VOD TV review: Doctor Who Season 8, Episode 8 (Mummy on the Orient Express)

During the 2012 mini-season, the Doctor Who production team started to commission tie-in posters to reinforce the modern preference for high-concept, movie-style pitches. Despite the wow factor of the designs, the episodes were disappointingly reductive – when faced with a … Read More

UK TV review: Sons of Anarchy Final Season Episode 5 (Some Strange Eruption)

Episode 5 of Sons of Anarchy’s final season takes place – in tone, time and setting – post-massacre. SAMCRO are recovering and very much at war. This echoes throughout every character timeline the show follows and leaves Kurt Sutter’s tragedy … Read More

First official photos from Netflix’s Daredevil released – including costume

The first official photos and concept artwork from the Marvel and Netflix Daredevil TV series have been released.

Marvel’s first original series on Netflix is the start of a string of superhero mini-series, which are designed to build towards a … Read More

Netflix UK TV review: Gotham Episode 1 (spoiler-free)

“Before Batman, there was Gotham.” So reads the tagline to the latest series to take ownership of The Dark Knight’s world, this time with the proviso that the iconic hero won’t feature, an idea that was understandably met with no … Read More

VOD film review: A Million Ways to Die in the West

Seth MacFarlane’s second feature is no Blazing Saddles.Read More

Studiocanal extends multi-year deal with Amazon Prime Instant Video

Amazon and Studiocanal have extended their existing multi-year movie agreement, bringing new titles such as Paddington exclusively to Amazon Prime Instant Video.

Thanks to this new deal, Prime Instant Video will get the exclusive first Pay TV rights to all … Read More

1 in 3 children now have a tablet

One in three children now have a tablet, according to new research from Ofcom.

The 2014 Children and Parents: Media Use and Attitudes Report reveals that a third of British children between the age of 5 and 15 have their … Read More

VOD film review: Yes Man

Jim Carrey is on charming form in this formulaic but funny comedy.Read More

Save Utopia: Why Channel 4 cancelling Dennis Kelly’s show is a mistake

How often is it that you can say a TV programme is unique?

Television is going through something of a golden age at the moment, from Breaking Bad through to Amazon’s Transparent. But crime thrillers, high-concept sci-fi, period dramas … Read More

Amazon commissions Transparent Season 2 after “incredibly positive audience response”

Amazon has commissioned Season 2 of Transparent, just weeks after the show’s premiere on Prime Instant Video.

The series, dubbed by us as the most important TV show of 2014, is created by Six Feet Under’s Jill Soloway and stars … Read More