Christmas comes early thanks to the new Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 2 trailer

Get ready to break out your sassafrass jeans and open a bottle of peeno noir: the first full trailer for Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is here. And it’s not just Kimmy’s costume that makes it feel like Christmas has come early.

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UK TV review: The Walking Dead Season 6, Episode 13

This is a spoiler-free review – read on at the bottom for additional, spoiler-filled analysis.

Anyone annoyed that there aren’t enough powerful women in television will enjoy this episode of The Walking Dead. Carol (Melissa McBride) and Maggie (Lauren Cohan), … Read More

Global VOD market worth almost $50bn

The global video on-demand market was worth almost $50 billion last year.

A study by Future Market Insights reveals that the sector was worth $48.93 billion in 2015, and is poised to increase at 8.3 per cent annually during the … Read More

VOD film review: Emelie

This supremely suspenseful babysitter-from-hell horror marks out Sarah Bolger as a talent to watch.Read More

88:88 gets exclusive global release on MUBI this March

88:88 will be released exclusively on MUBI on Friday 18th March.

The experimental debut feature from Canadian director Isiah Medina is described by MUBI as a “densely layered montage that is both formally rigorous and emotionally raw [and] explodes … Read More

MovieSwap, The Screening Room… Hollywood is getting with the times – but still thinking backwards

Sean Parker speaking at San Francisco’s Web 2.0 Summit in 2011 Photo: Kevin Krejci

You may soon be able to watch the latest blockbuster releases on the same day that they are released in cinemas, if Hollywood is won over … Read More

The best films and TV shows on BBC iPlayer (13th March 2016)

We review the best TV shows and films currently available on BBC iPlayer. (Click here to skip to our reviews of the best movies on BBC iPlayer.)

Trapped

“It seems more than likely that someone was murdered and dismembered … Read More

Catch up TV reviews: Doctor Thorne, The Aliens, Penn and Teller

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 … Read More

Walter Presents eyes overseas expansion as views pass 5m

Channel 4 is now eyeing up international markets for a possible expansion of Walter Presents. The on-demand channel for foreign-language TV, which forms part of the broadcaster’s VOD service, All 4, is already a huge success, despite having launched only … Read More

This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (13th March)

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 Rashomon. Akira … Read More