Netflix UK TV review: Dark (spoilers)

Warning: This contains spoilers. Not seen Dark? Read our spoiler-free review of the opening episodes.

After a messy opening two episodes, Netflix’s latest mind-bender, Dark, calms down a bit. Two boys are missing, another has been found dead, and now … Read More

First look UK TV review: Vikings Season 5 (Episodes 1 and 2)

“The King is dead. Long Live the King,” declares Bishop Headmund (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) in Season 5 of Vikings. That the History channel’s drama has even got to a fifth season speaks volumes about the show’s ambition, largely driven by … Read More

UK TV recap: Arrow, Season 6, Episode 7 (Thanksgiving)

Oliver gets arrested and Cayden James scores a victory in an over-stuffed Thanksgiving episode.Read More

UK TV recap: Legends of Tomorrow, Season 3, Episode 7 (Welcome to the Jungle)

Warning: This contains spoilers. For how to watch Legends of Tomorrow, click here.

Last episode of Legends of Tomorrow ended with Damien Darhk his daughter escaping after Nora’s life-force-draining attack (a Darhk family speciality) left Sara in a coma. As … Read More

Amazon UK TV review: The Marvelous Mrs Maisel (Episodes 5 to 8)

Warning: This contains spoilers for the final episodes of The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel. Not caught up? See our spoiler-free review of the opening episodes here.

  Having already established – in four episodes, no less – an incredible world of … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Glitch: Season 2

This brilliant tale of Aussie undead is as moving and enthralling as ever.Read More

Black Mirror unveils Metalhead poster

Beware of dogs. That’s the sinister warning that accompanies the new poster for Black Mirror’s Metalhead.

The penultimate episode in Season 4’s 13 Days of Black Mirror, which is unveiling new posters and trailers every other day, it’s directed … Read More

The Weekly MUBI Digest | 2nd December

As December begins, MUBI unwraps a diverse stocking of cinematic treats, from the big to the small. They don’t come much bigger than Sergio Leone’s gangster epic, One Upon a Time in America, or much smaller than the directorial debut … Read More

Netflix UK film review: Fighting

Channing Tatum delivers a breakout performance in this hard-hitting sports drama.Read More

Trailer: Netflix’s Dirk Gently will return in January

Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency will return fo Season 2 in January, Netflix has confirmed.

The adaptation of Douglas Adams’ comic novels, which is co-produced by Netflix and BBC America, brings to life the unexpected world of the hyper, absurd, eponymous detective (played by Samuel Barnett), with Elijah Wood playing Dirk’s reluctant sidekick, Todd. Written and exec produced by Max Landis, the series first premiered at the end of last year.

“The result isn’t the Dirk Gently fans will know – far from it,” we wrote in our review of the opening episodes. “But as the programme repeatedly throws ideas at the screen, from energy vampires to lost pets, that non-stop energy slowly begins to form a whole from its uneven fragments that, while all over the place, not as funny as you might like and barely logical, is strangely entertaining. Maybe it is a bit like Douglas Adams after all.”

Netflix announced this weekend that Dirk Gently Season 2 will be released on 5th January – not a surprise, given the streaming giant’s stuffed December schedule, including Dark, Black Mirror Season 4, The Crown Season 2 and Bright.

Here’s the trailer unveiling the release date and giving us a glimpse of the show’s sophomore run:

Prepare to be clueless. @ElijahWood and @MrSamuelBarnett return for Season 2 of #DirkGently's Holistic Detective Agency, coming 5th January. pic.twitter.com/mtp4pZzAsZ

— Netflix UK & Ireland (@NetflixUK) December 1, 2017

Tyler Labine to play Sherlock in Dirk Gently Season 2

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Tyler Labine has signed on to play Sherlock Hobbs in Season 2 of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency.
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