Netflix’s The 13th and Black Mirror join London Film Festival 2016 line-up

Ava DuVernay’s T​he​ 13th and new episodes of Black Mirror will premiere at the 2016 BFI London Film Festival this October, with Amazon’s Chi-Raq competing for the red carpet spotlight.

Netflix and the BFI event first joined forces in 2015, … Read More

BBC Three to cut the fat with new post mortem obesity doc

BBC Three will be cutting the fat with a new groundbreaking post mortem documentary exploring the impact obesity has upon our bodies.

Obesity: The Post Mortem will see leading pathologist Dr. Mike Osborn, a consultant for the Royal College of … Read More

Netflix snaps up rights to The Worst Witch as tweens take centre stage

Netflix has snapped up the rights to CBBC’s reboot of The Worst Witch, as the streaming giant sets its sights on tween viewers.

Magical mayhem will meet routine school life in the new series based on the books by … Read More

VOD film review: Cockneys vs Zombies

Cockneys vs Zombies gives you more than enough Roy Hudd for your Bread and Honey. Well worth a Paul McKenna.Read More

What’s coming soon to Sky and NOW TV in September 2016?

September is here. Summer has fled. The nights are starting to get darker. And the TV is looking more alluring than ever. But what is there to watch on Sky – or, for non-Sky customers, on subscription-free VOD service NOW … Read More

UK TV review: Halt and Catch Fire Season 3 (Episode 1 and 2)

Halt and Catch Fire has never been better than this stellar Season 3 opening double-bill.Read More

Raindance Film Festival announces 2016 web series awards nominees and VR showcase

The Raindance Film Festival returns to London’s West End this September – and with it will bring not just its usual web series awards but also a showcase for VR videos.

The festival has established itself as an important event … Read More

Amazon Prime Video UK TV review: The Collection (Episode 1)

This weird and wonderful combination of The Sopranos and The House of Eliott has a lot going for it.Read More

All 4: Shorts coming soon to Channel 4’s VOD service in September 2016

Shorts continue to be a central part of Channel’s VOD service, All 4. In September, All 4 has exclusive rights to popular series Seven Year Switch Australia, which sees four couples take a drastic step to save their faltering relationships. … Read More

RIP Gene Wilder (1933 – 2016)

Gene Wilder was, quite simply, one of the funniest actors of all time. The brilliant thing was that he never seemed to know it.

Born Jerome Silberman in 1933, his wiry hair and bulging eyeballs meant that his serene face … Read More