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

First look Netflix UK TV review: Narcos Season 2

“This wasn’t a manhunt. This was an invasion.”

After Season 1’s hard-headed rollercoaster of documentary-style anarchy, political obstacles and the grand master of drug kingpins, it’s understandable to wonder if Season 2 could possibly have much more story to … Read More

VOD film review: Jane Got a Gun

Director: Gavin O’Connor Cast: Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton Certificate: 15

In 2011, Gavin O’Connor gave the world Warrior, an MMA drama starring Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton that had such blistering turns from its cast that it rose above sporting … Read More

FrightFest VOD film review: The Windmill Massacre

The Windmill Massacre may be a bit of a generic grind, but at least its vision of limbo is renewable.Read More

Why you should be watching Dicte: Crime Reporter

Iben Hjejle shines in this multi-layered Danish drama about a crime-solving journalist.Read More

What’s coming soon to Amazon Prime Video UK in September 2016?

It’s not often that the winner of the Best Picture Oscar is upstaged by a TV show, but it’s a testament of how good Amazon Prime Video’s line-up has become that it might happen this September.

Yes, this month marks … Read More

VOD film review: The Intervention

Director: Clea Duvall Cast: Melanie Lynskey, Clea DuVall, Cobie Smulders Watch The Intervention online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Rakuten TV / Google Play

Three couples get together to tell a … Read More