Netflix UK film review: Need for Speed

This underwhelming car chase flick would make a good computer game. As a film, it’s disappointingly dull.Read More

Why did BBC iPlayer go down?

Fans of Formula 1 and EastEnders would have noticed over the weekend that BBC iPlayer wasn’t working properly. As we reported this week, the BBC’s flagship VOD service experiences some severe downtime, as problems first surfaced on Saturday 19th July … Read More

BBC Worldwide to launch paid iPlayer service in 2015

BBC Worldwide is preparing to launch its paid iPlayer service next year.

The broadcaster’s commercial arm released its annual report this week and included details of the online electronic sell-through store. The proposed paid shop, which will give customers access … Read More

Your 2014 Summer Binge-Viewing VOD Guide

Sweat. Swimming trunks. Sand. Sunburn. Other people. Let’s face it. Summer sucks.

If you go outside. You know, in the sun.

Us? We’re indoors. Under the duvet. Plan to do the same? We’ve picked our highlights of what’s … Read More

VOD film review: Joe

Director: David Gordon Green Cast: Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan, Gary Poulter Certificate: 15

Click here to read our interview with Joe’s director, David Gordon Green.

“These trees are weak. Nobody wants them.”

That’s Joe (Cage) to Gary (Sheridan), whom he … Read More

Orange Is the New Black drives Netflix to 50 million members

Netflix now has over 50 million members around the world in over 40 countries, the company has announced.

Revealing the company’s latest growth figures in its Q2 2014 report, the Internet TV giant has confirmed that within 15 years of … Read More

VOD film review: The LEGO Movie

Everything really is awesome in this hilarious, subversive and endlessly inventive animation.Read More

VOD film review: We Are the Best!

This energetic celebration of identity and rebellion will make you want to start a punk band.Read More

BBC iPlayer hit by technical problems

BBC iPlayer has not been working for some users this weekend as the broadcaster’s website continues to be hit by technical problems.

The issues first became apparent on Saturday morning, when the BBC tweeted that some people were unable to … Read More

VOD film review: I Am Divine

Director: Jeffrey Schwarz Cast: Divine, John Waters Certificate: 15

Initially, it seems like a missed opportunity for an artist as extraordinary as Divine to get a documentary as conventional as I Am Divine – yet, really, would anybody believe the … Read More