The 2016 Oscar nominees and where to watch them online

The 2016 Oscar nominees have been announced and Netflix has bagged two nominations – but none for Beasts of No Nation.

The streaming company’s first feature film, which was released in cinemas and online last year, began the awards race … Read More

RIP Alan Rickman: The best bad guy a film could have

Alan Rickman belonged to that rare group of humans who could say more with their eyebrows than most people could in a two-hour monologue. It was that ability to strike fear into an audience with a tiny flick of his … Read More

RIP David Bowie (or, Helping Frances to find her Ha)

Everyone has a David Bowie moment. That doesn’t mean that everyone knew David Bowie, but it does mean that his reach and influence was wide enough for you to have connected with him. The man was a legend. An icon. … Read More

Coming soon in 2016: Netflix originals series and films

Last week, Netflix launched in over 100 countries simultaneously, achieving the streaming service’s goal of almost total world domination.

But Netflix’s ambitions don’t just extend to global reach: its plans to create original content are equally grand, with Beasts … Read More

What evidence did Making a Murderer leave out?

True crime documentary Making a Murderer premiered on Netflix worldwide less than three weeks ago and already, the whole of the Internet seems to be up in arms about the injustices faced by Steven Avery.

A quick recap (with … Read More

The Rack Pack – BBC iPlayer’s Big Break?

Almost exactly 30 years ago, Chas & Dave got together Steve Davis, Dennis Taylor and Willie Thorne to record a song called Snooker Loopy. It went to number six in the UK charts. That single is a distant memory for … Read More

The 6 stages of watching Netflix’s Making a Murderer

Forget your Abominable Brides and your classic holiday movies – by far the best television that aired over the festive season was Netflix’s crime documentary series Making A Murderer. Certainly, people couldn’t stop talking about it, all sharing the same, … Read More

Walter Presents: Everything you need to know about Channel 4’s new VOD channel

Walter Presents is finally here: a new VOD channel on Channel 4’s All 4 platform that allows you watch foreign-language shows from around the world.

But what exactly is it? How does it work? And who exactly is Walter? … Read More

14 underrated TV shows from 2015 that you (probably) didn’t see

It’s official: there is too much TV. Between streaming sites and Freeview, let alone the pay-TV services snapping up shows as exclusively, there are hundreds of programmes available to watch each week, making it almost impossible to keep up with … Read More

Top 20 TV shows of 2015

TV is everywhere these days. It’s on the bus on your phone. It’s on the toilet as you watch on your tablet. It’s on YouTube, Vimeo, Amazon, Netflix. And, yes, sometimes it’s on more traditional channels too. Picking the best … Read More