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Trailer: Netflix’s I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore premieres at Sundance
January 21, 2017 | David FarnorI Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore is a phrase you can expect to hear a lot this weekend, as Netflix’s film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival last night.
While that would ordinarily be enough to awake … Read More
Amazon attempts to woo Sundance filmmakers with $100k bonus
January 19, 2017 | David FarnorAs the Sundance Film Festival gets underway, the online giants are already out in force to find the next Manchester by the Sea. Both Netflix and Amazon have already made their first acquisitions ahead of the festival, but while the … Read More
Strong 2016 sees Netflix near 100 million subscribers
January 19, 2017 | David FarnorA strong 2016 has left Netflix eyeing up 100 million subscribers at the start of the new year.
In the fourth quarter of 2016, the subscription giant added 7.05 million new subscribers globally, outperforming its own expectations of 5.2 million … Read More
Portrait of the artist as a trapped man: Mu Xin documentary Dream Against the World available to watch online
January 18, 2017 | David FarnorDreaming Against the World, a documentary about imprisoned artist Mu Xin, is now available to watch online.
Film streaming platform FilmDoo has teamed up with directors Timothy Sternberg and Francisco Bello (the Oscar- and Emmy-nominated filmmakers behind the 2007 short … Read More
Youtube to premiere This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous at Sundance
January 18, 2017 | David FarnorYouTube is expanding its presence at Sundance Film Festival this year, with the premiere of This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous leading the way.
A year ago, the video site took to the festival to promote its first slate of original … Read More
Roku releases revamped mobile app
January 18, 2017 | David FarnorNew year, new app for Roku users, as the streaming platform launches a revamped mobile interface for 2017.
Roku is increasingly stepping up its living room presence, teaming up with manufacturers in the US to make smart TVs with its … Read More
Daniel Pyne becomes new Bosch showrunner
January 18, 2017 | David FarnorDaniel Pyne has become the new showrunner of Amazon’s Bosch.
The cop drama, based on Michael Connelly’s novels, stars Titus Welliver as the detective. It was developed for TV by Eric Overmyer (Treme, The Wire) and is executive produced by … Read More
Santa Clarita Diet trailer is bloody fun
January 18, 2017 | David FarnorThe new trailer for Netflix’s Santa Clarita Diet has landed – and it promises lots of bloody fun. Literally.
The show stars Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant as a married couple who find their lives transformed, when she becomes a … Read More
Hap and Leonard Season 2 set for March UK release
January 17, 2017 | David FarnorHap and Leonard returns for Season 2 this spring, and the programme is gearing up for a March premiere.
The “swamp noir” stars James Purefoy (The Following) and Michael Kenneth Williams (Boardwalk Empire) and is based on the novels by … Read More
BBC reunites with AMC for The Spy Who Came in from the Cold series
January 16, 2017 | David FarnorHot on the heels of The Night Manager, The BBC is reuniting with AMC to adapt another John le Carre book for the screen: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.
The novel is one of the most iconic … Read More