TIFF: Netflix acquires Lionheart ahead of Toronto premiere

Netflix has acquired the worldwide rights to Lionheart.

The directorial debut of Genevieve Nnaji will have its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival today. Before it is screened to the world for the first time, though, the streaming giant … Read More

Amazon UK TV review: Jack Ryan Season 1 (spoilers)

Tense and story-driven, Amazon’s smart Tom Clancy adaptation serves up a suspenseful first season.Read More

VOD film review: Hurricane

This entertaining wartime drama about a Polish RAF squadron shines an enjoyable spotlight on an unfairly unknown tale.Read More

VOD film review: Under the Wire

This gripping war documentary is a powerful tribute to a journalist dedicated to reporting the truth.Read More

VOD film review: Revenge

Writer-director Coralie Fargeat makes an impressive feature debut with this stylish, blood-soaked rape-revenge thriller.Read More

TIFF: YouTube Premium snaps up Gael Garcia Bernal’s Museo

YouTube Premium has snapped up the streaming rights to Gael García Bernal’s Museo.

The heist thriller, which had its US premiere at Toronto International Film Festival yesterday, will become the subscription service’s first Spanish-language original movie.

The film is inspired … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Ozark Season 2

Ozark’s bloated sophomore season is well-acted, but lacks humour and urgency.Read More

MUBI GO: MUBI offers subscribers free weekly cinema ticket

MUBI is teaming up with cinemas across the UK to offer its subscribers one free cinema ticket each week.

ScreenDaily, which broke the news, compared the scheme to Moviepass, the US subscription service that initially offered unlimited cinema tickets for … Read More

Bertie Carvel and Neil Maskell join Channel 4’s Baghdad Central

Bertie Carvel and Neil Maskell lead the cast of Channel 4’s new series, Baghdad Central.

The six-part crime series is written and created by BAFTA-nominated writer Stephen Butchard (The Last Kingdom, House of Saddam), based on the novel by Elliott … Read More

BBC iPlayer scores big with summer of live sport

BBC iPlayer scored big this summer as live sport boosted streaming to record highs.

Given the amount of sport available to watch, July was inevitably a big month for live viewing, making up 22 per cent of all requests, but … Read More