VOD film review: The Bleeder (Chuck)

Liev Schreiber delivers a knock-out performance in this lively and entertaining biopic of boxer Chuck Wepner, aka. “the real Rocky”.Read More

Interview: Adam Wingard talks Death Note and moving from “mumblegore” to Netflix

Adam Wingard is one of the most important horror directors of the new millennium.

The filmmaker debuted with the ultra-low-budget, Bill Moseley-starring Homesick and ‘acid horror’ Pop Skull. Both were collaborations with E.L. Katz (Cheap Thrills), but his next … Read More

First look Netflix UK TV review: Dickensian

Marley wasn’t dead to begin with. Not yet, anyway. That’s because this isn’t A Christmas Carol: it’s Dickensian, the new series from Tony Jordan. Charles, people love to say, would be writing soap operas, if he were alive today – … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Atypical Season 1

Part-sitcom and part-challenging drama, Netflix’s well-meaning series about a teen with autism would benefit from being more, well, atypical.Read More

Catch up TV review: Cheap Cheap Cheap, Inside the Cockpit, Valkyrien, Professor T

What’s available on-demand on Freeview? Keep up-to-date with our weekly catch-up TV column, including reviews of shows on ITV Hub, new releases on All 4 and a guide to My5. (For BBC TV reviews and round-ups, see our weekly Best … Read More

What’s leaving Amazon Prime Video UK in August / September 2017?

As summer slowly begins to draw to a close, the grey clouds are appearing more often, the rain is raining more steadily, and a whole heap of gems are preparing to depart Amazon Prime Video UK around the start of … Read More

VOD film review: One Hour Photo

Robin Williams delivers a picture-perfect performance in this chillingly understated psychological thriller.Read More

The Expanse Season 2 set for September Netflix UK release date

The Expanse Season 2 will premiere on Netflix UK this September.

The sci-fi series, from SyFy, is based on the New York Times bestselling book series by Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, and unfolds across a colonised solar system 200 … Read More

Watch: The Punisher trailer hidden after The Defenders’ end credits

Thanks to Marvel, the words “post-credits scene” have become part of everyday cinema vocabulary. Fans watching The Defenders this weekend on Netflix, then, will be pleased to discover a surprise waiting after the show’s credits: a teaser trailer for The … Read More

Nielsen to include Facebook, Hulu and YouTube in ratings

When it comes to the shifting TV landscape, nowhere is the disruption more obvious that in that most hallowed of telly traditions: TV ratings. BBC Three, in particular, has stumped traditional measurements of success, as its reach and broadcast distribution … Read More