A day in the life of Frank Underwood

Days before House of Cards returns for Season 5, there’s still a lot we don’t know about the upcoming season. What will happen after the Season 4 cliffhanger? Who will win between Kevin Spacey’s politician and Joel Kinnaman’s rival? What … Read More

The Netflix TV diet: Comedy for breakfast and thrillers for dinner

This month sees the return of House of Cards for its fifth season. Four years on from when Netflix changed TV with the first season of the political drama being released all at once, TV watching is almost recognisable, with … Read More

Netflix’s Meme Project: Rihanna and Lupita team up for heist movie

It’s happening. The dream that the Internet had one day is actually happening. Lupita Nyong’o and Rihanna are actually teaming up to make an actual heist movie.

If that pitch sounds familiar, it’s because you saw it on Tumblr two … Read More

Raindance Film Festival launches VR awards and masterclasses

Raindance Film Festival, the UK’s largest indie film festival, is embracing virtual reality in a very real way.

The festival, which held a showcase of VR shorts last year, is introducing Raindance VRX Awards for this year’s event, as well … Read More

Nick Kroll and John Mulaney go back to Broadway for Netflix

Nick Kroll and John Mulaney are bringing their bizarre Broadway alter-egos for Netflix this summer.

Titled Oh, Hello on Broadway, the Netflix comedy special follows the duo’s successful run on New York’s theatre strip. The show revives the characters of … Read More

Trailer: Flaked returns for Season 2, now with added facial hair

“I’m not what I look like I am!” cries Will Arnett in the new season of Flaked.

Arnett’s Netflix original series, co-created with Mark Chappell, returns for a second run this summer, promises more navel-gazing angst, downbeat soul-searching and … Read More

Twin Peaks: The magic of stories without spoilers

It is happening again. That TV show you like is back in style. Yes, Twin Peaks is back on our TV screens for the first time in a quarter of a century, and fans are over the moon about the … Read More

VR goes social as Google Daydream gets Chromecast support

Virtual reality is the buzzword of the moment, as people tout immersive 360-degree video as the future of entertainment. (You can read our hands-on VR experience with short films here.) the only drawback? Wearing a headset can seem like an … Read More

Amazon eyes March release for David Oyelowo and Charlize Theron’s Gringo

Amazon is eyeing a March 2018 release for its next original film, Gringo.

The movie is a co-production between STX Entertainment and Amazon Studios. Directed by Nash Edgerton, brother to Joel Edgerton, it marks the filmmaker’s second feature project, following … Read More

Car Share drives BBC iPlayer views up 23pc

Peter Kay’s Car Share helped to drive BBC iPlayer to a strong April.

Use of the Beeb’s catch-up service traditionally declines in the second quarter of the year, as views drop off in March, April, May and June. This spring, … Read More