This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (23rd April)

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 Rome, Open … Read More

New releases and coming soon to MUBI UK this week (23rd April 2016)

Not getting your art-house 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

BBC Three boosts comedy and music line-up with Sounds Random and #HoodDocumentary

BBC Three is boosting its comedy and music line-up with two commissions.

The online TV channel has ordered two new shows for the spring and summer, as BBC Three continues to tap both traditional celebrities and online stars to build … Read More

Principal photography begins on Okja

Principal photography has begun on Bong Joon Ho’s new film, Okja.

The film, produced by Plan B, Lewis Pictures and Kate Street Picture Company, stars Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal and Paul Dano in a bold, global adventure.

Netflix announced that … Read More

Shakespeare 400: Your VOD TV Guide

400 years ago today, William Shakespeare died – and the UK is pulling out all the stops to celebrate. The BBC is hosting a string of live-streaming events on the big day exclusively online (and available free to anyone anywhere … Read More

UK TV recap: DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Season 1, Episode 8 (Night of the Hawk)

Warning: This contains spoilers.

Episode 7 of Legends of Tomorrow ended on an exciting cliff-hanger that saw Leonard stranding Mick somewhere in time and apparently killing him with a shot from his cold gun. It will come as a surprise … Read More

VOD film review: Black Mountain Poets

This indie comedy has a big heart, sparkling performances, and good humour seeping from every stanza.Read More

UK TV recap: Arrow Season 4, Episode 17 (Beacon of Hope)

Warning: This contains spoilers.

Although it’s been a definite improvement over the doom and gloom of Season 3, this season of Arrow has often struggled to maintain the new, improved (and essentially lifted from The Flash) lightness of tone that … Read More

Josh Hartnett time travel flick gets UK release

With Penny Dreadful Season 3 returning in May, we’re always on the lookout for anything to do with its stars. For those wondering what Josh Hartnett, former teen heartthrob and star of Sin City, is up to these days when … Read More

YouTube and Justin Lin launch 360-degree film, Help

YouTube and Justin Lin have teamed up to release a 360-degree film.

Called Help, the movie takes place in the middle of downtown Los Angeles, where a meteor shower has left a deep scar on the streets of Chinatown. Panic, … Read More