Amazon commissions full TV series for Red Oaks and Hand of God

Amazon has given the pilots of Red Oaks and Hand of God the green light to be turned into full series.

Amazon’s unusual commissioning process invites people to watch their pilots and rate them, which guides the decision on which … Read More

Trailer: Ripper Street Season 3 will be released on Amazon from 14th November

Ripper Street Season 3 will be released on Amazon Prime Instant Video from Friday 14th November.

The British drama was resurrected by Amazon earlier this year after fans petitioned for it to return following its cancellation. Now, Amazon has announced … Read More

Roku takes on Chromecast with screen mirroring

Roku is taking on Chromecast with a new screen mirroring feature.

The feature, now being rolled out in beta release, will allow “a select number of Windows 8.1 and Android devices” to mirror videos, apps, web sites and more on … Read More

VOD film review: Draft Day

Director: Ivan Reitman Cast: Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner, Dennis Leary Certificate: 15 Watch Draft Day online in the UK: Amazon Prime / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV

Ivan Reitman’s recent spate of films has hardly … Read More

Netflix UK film review: Fading Gigolo

Director: John Turturro Cast: John Turturro, Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Vanessa Paradis, Sofía Vergara Certificate: 15 Watch Fading Gigolo online in the UK: Netflix UK / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play / Rakuten TV

“This … Read More

The Blacklist Season 2 available to watch online in the UK from 3rd October

The Blacklist Season 2 will be available to watch online in the UK from Friday 3rd October.

The series, which returns to the UK a few days after its US premiere, will be broadcast at 9pm on Sky Living every … Read More

The Walking Dead Season 3 now available to watch online on Amazon

The Walking Dead Season 3 is now available to watch online in the UK on Amazon Prime Instant Video.

Based on Robert Kirkman’s graphic novels, The Walking Dead follows police office Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln), who wakes from a coma … Read More

VOD film review: Grace of Monaco

Director: Olivier Dahan Cast: Nicole Kidman, Tim Roth, Frank Langella Certificate: 12 Watch Grace of Monaco online in the UK: Amazon Prime / TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Rakuten TV / Google Play

Grace … Read More

Netflix UK review: Sons of Anarchy Season 7, Episode 3

What makes Sons of Anarchy one of the truly great television shows of this era is a cast of likeable, believable, flawed characters. It has very strong, very brave writing; an admirable sense of tone and music; and a poetry … Read More

UK VOD TV review: The Strain Episode 3

“Soon, no more pretending,” Thomas Eichorst (Richard Sammel) tells himself in the mirror at the start of The Strain Episode 3, just as he sticks a fake nose on his smiling face.

It’s an unexpectedly freaky opening to an hour … Read More