UK VOD TV review: Homeland Season 5, Episode 1

It’s hard to image a more suitable title for Homeland’s Season 5 opener than “Separation Anxiety”. After Season 4’s surprising about-turn into good-again territory, drawing a line in the sand between now and the Brody-bogged days of Seasons 2 and … Read More

Catch-up TV reviews: The Returned S2, Unforgotten, TFI Friday, Wheelchair Rugby

We catch up with some of the week’s TV available on Freeview VOD services.

TFI Friday – All 4

Dum dum daaaa do-do-do daaaa. (Ba-ba bum baa.) Those who still find themselves occasionally humming the theme tune for TFI … Read More

Interview: Jonás Cuarón on Desierto, digital distribution and Gravity

Desierto received its European premiere at the London Film Festival in 2015 (read our review here). The action thriller, which is as gripping as it is political, sees a group of illegal immigrants (led by Gael García Bernal’s Moises) stranded … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Doctor Who Season 9, Episode 5 (The Girl Who Died)

This is a spoiler-free review. Already seen it? Read on at the end for spoilers.

Last week’s slightly difficult episode aside, let us make no apologies for enjoying the hell out of Peter Capaldi’s second season as Doctor Who so … Read More

BBC iPlayer film review: Fear Itself

Fear Itself is the new film from Charlie Shackleton, director of the dizzying teen odyssey Beyond Clueless. Inspired in doses by Adam Curtis and Mark Cousins, this BBC iPlayer exclusive is a pulsating journey into the perpetual gloaming of doubt … Read More

Hands-on review: New NOW TV Box (2015)

A year ago, we gave you a run-down of each streaming media device on the UK market, from Chromecast to NOW. Sky’s little box, essentially a branded Roku, was already handicapped, thanks to its restriction of apps to only those … Read More

New releases and coming soon to MUBI UK this week (17th October 2015)

Not getting your art house 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 … Read More

VOD film review: Superbob

Brett Goldstein is on super form in this endearingly low-key comedy.Read More

Revealed: The top-earning stars on YouTube

What are you doing right now? If the answer isn’t starting your own YouTube channel, you may be missing a trick, judging by Forbes’ list of top-earning web celebs.

The list, which uses sources including interviews with managersm Nielsen and … Read More

Amazon Prime TV review: Mr. Robot Season 1 (Episodes 1 to 3)

If you’ve been anywhere near the Internet this year, you’ll have heard of Mr. Robot, the US TV show about a computer vigilante. A series about hackers? The very word sounds dated these days – the kind of noun that … Read More