Amazon Prime Video TV review: Transparent Season 2 (Episodes 6 to 10)

Warning: This contains mild spoilers.

“What is being queer, if it’s not questioning everything?” argues Ali in the second half of Transparent Season 2. “We can make our own rules. Be open and brave.”

Gaby Hoffmann’s daughter has always been … Read More

BT TV becomes first TV service to offer Netflix 4K in the UK

BT TV has become the first TV service in the UK to offer Netflix in 4K.

Ultra HD has fast overtaken 3D as the next big thing for video quality in home entertainment – and streaming services have been quick … Read More

Why you should be watching How to Get Away with Murder

After a positive plethora of legal dramas featuring ‘strong female leads’ vying for your verdict on Netflix, there’s another to add to your list: How to Get Away with Murder, the latest masterwork by talented force of nature Shonda Rhimes. … Read More

VOD film review: Haywire

Gina Carano proves herself a formidable action star in Steven Soderbergh’s stylish, brutal thriller.Read More

Labour criticise Osborne as Netflix pays zero corporation tax in UK

Labour have criticised UK Chancellor George Osborne, as a new report emerges saying that Netflix paid zero corporation tax in the UK last year.

The VOD giant has around 70 million subscribers worldwide, each paying a monthly fee. With 40 … Read More

VOD film review: Mistress America

Greta Gerwig and Lola Kirke shine in Noah Baumbach’s dizzyingly witty comedy.Read More

Catch up TV review: Tripped, First Dates: The Proposal, Kirstie’s Handmade Christmas

We catch up with some of the TV shows and films currently available on free VOD services in the UK. (For BBC TV reviews and round-ups, see our weekly Best on BBC iPlayer column.)

Tripped – All 4

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Macaulay Culkin reprises Kevin McCallister role in web series

What would being left home alone in a house aged eight do to you? A new web series gives us the answer, as Macaulay Culkin reprises his role as Kevin McCallister from 1990’s Home Alone.

The former child star became … Read More

Netflix releases first episode of Making a Murderer for free on YouTube

Netflix has released the first episode of Making a Murderer for free on YouTube.

The move is an unprecedented one for the streaming giant: Netflix has always operated behind a strict wall of secrecy, from concealing its ratings to not … Read More

Amazon picks up eight pilots and renews Red Oaks and Hand of God

Amazon is stepping up its original content game, ordering full seasons from an unprecedented five out of its six latest adult pilots, as well as renewing two of its new original series.

Amazon Studios has had something of a game-changing … Read More