Netflix takes home three prizes at SAG Awards

Netflix took home its first SAG Awards this year, as House of Cards and Orange Is the New Black dominated the TV categories.

The film prizes were largely as predicted, with Eddie Redmayne winning Best Lead Actor for The Theory … Read More

David Tennant will play the bad guy to Marvel’s Jessica Jones

David Tennant will play the bad guy to Marvel’s Jessica Jones.

The Broadchurch and Doctor Who star will don his villainous cap to play Kilgrave in Marvel’s A.K.A. Jessica Jones.

The superhero series will debut on Netflix later this year, … Read More

Aykroyd, Buscemi, Lautner, Nolte reportedly join Adam Sandler Netflix film

Dan Aykroyd, Steve Buscemi, Taylor Lautner and Nick Nolte have all reportedly joined the cast of Adam Sandler’s new Netflix film.

The project, titled Ridiculous 6, is the first of four movies that Sandler agreed to make for the streaming … Read More

UK TV review: Constantine Season 1, Episode 10 (Quid Pro Quo)

Constantine continues its strong run with Quid Pro Quo, an episode that ticks off yet another box on the to-do list for an excellent TV series.

We’ve written at length before about Matt Ryan’s perfect performance, the show’s understanding … Read More

BBC Taster: A glimpse of The Beeb’s digital potential

The BBC today introduced BBC Taster, a space to “develop its latest ideas for digital content and emerging technology”. What is it? We don’t quite know. What will it lead to? Nobody’s really sure. What’s the point of it, then? … Read More

VOD film review: Gone Girl

A gleefully dark satire on marriage, media and the stories that are told in each.Read More

Amazon UK TV review: Black Sails Season 2, Episode 1

“There is simply no way of stealing that gold.”

The strength of Black Sails has always been its complexity. Rather than settle for being a Pirates of the Caribbean knock-off, it strives to plunder waters with more depth. And so, … Read More

Rob Lowe leads global cast in Sky’s Apocalypse Slough

Rob Lowe will star in new drama Apocalypse Slough, which leads Sky’s line-up of original programming for 2015.

The ambitious series, which will be broadcast on NBC in the US, has a cast that spans both sides of the Atlantic, … Read More

Teaser: Adam Curtis’ Bitter Lake arrives on iPlayer on Sunday

Politicians used to have the confidence to tell us stories that made sense of the chaos of world events. But now there are no big stories and politicians react randomly to every new crisis – leaving us bewildered and disorientated.

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From Limmy to Tinie Tempah, BBC announces new iPlayer original content for 2015

The BBC has announced a new line-up of original content for 2015.

“BBC iPlayer presents a huge creative opportunity to push the boundaries of storytelling and engage audiences in new ways,” says Victoria Jaye, Head of TV Content for BBC … Read More