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This week’s new releases on BFI Player+ (20th February)
February 20, 2016 | VOD NewsHeard 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 Interior. Leather. … Read More
New releases and coming soon to MUBI UK this week (20th February 2016)
February 20, 2016 | VOD News
Not getting your arthouse 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
Catch up TV reviews: The X-Files, Heroes Reborn, Keeping Up with the Khans, The Normandy Landings
February 20, 2016 | David Farnor
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
VOD film review: The Road Within
February 20, 2016 | Matthew Turner
Director: Gren Wells Cast: Robert Sheehan, Zoe Kravitz, Dev Patel, Kyra Sedgwick, Robert Patrick Certificate: 18 Watch The Road Within online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV store / Rakuten TV / Google … Read More
The best films and TV shows on BBC iPlayer (19th February 2016)
February 19, 2016 | David Farnor
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.)
The People vs OJ Simpson
It’s all too easy to dub something … Read More
YouTube Red film review: A Trip to Unicorn Island
February 19, 2016 | David FarnorWe continue our look at YouTube Red’s first wave of originals with A Trip to Unicorn Island, the feature-length outing from Lilly Singh.
YouTube is a thing. A big thing. A lot of adults can forget that, or underestimate its … Read More
VOD film review: Freeheld
February 19, 2016 | Matthew TurnerDirector: Peter Sollett Cast: Julianne Moore, Elliot Page, Michael Shannon, Steve Carell Certificate: 12A Watch Freeheld online in the UK: BFI Player / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Virgin Movies / TalkTalk Box Office … Read More
What’s leaving Netflix UK in February and March 2016?
February 19, 2016 | VOD News
January’s annual streampocalypse may have been and gone, but those Netflix rights just keep on expiring, with everyone from Hollywood A-listers to Swedish detectives getting the chop this month.
Need something to watch this half-term? Some of these should be … Read More
VOD film review: Mavis!
February 19, 2016 | David Farnor
Director: Jessica Edwards Cast: Mavis Staples Certificate: PG Watch Mavis! online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / Sky Store
Them! Oliver! Airplane! It takes something special for a film to carry such excited punctuation. Mavis!, out now in cinemas … Read More
Netflix UK TV review: Love (Season 1)
February 19, 2016 | David Farnor
“Did he ask you out?” “No, it’s worse. He likes me.”
You might wonder why Love, Netflix’s new romantic comedy, is released on the streaming site five days after Valentine’s Day. The truth is simple: it’s not exactly romantic. Chronicling … Read More
