UK VOD review: The Leftovers Episode 7 (Solace for Tired Feet)

After two stand-out standalone chapters, The Leftovers returns to the old multi-stranded drudgery this week, but the show remains an engaging watch.

We return to – yes – the Garvey family in Episode 7, with all the problems that … Read More

Amazon introduces Fire TV streaming stick

Amazon is at it again. The retailer has announced a new Fire TV streaming stick, putting the company in direct competition with Google Chromecast.

Amazon’s Fire TV set top box launched in the UK last week – we’ll have a … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: American Horror Story: Freak Show Episode 2 (spoiler-free)

Underneath the veneer of greasepaint and stage smiles, Freak Show is a season of binaries. Innocence and experience, naivety and corruption, life and death, darkness and light, pleasure and pain are all played against two juxtaposing and integral backdrops: the … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Gotham Episode 3 (spoiler-free)

The awkward clash between Gotham’s gritty realism and its cartoonish elements becomes yet more glaring in The Balloonman, easily the weakest episode of the series thus far.

The title refers to Gotham’s first vigilante, who bumps off criminals by … Read More

UK iTunes short film review: 82

“Please Mr. Postman look and see / If there’s a letter in your bag for me. / Why’s it takin’ such a long time / For me to hear from that boy of mine.”

In the case of Nick Moran’s … Read More

Subscription VOD services to spend $6.8 billion on content next year

The big subscription VOD companies will spend a total of $6.8 billion on content in 2015.

The video on-demand market is heating up, as companies fight over your subscriptions – and content is the weapon of choice. Get enough quality … Read More

UK VOD review: The Walking Dead Season 5, Episode 3

The tension returns full throttle this week, thanks once again to the survivors’ biggest enemy: man. With the undead, you know what you’re getting: brain hungry monsters who only want to end you in the most gruesome of ways. With … Read More

Size doesn’t matter: Looking back at Gojira (1954)

Ever since Godzilla first waded out of the Pacific Ocean in 1954, the beast has undergone a fascinating transformation from scary symbol of nuclear devastation to camp monster-bashing hero. From deathly serious to loveably entertaining; from Timothy Dalton to Roger … Read More

UK TV review: Constantine Episode 1

Constantine is being released in the UK straight to Amazon Prime Instant Video – with a new episode available every Saturday, within 24 hours of US broadcast.

“My name is John Constantine. And I’m an exorcist.”

The TV series Constantine … Read More

UK TV review: Sons of Anarchy Season 7, Episode 7 (and where to watch it online)

The best thing any entertainment can be is self-aware. If the writers know their audience well enough to predict their feelings and reactions, they can do anything. If those writers happen to include Kurt Sutter, then things get really interesting. … Read More