Amazon Prime Video UK TV review: The New Yorker Presents

Ask anyone on the streets of the UK and the number of people who say they read The New Yorker is going to be minimal at best. Amazon’s decision to turn the publication into video form, then, is a bizarre … Read More

Netflix UK review: Better Call Saul Season 2, Episode 1

“People tell me how they see me. It’s not as a lawyer.”

It’s been a whole year since we last caught up with Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk), the scheming con man who will one day become Saul Goodman, the scheming … Read More

UK TV review: The X-Files Season 10 (2016), Episode 2 (The Founder’s Mutation)

Warning: This contains mild spoilers.

“He didn’t answer my question,” observes Mulder in Episode 2 of The X-Files, after quizzing a sinister-looking man in a hospital. It’s the same thing that many people may be saying to themselves this week, … Read More

BAFTA short film review: Elephant, samuel-613

On Sundays, we review short films available on VOD. We call it Short Film Sunday.

As the 2016 EE BAFTA awards take place tonight (Sunday 14th February), we take a look at the two Best Short Film nominees available to … Read More

Inside VOD: FilmDoo’s founder on creating a home for the films you can’t see anywhere else

Inside VOD: We take you behind the scenes of the video on-demand industry by interviewing key figures in the streaming world. Today, we speak to Weerada Sucharitkul, co-founder of FilmDoo.

In the digital age of entertainment, it’s never been easier … Read More

Amazon Prime Video UK TV review: Ripper Street Season 4, Episode 6 (No Wolves in Whitechapel)

Read our interview with Matthew Macfadyen and Adam Rothenberg here.

Episode 6 of Ripper Street Season 4 airs on BBC Two at 10pm on 12th September. This is a spoiler-free review.

After last week’s relatively low-key character study of Reid … Read More

VOD film review: Gran Torino

Clint Eastwood delivers a fantastic late performance in this clichéd character study.Read More

VOD film review: Bridesmaids

Intelligent, amusing and incredibly performed, Bridesmaids is simply unbeatable.Read More

BAFTA VOD film review: Listen to Me Marlon

Director: Stevan Riley Certificate: 12 Watch Listen to Me Marlon online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Rakuten TV / Google Play

In the run-up to the 2016 BAFTA awards, we look … Read More

BBC iPlayer review: Funny Valentines Shorts (2016)

It’s February, which means that BBC iPlayer has another string of Valentine’s Day-themed shorts for its romantic streaming bow.

The comedy films, titled “Funny Valentines”, were first released last year, with comedians such as Bill Bailey, Matt Berry, Romesh Ranganathan, … Read More