Netflix adapts Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events into TV series

Netflix is adapting Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events into a TV series.

The 13-part series of novels, first published in 1999, has sold more than 65 million copies around the world and been translated into 43 languages. In … Read More

VOD film review: Leviathan

Andrei Zvyagintsev’s gripping crime drama is the bleak tale of one man standing up to a corrupt system of power.Read More

UK VOD TV review: The Knick Episode 4 (Where’s the Dignity?)

As Edmund Blackadder once told his faithful dogsbody Baldrick, it’s the way of the world that the abused always kick downwards. And so it is with The Knick.

As we open in a bar in the rough end of … Read More

NOW TV now available to Vodafone 4G customers

NOW is now available to Vodafone’s 4G customers.

The subscription VOD service, which gives contract-free access to all of Sky’s TV shows and movies, has been steadily expanding its range of compatible devices, recently arriving on YouView and Chromecast. Now, … Read More

UK TV review: The Strain Season 1, Episode 8

The Strain is one of those shows that you can rely upon to be unreliable. When it’s slaying vampires, it’s buff. When it’s recounting the Holocaust, it’s bunkum. Episode 8 sees our survivors struggling to fight off a wave of … Read More

TheHorrorShow.tv launches horror subscription VOD service

TheHorrorShow.tv has introduced a new subscription service.

The site, which launched in June 2013, is the UK’s only dedicated horror VOD service, with titles curated by fans of the genre. Its pay-per-view catalogue of horror titles – available to rent … Read More

BFI unveils new BFI Player

The BFI has unveiled a new version of BFI Player, complete with a new back catalogue of Universal Pictures titles.

The video on-demand service, which launched in the UK last year, swiftly established itself as a go-to destination for independent … Read More

UK TV review: Sons of Anarchy Season 7, Episode 8 (The Separation of Crows)

“The Sons of Anarchy have a duty. A mission.”

The Separation of Crows is one of Sons’ ‘lighting the fuse’ episodes. In the weeks to come, fans may look back at moments of it and realise the gravity of each … Read More

3 exclusive iPlayer films join BBC sci-fi season

Three exclusive BBC iPlayer films will join the line-up of the Beeb’s new sci-fi season.

The season will begin with a new four-part series on BBC Two, Tomorrow’s Worlds: The Unearthly History Of Science Fiction, in which Dominic Sandbrook explores … Read More

All the world’s a stream: Shakespeare’s Globe launches VOD player

Shakespeare’s Globe theatre has launched its own video on-demand service.

Globe Player offers full-length films of over 50 Shakespeare productions recorded at the Globe to rent or buy.

The line-up consists of the main summer productions from recent years, including … Read More