Netflix will now help you measure your Internet speed

Hate it when Orange Is the New Black buffers? Tired of Grace and Frankie grinding to a halt? The problem is your Internet connection – and now, Netflix will help you tell how fast it is.

The streaming giant has … Read More

Netflix UK film review: Janis: Little Girl Blue

Director: Amy J. Berg Cast: Cat Power, Janis Joplin Certificate: U Watch Janis: Little Girl Blue online in the UK: Netflix UK / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play

It’s always the way. You spend your … Read More

First look UK TV review: Preacher Season 1

This is a spoiler-free review.

“He sins too. He sins worse and he’s got it coming.”

Contrasting big ideas with small-town life, Preacher follows Jesse Custer (Dominic Cooper), a disillusioned man of God with a shady past, as he searches … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Marseille Season 1 (Episodes 5 to 8)

Warning: This contains spoilers – if you haven’t seen Episodes 1 to 4 of Marseille, read our spoiler-free review here.

Marseille is Netflix’s first French original series. It also holds the more dubious honour of being a TV show that … Read More

VOD film review: Creed

A gripping, moving human drama that finds fresh weight in boxing movie conventions.Read More

UK TV review: Outlander: Season 2, Episode 7 (Faith)

Warning: This contains spoilers.

Faith is the title of Episode 7 in Outlander Season 2 – and it more than lives up to it. After a slight step down in quality over recent weeks, the show’s second run rediscovers its … Read More

This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (22nd May)

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 Black Narcissus, Power … Read More

Cannes 2016 Interview: MUBI curator Chiara Marañón on competing to acquire the best of the fest

Inside VOD: We take you behind the scenes of the video on-demand industry by interviewing key figures in the streaming world.

It was a year ago that VOD platform MUBI shocked the industry at the Cannes Film Festival by announcing … Read More

Cannes 2016 reviews round-up: The Unknown Girl, The Wailing, It’s Only the End of the World, Bacalaureat

With Amazon Studios having snapped up the US streaming rights to six films screening at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, we head to the Croisette to check out some of the other movies on offer, including the latest from Xavier … Read More

UK TV recap: Arrow Season 4, Episode 21

Warning: This contains spoilers.

After successfully moving all the relevant pieces into place last week, Arrow shifts gears and kicks things up a notch for the latest episode, raising the stakes in considerable fashion and delivering some solidly entertaining fight … Read More