What’s coming soon to Shudder UK in January 2017?

The start of a new year always feels a bit darker than the other months, but this year, even more so, thanks to the recent launch of horror subscription site Shudder. With classics such as Cube and Ginger Snaps on … Read More

Kubo and the Two Strings: The concept art behind the film

A young boy with a magical gift sets out on a thrilling quest to discover his family’s legacy in Kubo and the Two Strings. The latest film from LAIKA, the animation studio behind Coraline, ParaNorman, and The Boxtrolls, is out … Read More

From Taboo to Doctor Who: BBC teases bright new year with 2017 trailer

2017 is officially here and it can only be better than 2016, right? That will be the case, if the BBC has anything to do with it.

TV had a stonkingly good 12 months last year – you can see … Read More

Netflix snaps up UK rights to supernatural series Beyond

Netflix has snapped up the UK rights to supernatural series Beyond.

The show, which got the green light from ABC Family Worldwide last year, is created by Adam Nussdorf, whose previous credits include writing several episodes of TRON: Uprising and … Read More

This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (1st January 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, following Mark’s highlighting … Read More

Walter Presents kicks off 2017 with Norwegian thriller Acquitted

Walter Presents is kicking off 2017 with Norwegian thriller Acquitted.

All 4’s online channel, dedicated to foreign-language TV shows from around the world, Walter Presents launched in the UK in January 2016. Since then, the site has given us shows … Read More

Game of Thrones most pirated show of the year

Game of Thrones is once again the most pirated TV show of the year.

Figures from TorrentFreak show that HBO’s fantasy epic took the crown for the most torrented TV series on the web in 2016, the fifth year … Read More

New releases and coming soon to MUBI UK (1st January 2017)

Not getting your arthouse fix from Netflix? Wish there were more indie films on Amazon Prime Video? Every week, we round up the new releases on MUBI, the subscription VOD service that hand-picks new and old classics from around the … Read More

Top 16 TV shows of 2016

It’s the end of 2016 – and it couldn’t come quickly enough. But while the last 12 months have been horrifying horrors piled on top of terrifying terrors, not to mention a dollop of traumatising traumas, there have been some … Read More

Twitter launches live 360-degree videos

Twitter has stepped up its live-streaming game once more with the introduction of live 360-degree videos.

As of this week, you can now stream 360-degree videos live on the social network, allowing users to move their phone and swipe their … Read More