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Amazon UK TV review: Into the Badlands Season 2, Episode 9
May 21, 2017 | Chris BryantSeason 2 sets the stage for the finale with a functional but revealing penultimate episode.Read More
Car Share drives BBC iPlayer views up 23pc
May 21, 2017 | VOD NewsPeter Kay’s Car Share helped to drive BBC iPlayer to a strong April.
Use of the Beeb’s catch-up service traditionally declines in the second quarter of the year, as views drop off in March, April, May and June. This spring, … Read More
What’s leaving Amazon Prime Video UK in May / June 2017?
May 20, 2017 | VOD NewsFrom heartfelt sci-fi to stunning action, this is your last chance to stream the following on Amazon Prime Video:
Gravity – 20th May
Alfonso Cuaron’s survival thriller/sci-fi, which appears to unfold all in a single take, is nail-bitingly tense – … Read More
VOD film review: Spaceship
May 20, 2017 | Matthew TurnerEmo teens speculate that their missing friend has been abducted in this stylish, colourful but frustrating feature debut.Read More
New releases and coming soon to MUBI UK (20th May 2017)
May 20, 2017 | VOD NewsMUBI heads to Cannes this month, with a fortnight-long takeover celebrating the creme de la Croisette. Centred around its exclusively-acquired Un Certain Regard winner The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki (read our interview with star Jarkko Lahti here), every day brings another old favourite from festival years past.
Here’s what’s new, coming soon and leaving soon on the subscription streaming service. This is your weekly MUBI Digest:
Netflix UK TV review: Master of None Season 2 (spoilers)
May 20, 2017 | Tom BondWarning: This contains spoilers. Not seen Season 2 of Master of None? Read our spoiler-free review of the opening episodes.
It hurts watching someone get their heart broken. At the end of Season 1 of Master of None, Dev (Aziz … Read More
UK TV review: Doctor Who Season 10, Episode 6 (Extremis)
May 20, 2017 | Mark Harrison“Virtue is only virtue in extremis.” Steven Moffat is back on Doctor Who scripting duties with an adventure that spans from the Vatican to CERN, and from Washington DC to a far-off planet in the past. There’s no understating its … Read More
Interview: Jarkko Lahti talks The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki
May 20, 2017 | David FarnorA boxing movie without boxing in it? The Happiest Day in the Life of Olli Maki isn’t the sporting movie you expect. It’s based on true story, but not one about winning. It follows the build-up to a big fight, … Read More
This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (20th May 2017)
May 20, 2017 | VOD NewsHeard of BFI Player? Well, there’s also BFI Player+, a subscription service that offers an all-you-can-eat selection of hand-picked classics.
Every Friday, Mark Kermode highlights one of the collection’s titles with a video introduction. This week, it’s The Hunt, … Read More
F Is For Family Season 2 trailer lands
May 20, 2017 | VOD NewsF is For Family’s second season is almost upon us – and, judging by the trailer for Bill Burr’s comedy, it’s as NSFW as ever.
Co-created with Michael Price, the animation is as adult as it gets, taking us back … Read More