Britain’s first sci-fi film released for free on BFI Player

Britain’s first ever sci-fi feature film, A Message from Mars, will be released for free on BFI Player on Friday 12th December.

The silent film, made in 1913, has been restored by the BFI National Archive. This is the first … Read More

VOD film review: Escape from Tomorrow

Escape from Tomorrow’s central guerrilla concept is both the source of its triumph and its downfall.Read More

VOD film review: The Inbetweeners 2

Ambitiously unambitious, this teen sequel still hasn’t grown up – and that’s exactly what it’s good at.Read More

VOD film review: Argo

An espionage blockbuster that works as historical drama, political thriller and a love letter to cinema.Read More

UK VOD TV review: The Knick Episode 8 (Working Late a Lot)

After the frantic brilliance of ‘Get the Rope’, and the myriad of intrigue and character development it raised, the eighth episode of The Knick was always going to feel like coming down from a high. But while it can’t match … Read More

Netflix UK film review: We Are the Giant

Director: Greg Barker Certificate: 15 Watch We Are the Giant online in the UK: Netflix UK / TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play

“There are decades where nothing happens. And there are weeks … Read More

TV Everywhere: BT TV buy-to-keep films now available on other devices

BT TV has launched TV Everywhere, a new service designed for multi-platform viewing that also makes its buy-to-keep films available to watch on multiple devices.

BT TV was the first TV platform to offer buy-to-keep movies, its director tells Advanced … Read More

Original content drives Netflix to 17 million customers by end of 2014

Netflix is predicted to reach a worldwide total of 17 million customers by the end of 2014 – and its original content appears to be the key.

Netflix has made no secret of its two main strategies: make content … Read More

Brits spend almost £400 a year on pay-TV – and only watch a quarter of it

British viewers spend almost £400 a year on pay-TV, according to new research from uSwitch, but only watch a fraction of what they pay for.

62 per cent of UK households pay for TV, spending an average of £33 per … Read More

James Bond Movie Title Generator – can you do better than SPECTRE?

The title for the 24th James Bond movie has been announced – and it will be called SPECTRE.

“Some of you will probably have an idea of what that refers to, but I couldn’t possibly comment,” said Sam Mendes at … Read More