From upgraded box to delayed subscription service, what we know about the new Apple TV

Update (1st September 2015): New reports suggest that Amazon is considering producing original content. Details added to original story below.

Apple TV: The only streaming media device to come with its own in-built rumour chip, generating fresh speculation every few … Read More

True Detective Season 2 Quotes Quiz: Frank or football manager?

True Detective Season 2 is out now to own on digital HD following its finale last week. Fans can download individual episodes or the full second season – where available, the latter is also accompanied by digital bonus features, including … Read More

Top TV shows and films on BBC iPlayer (16th August 2015)

With BBC iPlayer enjoying a record month a traffic in July – a time when its collection was at its most diverse and impressive – the catch-up service continues its crowd-pleasing run by bringing back the third season of Sherlock … Read More

Chaplin on VOD: Moving on to bigger things (1920s)

As Charlie Chaplin makes his UK VOD debut, we look at the director’s pioneering work during the 1920s.

It’s easy to forget that, when Charlie Chaplin made The Kid in 1921, he was already a veteran – the star and … Read More

45 Years: Andrew Haigh’s Curzon Home Cinema film collection

Andrew Haigh’s 45 Years arrives in UK cinemas and on Curzon Home Cinema on Friday 28th August. Ahead of its release, the acclaimed director of Weekend Andrew Haigh has curated a handful of his favourite films from the current Curzon … Read More

Farewell, Jon Stewart: Top 10 British Moments on The Daily Show

And so, the inevitable march towards a Donald Trump Presidency in 2016 has begun. America’s last line of defence against right-wing madness, Jon Stewart, has gone to live on a farm upstate (we have been assured that this isn’t the … Read More

In defence of True Detective Season 2

With True Detective Season 2 now over – you can read our reviews here – one writer steps up to defend Nic Pizzolatto’s show from its critics.

True Detective is the most exciting thing to happen to television crime fiction … Read More

7 things we know about Show Me a Hero

True Detective Season 2 finishes tonight, but Sky Atlantic has lined up a doozy of a show to fill its Monday night slot: Show Me a Hero, a new mini-series starring Oscar Isaac and written by the creator of The … Read More

Top TV shows and films on BBC iPlayer (2nd August 2015)

Summer is all about going outside, having ice cream and sitting on the beach… isn’t it? Not if you make the mistake of browsing through BBC iPlayer’s current catalogue.

Ripper Street has returned – resurrected by Amazon, where the full … Read More

Where can I watch the Mission: Impossible films online legally in the UK?

As Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg and Jeremy Renner return for another string of ludicrously difficult-yet-ultimately-feasible challenges, fans of the Ethan Hunt franchise have one question on their mind: where can I watch the Mission: Impossible films online legally … Read More