This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (8th January 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 Martin Scorsese’s … Read More

First look at Netflix psychological thriller Clinical

Netflix may be best known for its budget original series, but one of the streaming giant’s other signature traits is investing in indie films, from festival acquisitions, such as The Casting of JonBenet, to original productions.

The latter has … Read More

New releases and coming soon to MUBI UK (8th January 2017)

Not getting your arthouse fix from Netflix? Wish there were more indie films on Amazon Prime Video? Every week, we round up the new releases on MUBI, the subscription VOD service that hand-picks new and old classics from around the … Read More

VOD film review: Shell

A calm and absorbing coming-of-age drama, shot through with a heartbreaking sense of tangible isolation.Read More

Walter Presents TV review: Match Day

This detective mystery doesn’t volley you with revelations and dead bodies, but when Match Day shoots, it certainly scores.Read More

BAFTA Rising Star Nominees 2017: Where you can see them in action on Netflix and Amazon

This week, BAFTA unveiled its nominees for 2017’s Rising Star award. The only award that is voted for by the public, it recognises the world’s best upcoming talent, with previous winners ranging from John Boyega to a young James McAvoy.

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VOD film review: Lair of the White Worm (1988)

More pantomime than horror, Ken Russell’s unsurprisingly outrageous romp exposes conflicting substrates of British identity.Read More

Here’s your first look at images from Duncan Jones’ Mute

If you’re looking for a reason why 2017 is looking better than 2016, look no further than the fact that this year is when we finally get to see Duncan Jones’ new film, Mute.

Planned by the Moon and Source … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Sherlock Season 4, Episode 1 (The Six Thatchers)

Warning: This contains minor spoilers.

There’s a thin line between clever and clever-clever. In the past, the BBC’s modern reboot of Sherlock has walked it like Johnny Cash in his prime, allowing Sherlock to be clever-clever and the show to … Read More

Stream on: Video downloads and subscriptions overtake DVD and Blu-rays for first time

Digital video revenue has overtaken DVD and Blu-ray sales for the first time in the UK.

The rising popularity of online streaming of both films and TV surged in 2016, reveal new figures from the Entertainment Retailers Association. Subscription services … Read More