Amazon’s new live TV channels will still require a TV Licence

You will need a TV Licence to stream the live channels offered by Amazon Prime Video as part of its new expanded service.

Amazon Channels, which launched in the US last year, arrived in the UK this week, giving Amazon … Read More

UK TV recap: Arrow, Season 5, Episode 22 (Missing)

Prometheus reveals his master-plan and Oliver recruits some familiar faces in a promising penultimate episode.Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Better Call Saul Season 3, Episode 7 (Expenses)

Warning: This contains spoilers. Not seen Better Call Saul Season 3? Catch up with our spoiler-free review of Episode 1 here.

Say the words “Saul Goodman” and an image immediately forms in your head. Flashy suits. A showman’s grin. That … Read More

Roger Moore: Nobody did it better

Roger Moore is not the best James Bond. He’s not even my Bond: I met Bond in the days of Pierce Brosnan, with a fondness for watching back Sean Connery’s outings on DVD. In 2017, in the days after Roger … Read More

UK TV review: Twin Peaks The Return, Episodes 1 to 4 (spoilers)

This nightmarish, tender return to Twin Peaks is as radical in 2017 as the original series was in 1990 – if not more so.Read More

First look Netflix UK TV review: House of Cards Season 5

A double-edged sword of terror and turmoil opens the political drama’s new season.Read More

Cannes 2017 reviews round-up: Good Time, The Beguiled, Happy End, How to Talk to Girls at Parties, The Double Lover

In Cannes’ 70th year, the world’s pre-eminent film festival has an official selection of hugely promising titles – the kind of titles that streaming services Netflix, Amazon and MUBI will be bidding fiercely to acquire for their own content roster. … Read More

Netflix UK film review: War Machine

Brad Pitt is on brilliant form in this entertaining, if uneven, war satire.Read More

Netflix UK TV review: 13 Reasons Why Season 1 (spoilers)

Season 1 of Netflix’s ambitious teen drama offers a nuanced and poignant look at adolescent life and tragedy.Read More

This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (27th May 2017)

Heard 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 Brick Lane. … Read More