BFI Player: From launch to London Film Festival, what you need to know

Today, the BFI unveiled the BFI Player, a new video on-demand platform that will make the best of British film available to the whole country. From day and date releases for new movies to hundreds of previously unavailable old videos, … Read More

VOD film review: Grabbers

Director: Jon Wright Cast: Richard Coyle, Ruth Bradley, Russell Tovey Certificate: 15 Watch Grabbers online in the UK: Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Rakuten TV / Google Play

Who would win in a fight … Read More

VOD film review: Stories We Tell

Director: Sarah Polley Cast: Sarah Polley, Michael Polley, Diane Polley, Rebecca Jenkins Certificate: 12 Watch Stories We Tell online in the UK: MUBI UK / Curzon Home Cinema / TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / … Read More

8 things we learned from Raindance’s 2013 Web TV Fest

Raindance’s Web TV Festival took place this weekend. The first festival dedicated to web TV series in Britain was packed with screenings of shows from around the world and a string of panels about the relatively young industry, which is … Read More

VOD film review: Earthbound

Director: Alan Brennan Cast: Rafe Spall, Jenn Murray, Stephen Hogan, David Morrissey Watch Earthbound online in the UK: Rakuten TV

Last year, Safety Not Guaranteed landed at Sundance London. A film about a man who believed he could time travel, … Read More

Blu-ray review: Byzantium

Director: Neil Jordan Cast: Gemma Arterton, Saiorse Ronan, Daniel Mays, Caleb Landry Jones Certificate: 15 Buy on DVD Buy on Blu-ray

Neil Jordan’s Byzantium is a curious beast. A character drama disguised as a vampire film, it’s a powerful look … Read More

Competition: Win your own Breaking Bad crystal meth candy!

Three days. 72 hours. 4320 minutes. Counting down the days to the Breaking Bad finale? Need your Heisenberg fix before it arrives on Netflix UK on Monday?

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Netflix UK / VOD film review: Everybody Has a Plan

Director: Ana Piterbarg Cast: Viggo Mortensen Certificate: 15 Watch online: Netflix UK, blinkbox, iTunes, Film 4oD, Virgin Movies on Demand

You may disagree with the title of Ana Piterbarg’s film after watching it. It doesn’t so much have a plan … Read More

VOD film review: Populaire

Director: Régis Roinsard Cast: Romain Duris, Déborah François Certificate: 12 Watch Populaire online in the UK: BBC iPlayer / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Google Play

Populaire is without a doubt the best speed-typing … Read More

VOD film review: Borrowed Time

Director: Jules Bishop Cast: Theo Barklem-Biggs, Phil Davis, Warren Brown, Juliet Oldfield Certificate: 15 Watch online: Sky Cinema / NOW / iTUnes

It’s not every day you see a old man wielding an 18th Century blunderbuss ordering a boy … Read More