UK TV review: The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses (2016)

This brilliantly acted and carefully crafted Shakespeare cycle is a gripping study of royalty and power.Read More

Catch up TV reviews: Suspects, Borderline, Wynonna Earp

What’s available on-demand on Freeview? Keep up-to-date with our weekly catch-up TV column, including reviews of shows on ITV Hub, new releases on All 4 and a guide to My5.

(For BBC TV reviews and round-ups, see our weekly Best … Read More

One Year on: The prophetic failure of Josh Trank’s underrated Fantastic Four

One year ago today, Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four was released in UK cinemas. As you are no doubt already aware, it didn’t go down well. But in hindsight, there’s much to appreciate in this underrated reboot, whether intentional or not.

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MyLifeAsEva, The Thinning and Lazer Team 2: YouTube Red expands original slate

YouTube is expanding its slate of original content, with a new series starring MyLifeAsEva, teen dystopian flick The Thinning and a sequel to Lazer Team.

YouTube’s subscription service, which is still not yet available in the UK, costs $10 a … Read More

This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (6th August)

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 A Matter of … Read More

New releases and coming soon to MUBI UK (6th August 2016)

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

David Attenborough narrated by Aziz Ansari – our new favourite Netflix glitch

David Attenborough. National treasure. Friend of man and beast alike. Describer of the wonders of the natural world. Not the man you expect to say “I’m pretty sure that women behind the tree is masturbating to us”.

But that did … Read More

VOD film review: Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures

An insight into a boundary-pushing photographer that dares to take sex seriously.Read More

Stranger Things just got scarier with this VR video

Thought Stranger Things was scary? This new immersive video from Netflix will make you think again.

Netflix is getting into the virtual reality game with its short YouTube video, which you can experience either as 360-degree video, by clicking and … Read More

VOD film review: Eddie the Eagle

Dexter Fletcher’s underdog sports movie is heartwarming and uplifting in a way that is utterly disarming.Read More