Netflix UK film review: The Huntsman: Winter’s War

This fantasy sequel is a confused mess, but it’s an oddly entertaining confused mess.Read More

Films released on VOD now eligible for BAFTA consideration

Films that have been released on-demand rather than theatrically can now be eligible for BAFTA consideration.

Digital distribution has become increasingly important to smaller films, and to the distributors who help them reach viewers. With cinema screens increasingly taken up … Read More

Stranger Things creators tease Season 2 details

Netflix’s original series, part-sci-fi, part-horror and 100 per cent 80s nostalgia, has swiftly become of the summer’s biggest hits, with fans left with one major question after the final episode: will there be a second season?

Warning: Spoilers for … Read More

Why 11.22.63 should be your next box set

Time travel and James Franco in a hat. What’s not to like?Read More

Amazon TV pilot review: The Tick, I Love Dick, Jean-Claude Van Johnson

Amazon’s 2016 summer season of TV pilots is now here, giving us a taste of three possible new original series for Amazon Prime Video. The deciding factor? The feedback of those who watch it. The good news is that anyone … Read More

This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (20th 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 Hands of the … Read More

New releases and coming soon to MUBI UK (20th 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

Grace and Frankie: Season 2 bloopers

It doesn’t like that long ago that Grace and Frankie returned to our screens for Season 2 – but it does feel like a long time until Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda come back next year for Season 3 of … Read More

VOD film review: Black (2016)

This modern Romeo and Juliet tale is brilliantly made, superbly acted and powerfully moving.Read More

Netflix UK TV review: The Get Down (Part 1, Episodes 2 to 6 – spoilers)

Warning: This contains spoilers. Not seen The Get Down? Catch up with our spoiler-free look at the opening episodes.

Baz Luhrmann’s 1970’s hip-hop origins story follows its feature-length debut with five hour-long episodes, which continue the often reality-inspired struggle the … Read More