What’s coming soon to Amazon Prime Video in June 2016?

With summer upon us, blockbusters are the order of the day – but Amazon Prime Video is spending June savouring some of cinema’s smaller dramatic treats, from Drew Barrymore’s Miss You Already, Dane DeHaan’s Life and Nanni Moretti’s latest.

Laughs, … Read More

This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (28th May)

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 Genevieve. Henry Cornelius’ … Read More

FX renews The Americans for Season 5 and 6

FX has renewed The Americans for a fifth and sixth, final season.

The show, which first premiered in 2013, is currently airing its fourth season in the US, with a fifth on the cards for 2017. The last run will … Read More

Harlots: ITV and Hulu team up for new drama

ITV and Hulu are teaming up for a new period drama, Harlots.

The ongoing, eight-part show has been given a straight-to-series order by the UK broadcaster and US streaming site, who will each air the programme. In America, Harlots will … Read More

EP Bill Wolff steps down from Netflix’s Chelsea talk show

Exec Producer Bill Wolff has stepped down from Chelsea Handler’s Netflix talk show.

The series, for which he was effectively showrunner, has been developed over the last nine months by Wolff and Handler. It premiered earlier this month, with three … Read More

Curzon Home Cinema launches new live-streaming events

Curzon Home Cinema is getting into the live-streaming game.

The VOD service, operated by Curzon, has long established itself as a site for watching the latest independent and art house movies on your Smart TV, mobile device or computer, with … Read More

Kelsey Grammar, Mike Newell and Michael Peña lead Amazon’s 2016 pilot season

Amazon has announced the line-up for its summer 2016 pilot season – and Kelsey Grammar, Mike Newell and Michael Peña are just some of the names behind the new shows.

The pilots include two one-hour episodes for adults and no … Read More

What’s coming soon to Netflix UK in June 2016?

Summer is here and Netflix is breaking out the big blockbusters, from Watchmen and Guardians of the Galaxy to Transformers: Age of Extinction and Titanic. The biggest blockbuster of all, of course, is Orange Is the New Black, which returns … Read More

Google calls time on Nexus Player

Google has officially called time on its Nexus Player.

The streaming media device was first launched back in 2014 by Google and Asus. It joined Chromecast as one of Google’s competitors with devices such as Apple TV, Roku’s sticks and … Read More

Trailer: Neil Gaiman’s Likely Stories lands on Sky Arts this week

Neil Gaiman fans are in for a treat this week, as a new seres based on the author’s short stories lands on UK TV.

Likely Stories is a four-part anthology of some of Gaiman’s short works, directed by Iain Forsyth … Read More