Sky embraces binge-watching with new updates

Sky is embracing binge-watching with a string of new updates for its Sky+ platform.

The broadcaster has placed a growing emphasis in the last year on “box sets” of shows available to watch on-demand, but its infrastructure was not designed … Read More

iPlayer Licence Fee loophole could be closed as soon as July

The BBC iPlayer loophole will be closed as soon as possible, the UK government has declared.

The current TV Licence fee includes the watching of TV live, whether through a traditional television signal or via the Internet, but the legislation, … Read More

Unbound: The David Bowie Instagram series designed to mystify

David Bowie was many things. Musician. Movie star. Fashion guru. Pop culture icon. Alien. Friend. Goblin king. Inspiration to be yourself. Cool. The list goes on, but now, you can add something else to it: web series creator.

Before his … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Fuller House

Inspired by a particularly egregious joke in the Ace Ventura franchise, “Mr. Monopoly Man Humour” refers to empty pop cultural references that elicit laughs on recognition alone. With little risk and small gains, it’s a lazy crutch for writers, and … Read More

Making a Murderer Season 2 could be on the cards

A second season of Making a Murderer could be on the cards, the filmmakers have confirmed.

Directors Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos released their 10-part documentary about the judicial process surrounding Steven Avery’s 2005 conviction for the murder of photographer … Read More

Louis C.K.’s Horace and Pete review: Episode 5

Warning: This contains spoilers.

In my review of Episode 4 of Louis C.K.’s Horace and Pete, I suggested that, based upon the ominous way in which that episode ended, perhaps Uncle Pete (Alan Alda) would die, having been shot. Uncle … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: House of Cards Season 4, Episode 1 (spoiler-free)

Opening with a foreboding scene displaying the grey area between degradation and survival, the sombre tone and dim lighting may be trademark House of Cards fare, but the tension feels higher than ever in the fourth season of Netflix’s … Read More

The Netflix effect: Sales of DVDs have more than halved in UK

Much has been written about the future of cinema in a Netflix age, despite day-and-date releases proving that digital and theatrical releases are not cannibalistic to each other. New research, though, reveals that one area VOD has had a significant … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Better Call Saul Season 2, Episode 3

“You and I both know you can do this job, but you have to do it right.”

Better Call Saul continues to put the relationship between Kim (Rhea Seehorn) and Jimmy McGill (Bob Odenkirk) at the heart of Season 2 … Read More

Last Week Tonight’s takedown of Donald Trump proves John Oliver is king of satire

Donald Trump is a joke. Everyone in the UK knows this. But today, Tuesday 1st March (aka. Super Tuesday), he goes into the wave of US Republican primaries as the frontrunner – a victory that would effectively see him become … Read More