UK VOD TV recap: Arrow Season 3, Episode 13 (Canaries)

This week’s episode opens with a startling sequence of the two Canaries (Laurel and Sara) battling each other. As teasers go, it’s pretty effective… until Peter Stormare’s name crops up on the opening credits a few seconds later, causing any … Read More

Netflix UK First Look TV review: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

Tina Fey has a lot to live up to with Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Anyone who created something as hysterical, winning, wonderful and effortlessly re-watchable as 30 Rock – one of the greatest sitcoms ever – would have to think long … Read More

’71: Blisteringly good

Jack O’Connell is blisteringly good in this thrilling, shocking sprint through history.Read More

Vimeo now available on Chromecast

Vimeo has arrived on Chromecast. The video service, which is already available on a range of platforms, including Xbox, is now compatible with Google’s streaming stick – but only if you have an Apple phone or tablet.

Vimeo’s most recent … Read More

US remake of The Returned to premiere on Netflix on 10th March

The US remake of the French TV series The Returned will premiere in the UK exclusively on Netflix this month.

The drama, based on the Emmy award-winning supernatural thriller Les Revenants, is executive produced by Carlton Cuse (Lost, Bates Motel) … Read More

Channel 4 unveils two new comedy web series

Channel 4’s Comedy Blaps has unveiled two brand new web series.

The online comedy showcase marks a continuing commitment to both short-form and online content, one that matches the BBC’s original comedy short scheme on BBC iPlayer. Indeed, after a … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: House of Cards Season 3 (Episode 8, 9 and 10)

Warning: If you have not seen House of Cards Season 3 Episodes 1 to 7, this will contain spoilers.

“A hurricane has been forming, not for weeks, but for decades. Its name is not Faith: it’s Francis.”

Chapters 34, 35 … Read More

Leonardo DiCaprio and Netflix team up for green documentaries

Leonardo DiCaprio and Netflix are teaming up to develop environmental documentaries following the success of Virunga.

The documentary, which follows the efforts of conservationist staff in the Democratic Republic of Congo to protect endangered mountain gorillas, was produced by the … Read More

Twitter enables video embedding

Twitter has enabled the embedding of videos posted on the social network.

It might not sound like a big step, but it’s a crucial move in the ongoing race between Facebook and Twitter to rival YouTube. The video site’s growth … Read More

VOD film review: Bonobo

Director: Matthew Hammett Knott Cast: Tessa Peake-Jones, Josie Lawrence, James Norton, Eleanor Wyld Certificate: 15 Watch Bonobo online in the UK: Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Eircom / Virgin Movies / EE / TalkTalk

Co-written and directed … Read More