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News about video on-demand services, new releases on Netflix UK and online video video.
Haifaa Al Mansour’s The Perfect Candidate gets digital release this month
March 19, 2020 | David FarnorHaifaa Al Mansour’s new film, The Perfect Candidate, will be released digitally this month after the closure of major cinema chains amid coronavirus concerns.
UK distributor Modern Films was set to release the movie in cinemas on 27th March, but … Read More
BFI Flare heads to BFI Player for home streaming
March 19, 2020 | David FarnorWhile cinema lovers are at home over the coming weeks, BFI Flare London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival is migrating to BFI Player to become BFI Flare at Home.
The festival, which was cancelled at the last minute this week due to … Read More
Confirmed: The Mandalorian to release weekly on Disney+ UK
March 19, 2020 | David FarnorIt’s official: The Mandalorian will be released weekly on Disney+ when it launches in the UK next week, but with some good news for subscribers.
The House of Mouse’s streaming home for Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic and … Read More
Sky Cinema to release Four Kids and It this April
March 19, 2020 | David FarnorSky Cinema has brought forward the release of its new original film, Four Kid and It, this April.
Based on the book by Jacqueline Wilson and starring Russell Brand, Matthew Goode, Paula Patton and the voice of Sir Michael Caine, … Read More
BBC gets access to Inside Monaco and The Countess and the Russian Billionaire
March 18, 2020 | David FarnorBBC Two has bagged unprecedented access into the lives of the world’s super-rich with two new documentaries.
Inside Monaco is filmed over a season of grand events that Monaco is famous for, such as the Grand Prix weekend, Red … Read More
Fleabag, Derry Girls and Sex Education win at 2020 RTS Awards
March 18, 2020 | David FarnorFleabag led the winners at this year’s Royal Television Society Awards, taking home two prizes.
The awards, which were revealed behind closed doors by writer and comedian Paul Merton (and streamed live to nominees and viewers at home) named … Read More
MUBI brings Bacurau release forward and cuts price
March 18, 2020 | David FarnorMUBI is bringing Bacurau’s subscription streaming release forward to tomorrow, in a surprise move to expand the Cannes-winning film’s reach.
The audacious, genre-blending siege thriller from Brazil’s Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles whisks us away to a small settlement … Read More
Netflix Party: The Chrome extension to combat self-isolation
March 17, 2020 | David FarnorThis week, the UK enters a new stage in the coronavirus pandemic, as thousands decide to work from home and stay at home as much as possible, either to avoid spreading the virus or to avoid catching it. The entertainment … Read More
Universal releases The Hunt, Invisible Man, Emma online early in UK
March 17, 2020 | David FarnorUniversal is breaking the theatrical window this week as cinemas shut down amid the spreading coronavirus pandemic.
This unprecedented step will see NBCUniversal make its moves available to stream online legally in the UK only a matter of days and … Read More
Trailer: 7Seeds returns for Part 2 this March
March 17, 2020 | David Farnor“Are you really dead? After all that crazy stuff we survived together?” That’s the sound of Netflix’s anime 7Seeds returning for Part 2 this March.
The story takes place in the immediate future, when a giant meteorite has collided with … Read More