Amazon adapting The Departed as TV series

Amazon is adapting The Departed as a TV series for its growing library of original shows.

The latest in a trend of turning big-screen hits into small-screen entertainment, it’s only fitting that Martin Scorsese’s 2006 Oscar winner should get the … Read More

iPlayer celebrates 30 years of Casualty with Back to Ours special

BBC iPlayer is celebrating 30 years of Casualty with an exclusive Back to Ours special.

BBC One’s long-running medical drama first aired way back in 1986. Three decades later, two cast members who were there at the beginning – Cathy … Read More

Netflix releases first trailer for Audrie & Daisy

Netflix has released the first trailer and poster for documentary Audrie & Daisy.

The film, which was acquired by the streaming giant at this year’s Sundance festival, examines the ripple effects on families, friends, schools and communities when two underage … Read More

Watch Millie Brown shave her head for Stranger Things

Stranger Things has given us many things, from the warmth of 80s nostalgia to the freaky scares of sci-fi horror. Its best gift of all, though, has been a crop of young actors who are all fantastic.

At the … Read More

Sky Sports Mix launches to give customers a taste of Sky Sports

Sky is adding a new channel to its sporting line-up: Sky Sports Mix.

The channel, which launches this Wednesday, will proving a window onto Sky Sports’ premium coverage – offering all customers a taste of the action available, if they … Read More

What’s leaving Sky and NOW TV in August / September 2016?

With summer here, Sky has been wheeling out its big guns to justify its recent relaunch of Sky Movies as Sky Cinema, not to mention its upgrade to 4K – and with The Martian, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and The … Read More

Films released on VOD now eligible for BAFTA consideration

Films that have been released on-demand rather than theatrically can now be eligible for BAFTA consideration.

Digital distribution has become increasingly important to smaller films, and to the distributors who help them reach viewers. With cinema screens increasingly taken up … Read More

Stranger Things creators tease Season 2 details

Netflix’s original series, part-sci-fi, part-horror and 100 per cent 80s nostalgia, has swiftly become of the summer’s biggest hits, with fans left with one major question after the final episode: will there be a second season?

Warning: Spoilers for … Read More

This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (20th August)

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 Hands of the … Read More

New releases and coming soon to MUBI UK (20th August 2016)

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