VOD film review: The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

Director: Mami Sunada Cast: Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki, Isao Takahata Certificate: PG Watch The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness online in the UK: Amazon Prime Instant Video / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play

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Netflix is feelin’ good about Liz Garbus’ Nina Simone documentary – release date confirmed

Update: Netflix has confirmed that its Nina Simone documentary will premiere in June 2015.

Netflix is feelin’ good about a new Nina Simone documentary by Liz Garbus.

What Happened, Miss Simone?, directed by the Oscar-nominated helmet of Bobby Fischer Against … Read More

Disney+ short film review: Toy Story That Time Forgot

Pixar’s knowingly sweet dino-adventure is laugh-out-loud funny.Read More

VOD film review: Kick-Ass

Why so serious? Kick-Ass is a fun, thrilling and violent take on superhero stories.Read More

VOD TV recap: Arrow Season 3, Episode 6

Rather than tease the mystery for a couple of episodes, Guilty gets straight on with the business of deciding whether or not Roy actually killed Sara, as was hinted at by his cliff-hanging dream sequence last week.

After he … Read More

Amazon Prime TV review: Ripper Street Season 3, Episode 5 (Heavy Boots)

New episodes of Ripper Street Season 3 are added exclusively to Amazon Prime Instant Video at 9pm every Friday.

Warning: If you haven’t seen any of Season 3, this will contain spoilers.

Is he dead? That was the question … Read More

BBC iPlayer on Xbox One just in time for Christmas

BBC iPlayer has arrived on Xbox One just in time for Christmas.

The BBC has also extended the time you have to download TV shows to watch offline on a range of mobiles, tablets and computers – from 7 … Read More

AOL expands with acquisition of Vidible

Earlier this year, we were told at Raindance’s Web Fest that AOL would be the VOD platform to watch in 2015. Yes, the company that used give out free CDs with a woman on it wearing a dress made of … Read More

Gangnam Style music video breaks YouTube

Gangnam Style broke YouTube this week.

Ok, that’s a lot to take in all at once. Let’s rewind a bit.

Here’s a fact for you: Gagnam Style was two years ago. Here’s another scary fact: The Korean pop song is … Read More

Black Mirror White Christmas special trailer released

Ahhhh, Christmas. Chestnuts roasting on an open fire. Eggnog. The laughter of children. Twinkly lights. Presents. Carols. Time spent together, as a family. Peace and goodwill to all mankind. That’s what it’s all about.

Not if you’re Charlie Brooker. After … Read More