Alfre Woodard to star in Netflix’s Luke Cage

Alfre Woodard is reportedly set to star in Netflix series Luke Cage.

The Oscar-nominated actress, who will be familiar to TV fans as Betty in Desperate Housewives, Ruby in True Blood and President Payton in State of Affairs, is in … Read More

UK TV review: Show Me a Hero, Episode 2

Already seen Episode 2? Read on at the bottom for spoilers.

If parts of Show Me a Hero’s opener perhaps felt a little too calculated, Episode 2 feels much looser and chaotic, as the proverbial excrement hits the fan for … Read More

Amazon Prime Video TV review: Catastrophe Season 1

Catastrophe is not the most reassuring title for a romantic comedy. But Channel 4’s show, so good that it was snapped up earlier this year by Amazon Prime to distribute in the US as an “Original”, isn’t a catastrophe in … Read More

Top TV shows and films on BBC iPlayer (23rd August 2015)

On Sunday 23rd August, the BBC begins the start of an ambitious project with CBS: a live string of three broadcasts from Monterey Bay in California. Filming from the sea, the air and from an aquarium studio, the hope is … Read More

Villains rise in Gotham Season 2 trailer

FOX has released a new trailer for Gotham Season 2, with an emphasis on the rise of the villains – and, specifically, one who just might be the Joker.

The superhero prequel series has proven popular with Bat-fans, as it … Read More

UK TV Review: Agent Carter Season 1, Episode 7

Already seen Episode 7? Read on at the bottom for spoilers.

All seems lost for Agent Carter this week. She is under arrest and her fellow agents present her with a wall of evidence of her secret doings since the … Read More

Catch up TV reviews: Very British Problems, Flockstars, Katie Price: In Therapy

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

New trailers for The Flash Season 2 speed online

A new trailer for The Flash Season 2 has sprinted onto the web this week, as its UK air date of Tuesday 13th October fast approaches. In fact, two trailers have arrived.

The appropriately quick glimpses of the second run … Read More

New releases and coming soon to MUBI this week (22nd August 2015)

Not getting your arthouse fix from Netflix? Wish there were more indie films on Amazon Prime? Every week, we round up the new releases on MUBI, a subscription VOD service that hand-picks films from around the world and adds one … Read More

The Dance of Reality available to watch online exclusively with Curzon Home Cinema

Alejandro Jodorowsky’s The Dance of Reality is now available to watch online in the UK on Curzon Home Cinema.

The film marks the director’s return to cinema over two decades after his last film. Jodorowsky’s name in itself is enough … Read More