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This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (17th June 2017)
June 17, 2017 | VOD News
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 Amour Fou. … Read More
New releases and coming soon to MUBI UK (17th June 2017)
June 17, 2017 | VOD News
Summer takes on a surreal, scathingly satirical tone this weekend, as MUBI holds a Luis Buñuel all-weekender with a double-bill of two of the director’s most notable works.
In the meantime, with Un Certain Regard winner The Happiest Day in … Read More
Trailer: Nobody Speak sees Hulk Hogan take on Gawker
June 16, 2017 | VOD News
Hulk Hogan may be semi-retired, but his high-profile fight of 2016 made media headlines around the world: a legal battle with Gawker.
Enter Brian Knappenberger, whose documentary Nobody Speak: Hulk Hogan, Gawker and Trials of a Free Press chronicles the … Read More
Okja’s new trailer will make you want a giant Piggy of your own
June 16, 2017 | VOD News
It’s only a matter of days until Netflix’s Okja finally arrives on our screens – and if you had any doubts about the appeal of a huge, galumphing animal, the new trailer will make you want one of your own.
Anthony Padilla steps away from Smosh
June 15, 2017 | VOD News
Smosh co-founder Anthony Padilla is stepping down from the YouTube comedy brand.
Along with Ian Hecox, Padilla started posting videos online over a decade ago in 2005. What began as some high-school kids having fun, though, eventually evolved into an … Read More
Netflix nabs Drake Doremus’ Newness
June 15, 2017 | VOD News
It’s been several months since Sundance 2017 closed its doors, but Netflix is still snapping up indie films from the Utah festival as if it only kicked off last week.
The streaming giant, along with Amazon Studios, dominated trade … Read More
Lindsay Lohan joins Sky’s Sick Note
June 14, 2017 | VOD News
Lindsay Lohan has signed on to appear in Sky’s new adult comedy Sick Note.
The series, which stars Rupert Grint and Nick Frost, follows the story of Daniel Glass (Grint), a compulsive liar stuck in a failing relationship and dead-end … Read More
Amazon, Netflix, BBC Worldwide and more form global anti-piracy group
June 14, 2017 | VOD News
Entertainment giants from around the world are teaming up to create a new global anti-piracy group.
Amazon, Netflix and BBC Worldwide are just some of the names behind the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment to Reduce Online Piracy, which … Read More
Netflix and Amazon to overtake UK cinemas by 2020?
June 14, 2017 | VOD News
Revenue from Netflix and Amazon and other streaming services is forecast to overtake box office takings in UK cinemas by 2020.
A new report from PwC looking at the future of the entertainment landscape highlights the ongoing growth within the … Read More
Oliver Stone’s The Putin Interviews available to watch online in UK this week
June 13, 2017 | VOD News
Oliver Stone’s The Putin Interviews are available to watch online in the UK throughout this week, as Sky simulcasts the interviews over four days.
The Oscar–winning director and screenwriter of Platoon and Wall Street has over the past two years … Read More
