New releases on MUBI UK this week (16th January 2016)

Not getting your art house fix from Netflix? Wish there were more indie films on Amazon Prime? Every week, we round up the new releases on MUBI, a subscription VOD service that hand-picks films from around the world.

This month, … Read More

Netflix unveils new teaser trailer and images for Fuller House

Netflix has unveiled a new teaser trailer for its reboot of the sitcom Fuller House, which arrives next month.

The video gives us a first look at the whole cast of the show, which continues the adventures that began in … Read More

Neil Patrick Harris in talks to join Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, as showrunner departs

Neil Patrick Harris is in talks to star in Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Series.

The series, based on the best-selling Lemony Snicket books, was picked up by Netflix at the end of 2014 with an order for a 13-episode … Read More

PewDiePie launches own YouTube network

PewDiePie has launched his own network of online vloggers on YouTube.

The biggest YouTube star of them all, known in real life as Felix Kjellberg, has previously been critical of the role that some multi-channel networks (MCNs) play within the … Read More

Netflix is cracking down on proxies

Netflix is cracking down on people using proxies to access different versions of the streaming service.

The VOD giant has proven itself a disruptive force in the film and TV industry, releasing titles such as Beasts of No Nation or … Read More

Amazon’s Mozart in the Jungle available for free this weekend

Amazon is making Mozart in the Jungle available for free to everyone this weekend, in celebration of its success at the Golden Globes last weekend.

Based on Blair Tindall’s memoir of the same name, the comedy series follows the New … Read More

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

Robot Wars will return to BBC Two

Robot Wars will return to BBC Two. This is not a drill.

Sergeant Bash. Matilda. Sir Killalot. If those names are already sending a mechanical chill up your spine, then prepare to activate your excitement circuits: BBC Two has commissioned … Read More

The Ellen Degeneres Show heads to ITV2

Ellen DeGeneres is coming to UK – and not, perhaps, to where you might expect.

The hugely popular US talk show has joined the ITV family, with the show set to premiere on British screens on ITV2.

The show started … Read More