Netflix UK TV review: People Just Do Nothing (Season 2)

“Never underestimate the power of spray painting things gold. It triples the value.” Those are the words of Chabuddy G, entrepreneur, owner of the UK’s only dial-up Internet cafe, and friend of Kurupt FM, Brentwood’s second biggest pirate radio station.

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Rio Olympics racks up 80m views online for BBC

The Rio 2016 Olympic Games have helped the BBC race to a record level of online traffic this summer.

The past week has been the biggest ever week for BBC Sport online with 58.2m global unique browsers following the action … Read More

UK TV review: Mr. Robot Season 2, Episode 6

This review contains spoilers. Not caught up with Mr. Robot Season 2 yet? Read our spoiler-free review of Episode 1 and 2.

Mr. Robot is a lot of things. It’s stylish. It’s unexpected. It’s ambitious. It’s a showcase for a … Read More

VOD film review: The Confession

Provocative and ambiguous, this is a gripping confession that demands to be heard.Read More

Walter Presents lines up UK TV first as service passes 12m milestone

Walter Presents is gearing up for a UK TV first this summer, with the service about to premiere the first Hebrew language drama on a main terrestrial channel.

Channel 4’s on-demand service, which is dedicated to showcasing TV around the … Read More

VOD film review: Knight of Cups

Assembled with obvious care, but to little explicable purpose, this pompous film amounts to a very expensive game of “Where’s Wally?”Read More

Netflix UK film review: The Hard Stop

This documentary about the death of Mark Duggan in 2011, which sparked riots in Tottenham, is a vital watch.Read More

This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (14th 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 Hadewijch. Bruno Dumont’s … Read More

VOD film review: Where to Invade Next

Director: Michael Moore Cast: Michael Moore Certificate: 15 Watch Where to Invade Next online in the UK: Curzon Home Cinema / BFI Player / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Virgin Movies / TalkTalk Player / eir Vision … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: The Get Down (Part 1, Episode 1)

“Y’all wanna go to the flyest secret underground party in The Bronx?”

The Bronx, 1977. Ezekiel Figuero (Justice Smith) is a kid whose world is a crumbling, graffiti-strewn wasteland, complete with teenage gangs, and drug-peddlers. Ezekiel’s quest to impress classmate … Read More