Netflix UK film review: St George’s Day

Director: Frank Harper Cast: Charles Dance, Frank Harper, Craig Fairbrass, Sean Pertwee, Luke Treadaway, Keeley Hazell, Nick Moran, Neil Maskell Certificate: 15 Watch St George’s Day online in the UK: Netflix UK

“They say that Mickey McManon is a … Read More

VOD film review: Hotel Transylvania

Genndy Tartakovsky’s beautifully animated comedy has some genuine laughs for all the family.Read More

VOD film review: Frank

Loosely inspired by Frank Sidebottom, this wild and weird musical comedy is an ode to creativity – original and unpredictable.Read More

Netflix adds new private recommendations

Netflix has added a new private recommendations system, which allows you to suggest titles to friends.

Netflix has always kept itself closely linked to Facebook, with the option of posting what you stream to the social network, but the new … Read More

Amazon TV pilot reviews: Red Oaks, Hand of God, The Cosmopolitans, Really, Hysteria

Amazon’s new batch of TV pilots have arrived online for all to stream – and it contains one gem, one stinker, and three others with varying potential.

The third season of pilots for Amazon Original shows sees the company continue … Read More

Amazon Prime Video film review: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Director: Stephen Daldry Cast: Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Max von Sydow, Thomas Horn Certificate: 12 Watch Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close online in the UK: Amazon Prime / Apple TV (iTunes) / TalkTalk TV / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google … Read More

Breaking Bad: Did Netflix win or lose the 2014 Emmy Awards?

It’s hard to believe that it has been almost a year since Breaking Bad’s final season. The 2014 Emmys, though have not forgotten: Vince Gilligan’s series, which won a huge following in the UK after it was released on Netflix … Read More

RIP Richard Attenborough

Lord Richard Attenborough has passed away. The 90-year old filmmaker stunned as violent gangster Pinkie Brown in 1947’s Brighton Rock, but like his ruthless character was only just getting started: he went on to star in The Great Escape, The … Read More

VOD film review: Gainsbourg

With fantastical visuals and a stylish soundtrack, this arresting look at a controversial artist is flawed but above the ordinary.Read More

Screaming in your living room: How VOD is changing the horror industry

FrightFest has hit London once more this weekend – but for many around the country, it began on Monday, when the shortlist of films in the Shortcuts to Hell II contest were released on-demand, ahead of the finalists’ premiere during … Read More