Top of the Lake Season 2 to premiere as BBC iPlayer box set

Top of the Lake Season 2 to premiere as a box set on BBC iPlayer

Top of the Lake returns this month for a second season – and it will be doing so with a vengeance, as all episodes land … Read More

Netflix comes of age with over 100m subscribers

Netflix has come of age this year, as the streaming service has smashed through the 100 million barrier for global subscribers.

The streaming service was founded 20 years ago, before the idea of streaming video on a mass scale was … Read More

Watch Kristen Bell sing Chasing Coral’s closing song

Chasing Coral arrived on Netflix worldwide this weekend, as Jeff Orlowski follows his Oscar-nominated Chasing Ice with an eye-opening documentary about the devastating impact climate change is having upon coral reefs.

Orlowski’s 2012 gem (also on Netflix UK) was nominated … Read More

MUBI to release Mimosas in UK cinemas this August

MUBI is releasing Cannes winner Mimosas in UK cinemas this August.

The subscription streaming service has made a name for itself in recent years as the go-to place to catch up with the hottest titles from the Croisette’s film festival, … Read More

YouTube adds GIF thumbnails for videos

YouTube is adding new GIF previews of uploaded videos to replace its traditional thumbnails.

Thumbnails on YouTube have long been a vital part of any vlogger’s strategy to attract viewers, as the right image, caption or taste of what a … Read More

What’s leaving Netflix UK in July / August 2017?

Summer. A time of sunshine, ice cream, strawberries and running to the nearest beach. Unless you’re Ian McKellen, David Bowie or Colin Firth, in which case you’ll be preparing to say goodbye to Netflix UK, as a range of cinematic … Read More

The Defenders gets a new Comic-Con poster

In almost exactly one month, The Defenders will arrive on Netflix – but before the series goes global, the show is heading to San Diego for this year’s Comic-Con. To celebrate, Marvel has unveiled a new poster for the series. … Read More

New releases and coming soon to MUBI UK (15th July 2017)

What’s new, coming soon and leaving soon on the subscription streaming service? This is your weekly MUBI Digest:

This week on MUBI

Slack Bay – 15th July

Masterful slapstick, political horror and bourgeois family drama combine in Bruno … Read More

This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (15th July 2017)

Heard of BFI Player? Well, there’s also BFI Player+, a subscription service that offers an all-you-can-eat selection of hand-picked classics.

Every Friday, Mark Kermode highlights one of the collection’s titles with a video introduction. This week, it’s The Tree … Read More

New trailer lands for Netflix’s Naked

Imagine living the same day over and over again. Now imagine living the same day over and over again without clothes.

That’s the basic pitch for Marlon Wayans’ new comedy, which is heading straight to Netflix this summer. The streaming … Read More