YouTube invests in creativity – and so do studios

YouTube has announced plans to fund new content from its top creators.

The site has grown from a social media site for creative teenagers in their bedrooms to a leading platform for online video, welcoming 1 billion unique users every … Read More

Why Vince Vaughn is a good choice for True Detective Season 2

Vince Vaughn has been confirmed by HBO as one of the lead stars for True Detective alongside Colin Farrell.

The second season of the series, which will be directed by Justin Lin (well, the first two episodes), will follow … Read More

Sky TV review: Boardwalk Empire Final Season, Episode 2 (The Good Listener)

Episode 2 of Boardwalk Empire Season 5 introduces us to those characters that didn’t make it into the opening episode. We catch up with Eli Thompson (Shea Whigham), lamenting being exiled from his family, drowning in booze and urine. Gillian … Read More

Netflix brand gets in with the cool crowd

Netflix is now officially “cool” in the UK.

The Internet TV service has long positioned itself as the hip, new alternative to traditional TV – with its edgier content (Orange Is the New Black) and all-at-once releases – but … Read More

VOD film review: Diana

Wooden dialogue and an unconvincing script leave this well-meaning biopic feeling shallow and bland.Read More

10% off: Watch the Ryder Cup online in the UK without Sky Sports

This week sees Europe take on the USA in the biggest golf tournament of 2014. To celebrate, we’re offering a 10% discount on a Sky Sports pass so you can watch the Ryder Cup online.

Sky Sports 4 will be … Read More

Netflix to ban users from other countries?

It is one of the great bugbears of Netflix customers that they don’t always have access to the same things as those in other countries. Even though Netflix UK’s selection is not as big as its US counterpart, both libraries … Read More

VOD film review: In Secret

Director: Charlie Stratton Cast: Elizabeth Olsen, Oscar Isaac, Tom Felton, Jessica Lange Certificate: 15 Watch In Secret online in the UK: TalkTalk TV / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / Google Play

It is approximately 30 minutes until … Read More

Amazon Prime Video UK TV review: Arrow Season 2

Warning: This includes minor spoilers.

“My name is Oliver Queen. After five years on a hellish island, I have come home with only one goal: to save my city. But to do so, I can’t be the killer I once … Read More

No spoilers, please: we’re British

A new transatlantic online study commissioned by Netflix has shown that social conventions rule the roost in the UK with less than 4 per cent of Brits believing that it’s ok to spoil programmes for others, while 76 per cent … Read More