Netflix UK TV review: The Get Down Part 2 (Episode 5)

The finale of Baz Luhrman’s epic hip-hopera is soulful harmony of method, music, and movement.Read More

Netflix heads Down Under for The Legend of Monkey

Netflix is heading Down Under to tell The Legend of Monkey.

Inspired by the classic Chinese fable, Journey to the West, the live-action epic is a co-production between the streaming giant, Australia’s ABC and New Zealand’s TVNZ.

Production is … Read More

Into the Red Room: A look back at Twin Peaks Season 2

Season 2 of David Lynch’s surreal mystery is a mixed bag that features some of the show’s funniest and most insane moments.Read More

UK TV review: Doctor Who Season 10, Episode 2

Bill’s first trip offers visual splendour and a new perspective.Read More

Amazon UK TV review: Into the Badlands Season 2, Episode 5

A slower week full of threats, plots, and madness.Read More

What’s leaving Sky and NOW TV in April / May 2017?

With no Game of Thrones until the summer, your spring TV schedule may be seeming a little empty. But now’s the time to fill those nights with The Walking Dead, Legion, High Maintenance and other TV box sets before they … Read More

This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (22nd April 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 Kurosawa’s Ran.

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New releases and coming soon to MUBI UK (22nd April 2017)

MUBI marks Shakespeare’s birthday with a double-bill of the Bard’s work on film, before going on to an equally idiosyncratic triple-bill dedicated to the films of experimental Spanish auteur Jaime Rosales.

Here’s what’s new, coming soon and leaving soon to the subscription streaming service:

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Shudder UK film review: The Crazies (1973)

Putting the “gory” in “allegory”, Romero’s film shows the madness of the Vietnam war in all its viral contagion.Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Girlboss

“Adulthood is where dreams go to die,” says Sophia Amaruso at the start of Girlboss. Netflix’s new series is inspired by the self-starting success of Sophia, an entrepreneur who found financial fortune with her own online shop selling vintage clothes. … Read More