018 | David FarnorGripping Welsh drama Keeping Faith is extending its run on BBC iPlayer, following record demand from viewers.
The eight-part series, starring Eve Myles, tells the story of lawyer, wife and mother Faith, as she fights to find the truth behind … Read More
First look images: 13 Reasons Why Season 2
May 4, 2018 | David Farnor13 Reasons Why Season 2 returns this month, and we’ve got our first look at what’s in store, with a bunch of new photos released by Netflix.
The second run of the teen drama, based on the 2007 novel by … Read More
Trailer: Netflix’s Evil Genius relives America’s most diabolical bank heist
May 3, 2018 | David FarnorNetflix is reliving America’s most diabolical bank heist with its latest original documentary.
Written and directed by Barbara Schroeder, Evil Genius is exec-produced by Mark and Jay Duplass, the filmmaking brothers who also brought us the jaw-dropping Netflix docuseries Wild … Read More
Goliath Season 2 gets new trailer and June premiere date
May 2, 2018 | David FarnorBilly Bob Thornton is back on Amazon Prime Video this June for a second season of Goliath, and judging by the first trailer for his return, he means business.
Thornton won the 2017 Golden Globe for Best Actor in a … Read More
McMafia will return to BBC One for a second season
May 2, 2018 | David FarnorGlobal financial thriller will return to BBC One for a second season.
Created by Hossein Amini and James Watkins, and inspired by Misha Glenny’s best-selling book of the same name, the show was a huge hit for the Beeb. Co-produced … Read More
Trailer: Gillian Jacobs, Richard Madden and Netflix head to Ibiza
May 2, 2018 | David FarnorGillian Jacobs, Richard Madden and Netflix are heading to Ibiza this May, and a new trailer gives us a glimpse of the NSFW chaos the unfolds.
The comedy, written by Lauryn Kahn, co-stars Saturday Night Liver Vanessa Bayer and Phoebe … Read More
Logan Paul scraps daily YouTube vlogs
May 2, 2018 | David FarnorYouTube vlogger Loan Paul is scrapping his daily YouTube vlogs.
The 23-year-old video star has over 17 million subscribers and came under fire this year, when he published a video of a dead body in Japan’s Aokigahara forest, known as … Read More
Trailer: Car Share: Unscripted rides onto BBC One this May
May 2, 2018 | David FarnorCar Share rides back onto BBC One this May, with a one-off special episode that will be entirely unscripted.
The BAFTA-winning comedy, which was also a hit on BBC iPlayer following its online box set release, returned for a second … Read More